Little Firecracker Essay Contest
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Essay Topic — HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE FREEDOM?
The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau will be asking youth to write an essay on "How Do You Celebrate Freedom?" as part of the Red, Hot & Blue Little Firecracker Essay Contest.
Entry deadline in Friday, June 24, 2011 by 5 pm.
Patriotic Essay Contest Rules**
Theme: To Be Announced
Eligibility: 5-18 years old (Kindergarten – High School)
Cover Page: Contest title, name, age, grade, mailing address, phone number & email, Guardian's signature required verifying child’s original work. Students should include their name on the cover sheet only; NOT on the essay.
Essay Length: 150-200 words
Essay Format: Typed in 12 pt. font, double-spaced, or handwritten in ink, double-spaced.
Submission: Delivery location to be announced.
Deadline: Friday, June 24, 2011 by 5 pm
Judging by: To be announced
Judging Criteria: Originality – 40%, Style and Content – 30%, Spelling and Grammar – 20%, Neatness – 10%
Age Categories: 1) 5 to 6 years old, 2) 7 to 9 years old, 3) 10 to 12 years old, 4) 13 to 15 years old, 5) 16 to 18 years old
Prizes:
(include, but not limited to, hotel stay, restaurant gift card, movie passes)
One Grand Prize Winner – The winner will receive an opportunity to read their essay on stage at the Red, Hot & Blue Festival. Other prizes to be announced.
One First Prize Winner from each age category will be selected and will receive various gift cards to restaurants, movie theater and more.
Other Prize – Each participant will be automatically entered in a drawing for a "Night on the Town in The Woodlands."
**Details subject to change.
2010 THE LITTLE FIRECRACKER ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS
OVERALL WINNER: Megan McKeough
Age 5-6: Joseph Kloesel
Age 7-9: Sanjana Aluru
Age 10-12: Grace Vlaha
Age 13-15: Erin Williams
Age 16-18: Graham Gollnick
The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau and the University of Phoenix announced the 2010 Little Firecracker Essay Contest winners at the 13th Annual Red, Hot & Blue Festival.
Left to right: Christina Robinson Grochett, Vice President/Director of the South Texas Campuses of University of Phoenix; Megan McKeough, 7th Grade Overall Contest Winner; Grace Vlaha, 10-12 year old winner; Joseph Kloesel, 5-6 year old winner; Graham Gollnick, 16-18 year old winner; and Kelly Overbeck, The Woodlands CVB Business Development Specialist. |
