Writing Contest News--4.21.12

Sanderson Elementary students help pay for class event with contest winnings Lancaster Eagle Gazette Nathan Fitchpatrick, right, and Emi Reindle won first and second place, respectively, in the Family Life Essay Contest. The students collectively won $300 to help the fifth-graders at Sanderson Elementary pay for an in-house field trip with Alley Park. See all stories on this topic »

Students help pay for class event with contest winnings Lancaster Eagle Gazette BALTIMORE -- The St. Michael's United Church of Christ will have a fish fry dinner from 4 to 7 pm Nathan Fitchpatrick, right, and Emi Reindle won first and second place, respectively, in the Family Life Essay Contest. The students collectively won $300 ... See all stories on this topic »

Calling young authors: Book writing contest for middle schoolers Winston-Salem Journal Local middle school children are invited to enter a writing contest to benefit Brenner Children's Hospital at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the hospital announced this week. Books should should be an original story about the city of ... See all stories on this topic »

Chicagoland Jewish High School student wins genetics essay contest Deerfield Review Photo courtesy American Society of Human Genetics Nathan Swetlitz, a junior at Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield, has won first place in the American Society of Human Genetics Essay Contest celebrating National DNA day. See all stories on this topic »

Congratulations to So. Door scholars Green Bay Press Gazette Jana Suriano won first prize for an essay she wrote for the Norman Miller Essay Contest at St. Norbert College. Her essay won her a $2000 scholarship. Sara Mueller, also a winner in the essay contest, won a $1000 scholarship. See all stories on this topic »

Writer with long family history wins Ajax poetry contest www.kamloopsnews.ca A Kamloops writer whose ancestors' land was used for industrial projects here is the winner of an inaugural poetry contest on the proposed Ajax mine. Katherin Edwards, who lives in Kamloops and is completing a masters writing degree online with ... See all stories on this topic »

Automated Grading Software In Development To Score Essays As Accurately As Humans Singularity Hub by David Hill April 21st, 2012 | Comments (0) Roboreaders that can score essays in standardized tests could also help teachers grade and students becomes better writers. April 30 marks the deadline for a contest challenging software developers to ... See all stories on this topic » Singularity Hub

Doris Betts, acclaimed Southern writer and longtime UNC professor, dies Charlotte Observer When she won UNC-CH's highest award in 1999, her colleague Marianne Gingher wrote: "No one who knows her life's work and is familiar with the marvelous pantheon of living North Carolina writers would contest her place as First Lady if not President of ... See all stories on this topic » Charlotte Observer

Free AwardWallet Plus Membership and OneCard Giveaway USA TODAY (blog) This is going to be an easy contest to win. All you have to do is write a post about one thing you like about AwardWallet, one thing you think it could do better, or, if you've never used the service, one thing you're looking for in a program that can ... See all stories on this topic »

Simon Cowell secrets spilled in unauthorized biography Detroit Free Press Enter the #FreeProm contest while there... This year, Tax Day coincided with Equal Pay Day, another "holiday" of financial significance for... Once again, Ted Nugent proves he suffers from a problematic condition of the mouth. Gov. See all stories on this topic »

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Activist Post: With Love From Russia: Writing Contest First, I want to say thank to organizers of the contest for an excellent opportunity to share our personal experiences of our awakening with each other and with ... www.activistpost.com/.../with-love-from-russia-writing-contest...