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10/03/2008
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There will be an essay contest in the spring entitled "Holocaust Remembrance Project." This is a national essay contest for high school students that is designed to encourage and promote the study of the Holocaust. Students compete for an all expense paid trips to Washington, D.C., and scholarships up to $5,000. The 9th grade students will read the novel Night, which is written by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Students are encouraged to read other books, check out the internet, and view other forms of media to help prepare for this essay. Please visit http://holocaust.hklaw.com/ for more information. All entries must be received by April 30, 2009.
The Alabama School of Fine Arts will host its annual "Young Writer's Literary Awards" that encourages imaginative writing in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Date:TBA. Click here for more information.
Anthology of Short Stories by Young Americans offers an opportunity for students to have their creative works published in an anthology. Click here for more information. Date: TBA
High School Literary Arts Awards and Scholarship Competition. Categories are in Poetry, Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Chapter(s) from a novel accompanied by a one-page synopsis of the novel, Drama, Scholarly essay or research paper with a creative focus. Deadline for receiving entries is TBA. See me for details.
Imagining the Holocaust, a writing competition for junior-high and senior-high school students, sponsored by the English Department of Jacksonville State University. Topic: "Why teach Holocaust history?" Why teach the history and what is its continuing influence in today's world to junior high and high school students in the state of Alabama? The competition is open to many kinds of writing, from essays to more creative approaches in poetry and fiction. Deadline for entries is March 1 of each year. See me for further information. *Required for all advanced students.
Please encourage your child to write!
Feel
free to email me at c.mcvay@gcboe.net
if you have any questions,
or call me here at the high school. My
planning period is at 2:00.
"Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe... There is so much to be done, there is so much that can be done. One person – a Raoul Wallenberg, an Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King, Jr. – one person of integrity, can make a difference, a difference of life and death.”
-Elie Wiesel
Who is Elie Wiesel?