SLWP Writes! 2010
03/04/10by: Natasha Whitton
For an electronic copy of the entry form click
here.
The Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project announces a Writing
Contest for
students. Information about the "SLWP Writes!" Contest
is
pasted below and also attached in flier format (Announcement,
Guidelines,
and Entry Form).
We would appreciate your distributing this information to
teachers of
grades 6-12 in your parish and encouraging them to have
students
participate. Deadline for entries is April 30.
If I can answer any questions about the contest, please don't
hesitate to
contact me.
Richard Louth
Director, Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project
rlouth@selu.edu
985-549-2102
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"SLWP Writes!" Contest
The Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project (SLWP) is proud to
announce its second annual "SLWP Writes!" writing contest for young
authors. The contest is open to students from grades 6 through 12.
Teachers are encouraged to submit worthy samples of their
students’ work, or students may submit directly. Students may
submit multiple entries.
Contest guidelines and awards are outlined on the following
flyer. Please post this flyer in teachers’ lounges and
on student bulletin boards.
The Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project is part of the
Louisiana Writing Project, a network of five university-based
National Writing Project sites. Each site seeks to improve
writing instruction by sharing the best practice of the outstanding
writing instructors of all disciplines from kindergarten through
college. The National Writing Project is a 30-year
professional-development initiative based on teachers teaching
teachers and is currently active in all 50 states.
The "SLWP Writes!" contest is open for entries through April
30, 2010 in all schools in Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, St.
Helena, Washington, and East St. John parishes as well as at
schools in surrounding parishes where SLWP teachers teach.
Judging is done by SLWP Writing Project teacher-consultants.
Winners will be notified by May 30, 2010 and automatically entered
into the "Louisiana Writes" statewide contest, which also presents
medals, cash, and an anthology at a gala event at the Louisiana
Book Festival in Baton Rouge in the Fall.
For contest questions or further information on the SLWP
Writes! Contest, e-mail
SLWP Contest Coordinator, Kate Lane:
KLane@stafalcons.org.
For further information on the statewide Louisiana Writes!
Contest, contact:
Louisiana Writes! Young Writer’s Contest, Louisiana
Writing Project,
Margaret Simon, Contest Chairman, Send entries to:
Margaret Simon, # 3 Duperier Oaks, New Iberia, LA.
70563. E-mail: lawpwrites@yahoo.com
If interested in finding out more about SLWP, the Louisiana
Writing Project Network, or becoming a teacher-consultant for the
Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project, e-mail Dr. Richard Louth,
SLWP Director, at rlouth@selu.edu
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SLWP Writes! Contest
Sponsored by the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project
For Student Writers
Categories
Prose: Fiction or Nonfiction, 1500 word limit
Poetry: Up to 3 poems, max. 100 lines total may be
sent
Grade Level Divisions
Division I: 6th- 9th grades
Division II: 10th-12th grades
Awards
Prizes awarded to top submissions in each category and grade
level to include:
Certificates
Publication by SLWP
Automatic entry into LAWP statewide LA Writes! contest
Guidelines for Submission
Prose entries-typed, double-spaced, titled, max 1500
words
Poetry entries-typed, double or single spaced, titled,
one poem/page, 100 lines total
For judging to remain anonymous, do not put author’s
name on the submission
Each submission for SLWP Writes! Contest must include a signed
entry form
Submit Electronic Copy along with Hard Copy
Email electronic copy when you send your hard copy with signed
entry form
Electronic copy should be a "doc" or "rtf" attachment (not
"docx")
Also paste copy into text of email.
Email to: slwpwrites@yahoo.com
Deadline to receive hard copy, signed entry form AND emailed
copy: April 30, 2010
Notification of winners by May 30, 2010
SLWP Writes! winners' entries are forwarded to Louisiana
Writes! Contest
sponsored by the Louisiana Writing Project Network
(LAWP)
May 15 deadline. Notification of Louisiana Writes! winners by
Sept. 1.
Louisiana Writes winners are published in an anthology, and
invited to an event during the Louisiana Book Festival. For further
information on the associated LAWP Louisiana Writes! Contest or to
submit directly to it, contact: Louisiana Writes! Young
Writer’s Contest, Louisiana Writing Project Margaret Simon,
Contest Chairman, Send entries to: Margaret Simon, # 3
Duperier Oaks, New Iberia, LA. 70563. E-mail:
lawpwrites@yahoo.com
Send hard copy of SLWP Writes! Entry form and Submission
to:
SLWP Writes! c/o Dr. Richard Louth, SLU 10327, Hammond,
LA 70402
Also make sure to send electronic copy to
slwpwrites@yahoo.com
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Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project
SLWP Writes! Youth Writing Contest Entry Form
Entry/ Release form: Use separate form for each entry
submitted
Must be received by April 30, 2010
Student’s Name
________________________________________________
Title of entry
____________________________________________________________
Grade level ________Category:
Poetry
Prose (Fiction or Nonfiction)
Home mailing address
______________________________________________
City ______________________________ State _______________ Zip
_____________
Home telephone number
______________________________________________
Email of student and/or parent:
___________________________________________
Teacher’s name
_____________________________________________
School
_________________________________________________________________
School address
________________________________________________
City ________________________________ State _____________Zip
______________
Email of teacher:
____________________________________________________
Pledge of originality: I declare that the work I am submitting
to the SLWP Writes! Contest is my own original work.
Student’s signature
_____________________________________________________
Release form:
I hereby grant to the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project
and the Louisiana Writing Project Network the nonexclusive right
and permission in respect of the original writing I have submitted
to the SLWP Writes! contest, to use, publish, and otherwise
reproduce this work and to use my child’s name to identify
the author of this work in connection with my participation in the
SLWP Writes! contest. I understand that any use of this
submitted work will include my child’s name as its
creator. In any of the winning categories, the Southeastern
Louisiana Writing Project maintains the right to declare no winner
and withhold prizes if no work of merit is found. Also, I authorize
the SLWP Writes! contest to forward my entry to the statewide
Louisiana Writes! Contest if it is a winning entry in the SLWP
Writes! contest. Non-winning entries of the SLWP Writes!
contest will not be forwarded to the Louisiana Writes Contest;
however, I understand that I may send my work, on my own, to the
Louisiana Writes Contest whether it wins or does not win the SLWP
Writes! contest.
I, _________________________________, being the parent or
guardian of the above-named minor, hereby consent to and join in
the foregoing release and consent on behalf of said minor.
For Further Information, deadline, and entry form for LAWP's
Louisiana Writes! Contest:
Louisiana Writes! Young Writer’s Contest, Louisiana
Writing Project
Margaret Simon, # 3 Duperier Oaks, New Iberia, LA.
70563. E-mail: lawpwrites@yahoo.com
Mail this entry form along with submission, by April 30,
to:
SLWP Writes! C/o Dr. Richard Louth, SLU 10327, Hammond, LA
70402
*Also send an electronic copy of submission to
slwpwrites@yahoo.com