OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT WRITERS AND ARTISTS
SHORT DEADLINE - Willamette Heritage Center - January 27, 2012 - Victorian Valentine's Day (student) poetry contest. Details at www.willametteheritage.org/events_and_programs.html
NATIONAL CONTEST SPONSORED BY TARGET AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WITH LARGE PRIZES: Write a letter to an author that discusses how the author's book affected you. Read the entire guidelines at www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvs/aboutlit.shtml. DUE DATE: January 6, 2012. The contest can be entered as an individual or class project.
STUDENT ART AND/OR WRITING SOUGHT FOR HONORING OUR RIVERS ANTHOLOGY, deadline: January 31, 2012. Applications and further information are available at www.honoringourrivers.org. or call Sarah Schra 503-585-8789.
ALBANY LIBRARY SHORT STORY CONTEST - SHORT DEADLINE (APRIL 11, 2011) - Prizes are offered for student stories of 500 words or less which include libraries in some way. Entry forms available at both branches of the Albany Library. Stories must be turned into a branch of the library no later than April 11. Ask about this competition for next year.
K - 8 ART CONTEST USING CRAY-PAS. Deadline: December 9, 2011. The Sakura of America company, which makes cray-pas (a kind of crayon - pastel blend) runs a big art contest for K through grade 8 students. All the information can be found at www.sakuraofamerica.com. Click on the colorful contest box and go through the guidelines carefully. Tell your teacher because teachers are encouraged to be involved.
ART ON WHEELS: Student (all grades) art (virtually all media) and poetry (30 lines or less) contest sponored by the Linn County Art Guild. Deadline: May 31, 2011. There is an application form to go with the art or writing. Contact Rich Little (richlittle@hotmail.com) for the form and more information. The Linn County Art Guild's web site is www.linncountyartguild.org. Copies of the application form have been distributed to all Albany 8j schools and one can also be obtained from Linn County Kids Crete (write to: linncountykidscreate@gmail.com).
SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS: There is a giant award program for student (grades 7 through 12) art and writing. All of the information can be found at artandwriting.org or by using a search engine look for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. This program has multiple deadlines and big rewards. The 2010 cycle is over but it is likely there will be a new cycle starting shortly. Take time to go through this site very carefully. The contest is an important one and at least one past winner has come from Albany, Oregon. May there be lots more!
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION: Student poetry contest - four different levels. No entry fee. A lot of cash prizes. The guidelines for the 2012 student poetry contest have been posted on the website maintained by the Oregon Poetry Association. Visit www.oregonpoets.org . The deadline is February 1 2012. Take a look at the rules as soon as possible because they are detailed require involving a teacher (or parent for the home schooled).
KAY SNOW WRITING CONTEST, WILLAMETTE WRITERS (willamettewriters.com): The contest has cash prizes in three youth age categories (under 18) for verse and prose as well as adult categories. DEADLINE: April 23rd, 2011. No entry fee for youth. Details can be found at www.willamettewriters.com - look at the listing on the left side of the home page for Kay Snow Writing Contest and click on that to find the guidelines for the contest. (High School seniors should also look at the Herzog Scholarship part of www.willamettewriters.com for a modest scholarship awarded on the basis of writing.) Look for this contest in early 2012.
YOUTH POETRY AND POETRY WITH ORIGINAL ART CONTEST WITH CASH PRIZES for Linn and Benton County youth, preschool through 12th grade. The contest is sponsored by the Arts Center in Corvallis in conjunction with the Fall Festival. Deadline: August 12. 2011. Pick up an entry form at the Arts Center (700 SW Madison, Corvallis) or print it from the Arts Center website: www.theartscenter.net . There are four categories, cash prizes, and display in the fall.
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA (www.poetrysociety.org) has a high school student contest for poetry ($250 prize) with a submission DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 22, 2010. Look for a new contest toward the end of 2011. The contest is called the Louise Louis / Emily Bourne Student Poetry Award. The entry fee is $5 but a teacher can gather a number of entires for a group fee of $20. The website has a lot of material on it - look for awards and then individual awards and then scroll down looking for this contest. The actual guidelines are in a separate section so it has to be pieced together.
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL AGE TEEN ART SHOW: The Albany Arts Commission has announced its Sixth Annual Teen Art Show for teens who reside in the area covered by the Greater Albany Public Schools. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ART: APRIL 28, 29, 30. Specific information and application forms can be found at the following website: www.cityofalbany.net/atart/ or by calling Tari Hayes: 541-917-7778.
WRITING CONTEST FOR AGES 15 - 18, 19 - 25, 25 and above: THE NATURE OF WORDS, a Bend, Oregon organization, has posted the rules for its newest contest with cash prizes for young prose and poetry writers. This is really an active and worthwhile organization. The deadline is in June 2011 but it is never too early to prepare an entry. There are different categories. For more information, visit www.thenatureofwords.org.
STATE AND COUNTY FAIRS: Both the Oregon State Fair and the Linn County Fair have art and writing competitions with special competitions for student age people. The 2011 details for the State Fair art and photography competition are available at www.oregonstatefair.org. The Linn County Fair information for the 2011 fair art, photography, and poetry exhibitions is on line at www.linncountyfair.com. There is a "fair book" which has the information once you carefully comb through it.
SILVERTON POETRY ASSOCIATION: Youth poetry contest (grades k through 12). They ran one in 2010. Info: www.silverpoetry.org Watch for this one in 2011.
ESSAY CONTEST: Albany Optomist Club has an essay contest for those 18 or younger as of 12/31/10. Theme: "How my education is the key to a successful future." Scholarship prizes (up to $250) and entry into a district contest with more prizes. DEADLINE: Feb. 5, 2011. There may be another contest later this year. Info: kjkuessel@yahoo.com or 541-928-1965.
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST: Last year, there was a national young playwrights contest sponosored by the Actors Theatre (www.actorstheatre.org) with a deadline of 10/31/10. It was the sixth annual so it seems like that there will be another one this year. Look for it.
NORTHWEST YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS: There was a competition earlier this year for short (ten minute or less) plays written by those 18 and younger sponsored by Northwest Young Playwrights (www.nwyoungplaywrights.com). (See also www.northwestplaywrights.org) The deadline has passed for 2011 - it was in April but there will probably be another contest in early 2012. Get ready for it now. A ten minute play usually is ten pages. There are lots of websites with suggestions about how to write short plays and also with instructions about format (that's important).
INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE: A website about writing - www.newpages.com - has a separate section for young and student writers. If you go to the website, look at the listing on the left side of the opening page. The young writers link is at the bottom of that list.
STUDENT ART AND/OR WRITING SOUGHT FOR HONORING OUR RIVERS ANTHOLOGY, deadline: January 31, 2012. Applications and further information are available at www.honoringourrivers.org. or call Sarah Schra 503-585-8789.
ALBANY LIBRARY SHORT STORY CONTEST - SHORT DEADLINE (APRIL 11, 2011) - Prizes are offered for student stories of 500 words or less which include libraries in some way. Entry forms available at both branches of the Albany Library. Stories must be turned into a branch of the library no later than April 11. Ask about this competition for next year.
K - 8 ART CONTEST USING CRAY-PAS. Deadline: December 9, 2011. The Sakura of America company, which makes cray-pas (a kind of crayon - pastel blend) runs a big art contest for K through grade 8 students. All the information can be found at www.sakuraofamerica.com. Click on the colorful contest box and go through the guidelines carefully. Tell your teacher because teachers are encouraged to be involved.
ART ON WHEELS: Student (all grades) art (virtually all media) and poetry (30 lines or less) contest sponored by the Linn County Art Guild. Deadline: May 31, 2011. There is an application form to go with the art or writing. Contact Rich Little (richlittle@hotmail.com) for the form and more information. The Linn County Art Guild's web site is www.linncountyartguild.org. Copies of the application form have been distributed to all Albany 8j schools and one can also be obtained from Linn County Kids Crete (write to: linncountykidscreate@gmail.com).
SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS: There is a giant award program for student (grades 7 through 12) art and writing. All of the information can be found at artandwriting.org or by using a search engine look for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. This program has multiple deadlines and big rewards. The 2010 cycle is over but it is likely there will be a new cycle starting shortly. Take time to go through this site very carefully. The contest is an important one and at least one past winner has come from Albany, Oregon. May there be lots more!
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION: Student poetry contest - four different levels. No entry fee. A lot of cash prizes. The guidelines for the 2012 student poetry contest have been posted on the website maintained by the Oregon Poetry Association. Visit www.oregonpoets.org . The deadline is February 1 2012. Take a look at the rules as soon as possible because they are detailed require involving a teacher (or parent for the home schooled).
KAY SNOW WRITING CONTEST, WILLAMETTE WRITERS (willamettewriters.com): The contest has cash prizes in three youth age categories (under 18) for verse and prose as well as adult categories. DEADLINE: April 23rd, 2011. No entry fee for youth. Details can be found at www.willamettewriters.com - look at the listing on the left side of the home page for Kay Snow Writing Contest and click on that to find the guidelines for the contest. (High School seniors should also look at the Herzog Scholarship part of www.willamettewriters.com for a modest scholarship awarded on the basis of writing.) Look for this contest in early 2012.
YOUTH POETRY AND POETRY WITH ORIGINAL ART CONTEST WITH CASH PRIZES for Linn and Benton County youth, preschool through 12th grade. The contest is sponsored by the Arts Center in Corvallis in conjunction with the Fall Festival. Deadline: August 12. 2011. Pick up an entry form at the Arts Center (700 SW Madison, Corvallis) or print it from the Arts Center website: www.theartscenter.net . There are four categories, cash prizes, and display in the fall.
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA (www.poetrysociety.org) has a high school student contest for poetry ($250 prize) with a submission DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 22, 2010. Look for a new contest toward the end of 2011. The contest is called the Louise Louis / Emily Bourne Student Poetry Award. The entry fee is $5 but a teacher can gather a number of entires for a group fee of $20. The website has a lot of material on it - look for awards and then individual awards and then scroll down looking for this contest. The actual guidelines are in a separate section so it has to be pieced together.
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL AGE TEEN ART SHOW: The Albany Arts Commission has announced its Sixth Annual Teen Art Show for teens who reside in the area covered by the Greater Albany Public Schools. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ART: APRIL 28, 29, 30. Specific information and application forms can be found at the following website: www.cityofalbany.net/atart/ or by calling Tari Hayes: 541-917-7778.
WRITING CONTEST FOR AGES 15 - 18, 19 - 25, 25 and above: THE NATURE OF WORDS, a Bend, Oregon organization, has posted the rules for its newest contest with cash prizes for young prose and poetry writers. This is really an active and worthwhile organization. The deadline is in June 2011 but it is never too early to prepare an entry. There are different categories. For more information, visit www.thenatureofwords.org.
STATE AND COUNTY FAIRS: Both the Oregon State Fair and the Linn County Fair have art and writing competitions with special competitions for student age people. The 2011 details for the State Fair art and photography competition are available at www.oregonstatefair.org. The Linn County Fair information for the 2011 fair art, photography, and poetry exhibitions is on line at www.linncountyfair.com. There is a "fair book" which has the information once you carefully comb through it.
SILVERTON POETRY ASSOCIATION: Youth poetry contest (grades k through 12). They ran one in 2010. Info: www.silverpoetry.org Watch for this one in 2011.
ESSAY CONTEST: Albany Optomist Club has an essay contest for those 18 or younger as of 12/31/10. Theme: "How my education is the key to a successful future." Scholarship prizes (up to $250) and entry into a district contest with more prizes. DEADLINE: Feb. 5, 2011. There may be another contest later this year. Info: kjkuessel@yahoo.com or 541-928-1965.
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST: Last year, there was a national young playwrights contest sponosored by the Actors Theatre (www.actorstheatre.org) with a deadline of 10/31/10. It was the sixth annual so it seems like that there will be another one this year. Look for it.
NORTHWEST YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS: There was a competition earlier this year for short (ten minute or less) plays written by those 18 and younger sponsored by Northwest Young Playwrights (www.nwyoungplaywrights.com). (See also www.northwestplaywrights.org) The deadline has passed for 2011 - it was in April but there will probably be another contest in early 2012. Get ready for it now. A ten minute play usually is ten pages. There are lots of websites with suggestions about how to write short plays and also with instructions about format (that's important).
INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE: A website about writing - www.newpages.com - has a separate section for young and student writers. If you go to the website, look at the listing on the left side of the opening page. The young writers link is at the bottom of that list.
