Huntsville Literary Association's 43rd Annual Young Writers Contest

Who May Enter
All students in Huntsville, Madison and Madison County public and private schools are eligible.

When to Enter
The Forty-first Annual Young Writers Contest opens on February 1, 2010. Final entries must be postmarked by March 12, 2010.

Entry Categories

1. Senior Poetry Division - Grades 10, 11, 12. Entries must be no more than 300 words.
2. Senior Short Story Division - Grades 10, 11, 12. Students should submit a short fictional narrative with a unified tone about one or more characters living through a single significant action or experience. Entries must be no less than 300 words or more than 1200 words.
3. Junior Poetry - Grades 7, 8, 9. No more than 300 words.
4. Junior Short Story - Grades 7, 8, 9. Same requirements as Senior Short Story Division.
5. Upper Elementary Poetry - Grades 4, 5, 6. No more than 300 words.
6. Lower Elementary Poetry - Grades 1, 2, 3. No more than 300 words.

Awards
Prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners and certificates to as many as three honorable mentions in each division. Winners in each of the six categories will receive recognition certificates and the following monetary prizes:
First Place: $100
Second Place $60
Third Place $40
All winners, their parents, and teachers will be guests of HLA at the annual Awards Ceremony on May 2, 2010 at the Board of Realtors Auditorium, 535 Monroe Street, Huntsville, AL 35801
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Contest Rules for Submitting Entries

1. All entries must be the original work of the individual student with only general constructive assistance from the teacher. Plagiarism or cheating has not been and will not be tolerated by the Young Writers Contest Committee and judges. The discovery of parents writing entries and outright copying has been embarrassing to the contestants and to HLA. Teachers and parents, please emphasize the importance of original creations.
2. Entries must NOT have been previously published elsewhere, including school newspapers and magazines, and must NOT have previously received recognition in another contest. An entry must NOT be sent simultaneously to the Young Writers Contest and to any other contest or publication except to the student's own school magazine or other school or PTA sponsored contest.
3. Each entry must be typewritten or neatly and legibly hand printed. Use only one side of standard size paper. No title page is needed. Short stores must be double-spaced.
4. Do not put the author's name on the manuscript! Attach to the anonymous manuscript with a paper clip a 3" b 5" index card containing the following: name, address, city, zip code, telephone number, grade, teacher (full name if possible), school, school telephone number, entry category, title of entry.
5. Each student may submit no more than one entry per category.
6. Children of judges may not enter the contest under the same category in which the parent is judging.
7. The Young Writers Contest shall not be judged by any teacher employed in the city, county, or private schools where the contest is held.
8. Entries must be mailed to catalogers, see below:

2010 CATALOGERS - CONTACT INFORMATION To Be Announced.

2009 CATALOGUERS

Lower Elementary Poetry:
Marcie Wingo
2726 Trevor Drive
Huntsville, AL 35802
Upper Elementary Poetry:
Bonnie Spencer
5207 Winchester Road
New Market, AL 35761
Junior Poetry:
Dr. Carol Ashburn Roach
1662 Old Highway 431 South
Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763
Senior Poetry:
Nancy Compton Williams
11015 Vivian Drive
Huntsville, AL 35810
Junior Short Story:
Gayle Milberger
9011 Valley View Drive
Huntsville, AL 35802
Senior Short Story:
Marion Conover
1706 Greenwyche Road
Huntsville, AL 35801
539-6222

• Entries not correctly prepared (anonymous manuscript with attached index card furnishing ALL required information) will NOT be judged.
• All entries become the property of the Huntsville Literary Association. None can be returned. Students should retain a copy of their entries.

 

Winners of the Young Writers Contest 2005-2006

First Place Poetry
Kourtney Atwell - Lower Elementary Division
Isabella Rundini - Upper Elementary Division
Anna Buckley - Junior Division
Sarah-Jane Huskey - Senior Division

Second Place Poetry
Morgan Crump - Lower Elementary Division
Caleb Killough - Upper Elementary
Emmy Faison - Junior Division
Lauren Meigs - Senior Division

Third Place Poetry
Jenesia Eshe Porter -Lower Elementary Division
Iklas Siddiqui - Upper Elementary Division
Bren Marschner (Tie) - Junior Division
Jordan Bush (Tie) - Junior Division
Amanda Stephens - Senior Division

First Place Short Story
Carolyn Bero - Junior Division
Adrienne Liburdi - Senior Division

Second Place Short Story
Karin E. Bjorkman - Junior Division
Kristin Trumbull - Senior Division

Third Place Short Story
Hannah Nichols - Junior Division
Cody Wood - Senior Division