Do the Write thing Essay Contest. Contest Rules “Students may use any form of written expression (e.g. essays, poems, plays or songs) as long as the language.

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Do the Write thing Essay Contest

Contest Rules “Students may use any form of written expression (e.g. essays, poems, plays or songs) as long as the language is positive and not derogatory. Students may submit only one entry per year. All entries must be the work of only one student.” “Student entries, at minimum, should address three questions: How has violence affected my life? What are the causes of youth violence? What can I do about youth violence? Writings that do not address these questions will not be advanced in the judging process.” “Entries should be approximately 500 to 1000 words in length. Written forms of expression, such as poetry that, by their nature, may be shorter, may contain fewer than 500 words.”

Contest Rules Entries must be in English. If an entry is fiction, it must be identified as so. If the student participant uses a quotation or another person's material in his or her entry, the entry must identify whose work is being used by citing the person's name or citing the source of the material. Writings based upon plagiarism will not be advanced in the selection process. Entries must have a "Cover Sheet" with the consent statement signed by the participating student and a parent or guardian. No personal information should appear on the body of the written entry. Entries without a signed Cover Sheet will not be advanced in the selection process. (See the attached Cover Sheet.doc with the Student and Parent/Guardian Consent Statement.)Cover Sheet.doc Entries must be submitted in the form that they are received from the student writer. Editing for content, grammar or spelling by someone other than the student is not permitted.

Contest Rules- Submission Deadlines Submission Deadlines All entries with a Cover Sheet attached must be collected by y January 24 th Selection Criteria “Entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by your jurisdiction’s Do the Write Thing Committee, the coalition of business, community and governmental leaders that oversees and administers the Challenge in your area. Entries will be judged on the basis of content, originality and responsiveness to the three questions: How has violence affected my life? What are the causes of youth violence? What can I do about youth violence? Grammar and spelling will not be used as criteria for judging the entries.”

What your entry will be judged on Entries will be judged on the basis of content, originality and responsiveness to the three questions: “How has violence affected my life?” “What are the causes of youth violence?” “What can I do about youth violence?” Grammar and spelling will not be used as criteria for judging the entries.” Essay information came from the following cite :

Topic For our Essay Based on the essay questions here are three topics you may write about in your essay or poem: ▫Youth Violence ▫Causes of Youth Violence ▫Drug abuse

Once you have chosen your topic its time to write the essay Video Review Yhttp:// Y