OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT WRITERS AND ARTISTS
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 www.artandwriting.org or by using a search engine look for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. This program has multiple deadlines and big rewards. The deadlines are generally in late fall or early winter.
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION: Student poetry contest - four different levels. No entry fee. A lot of cash prizes. The guidelines for the 2013 student poetry contest have been posted on the website maintained by the Oregon Poetry Association. Visit www.oregonpoets.org . Take a look at the rules as soon as possible because they are detailed require involving a teacher (or parent for the home schooled). Deadline is past - there will be another contest with a 2014 deadline.
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. Look for it for 2013 - the deadline is probably in April. 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.)
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 annually by the Arts Center in Corvallis in conjunction with the Fall Festival. Pick up an entry form at the Arts Center (700 SW Madison, Corvallis) or print it from the Arts Center website: www.theartscenter.net .
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA (www.poetrysociety.org) has a high school student contest for poetry ($250 prize) with a submission DEADLINE IN DECEMBER. Look for a new contest toward the end of 2013. 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 25, 26, or 28. Specific information and application forms can be found at the following website: www.cityofalbany.net/atart/ or by calling Debbie Little: 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. Look for this contest for 2012. 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.
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.
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION: Student poetry contest - four different levels. No entry fee. A lot of cash prizes. The guidelines for the 2013 student poetry contest have been posted on the website maintained by the Oregon Poetry Association. Visit www.oregonpoets.org . Take a look at the rules as soon as possible because they are detailed require involving a teacher (or parent for the home schooled). Deadline is past - there will be another contest with a 2014 deadline.
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. Look for it for 2013 - the deadline is probably in April. 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.)
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 annually by the Arts Center in Corvallis in conjunction with the Fall Festival. Pick up an entry form at the Arts Center (700 SW Madison, Corvallis) or print it from the Arts Center website: www.theartscenter.net .
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA (www.poetrysociety.org) has a high school student contest for poetry ($250 prize) with a submission DEADLINE IN DECEMBER. Look for a new contest toward the end of 2013. 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 25, 26, or 28. Specific information and application forms can be found at the following website: www.cityofalbany.net/atart/ or by calling Debbie Little: 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. Look for this contest for 2012. 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.
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.
