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English:
Letters About Literature
at http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/
Invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter a national reading-writing contest.
To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre--fiction, non fiction, or poetry, contemporary or classic--explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.
December 12, 2009 is the post mark deadline. Cash awards, but it doesn't say how much.
Kids Are Authors
at http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/contest/kaa_about.asp
An annual competition open to Grades K-8 and designed to encourage students to use their reading, writing, and artistic skills to create their own books.
Can an entry be submitted by one student?
No. Each entry must be submitted by a group of 3 or more students. This contest was designed to encourage students to work together as a team.
All entries must be post marked by March 15, 2010
Each Grand Prize winning team receives:
•$5,000 in merchandise from the Scholastic Book Fairs Instructional Resource Catalog to be awarded to the public/private school or non-profit organization of their choice
•100 copies of their published book
Art:
2010 Arbor Day National Poster Contest
For 5th grade students. Rules at http://www.arborday.org/kids/postercontest/rules.cfm
The poster must be related to the contest theme in some way.
The theme Trees are Terrific... and Energy Wise! must be on the poster.
Entries may be done in marker, crayon, paint pens, water color, ink, acrylic, colored pencil, and/or tempera paint.
Entries must be no smaller than 8.5" x 11" and no larger than 14" x 18."
Deadline for entry - January 31.
Doodle for Google
This years theme has not been announced yet. Keep checking here: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html
Google doodles, the drawings that are designed on, around and through the Google logo.
Open to all U.S. residents between the ages of 5 and 18
School Registration Deadline - March 17, 2009
Doodle Entry Deadline - March 31, 2009
The National Winner will win a $15,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to the Google New York Office, a laptop computer, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle. We'll also award the winner's school a $25,000 technology grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab.
Math:
US Mathematical Talent Search
The USAMTS allows students a full month to work out their solutions. Carefully written justifications are required for each problem. The problems range in difficulty from being within the reach of most high school students to challenging the best students in the nation.
http://www.usamts.org/About/U_AbOverview.php
Watch this page for more contest additions
Letters About Literature
at http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/
Invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter a national reading-writing contest.
To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre--fiction, non fiction, or poetry, contemporary or classic--explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.
December 12, 2009 is the post mark deadline. Cash awards, but it doesn't say how much.
Kids Are Authors
at http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/contest/kaa_about.asp
An annual competition open to Grades K-8 and designed to encourage students to use their reading, writing, and artistic skills to create their own books.
Can an entry be submitted by one student?
No. Each entry must be submitted by a group of 3 or more students. This contest was designed to encourage students to work together as a team.
All entries must be post marked by March 15, 2010
Each Grand Prize winning team receives:
•$5,000 in merchandise from the Scholastic Book Fairs Instructional Resource Catalog to be awarded to the public/private school or non-profit organization of their choice
•100 copies of their published book
Art:
2010 Arbor Day National Poster Contest
For 5th grade students. Rules at http://www.arborday.org/kids/postercontest/rules.cfm
The poster must be related to the contest theme in some way.
The theme Trees are Terrific... and Energy Wise! must be on the poster.
Entries may be done in marker, crayon, paint pens, water color, ink, acrylic, colored pencil, and/or tempera paint.
Entries must be no smaller than 8.5" x 11" and no larger than 14" x 18."
Deadline for entry - January 31.
Doodle for Google
This years theme has not been announced yet. Keep checking here: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html
Google doodles, the drawings that are designed on, around and through the Google logo.
Open to all U.S. residents between the ages of 5 and 18
School Registration Deadline - March 17, 2009
Doodle Entry Deadline - March 31, 2009
The National Winner will win a $15,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to the Google New York Office, a laptop computer, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle. We'll also award the winner's school a $25,000 technology grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab.
Math:
US Mathematical Talent Search
The USAMTS allows students a full month to work out their solutions. Carefully written justifications are required for each problem. The problems range in difficulty from being within the reach of most high school students to challenging the best students in the nation.
http://www.usamts.org/About/U_AbOverview.php
Watch this page for more contest additions
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