Dateline: Sep. 8, 2007
Poetry/Essay Contest...
Dear Home School Educator:
Would your home school students like to enter a poetry or essay contest
that is run by teachers? Creative Communication has worked with
teachers for over 10 years to motivate young writers through our
contests and publications.
Who is Creative Communication? Creative Communication sponsors a
poetry contest for students in grades K-12 and an essay contest for
grades 4-12. We are proud of our contests. Creative Communication
is a member of the Utah Better Business Bureau. Read what other
parents and teachers have to say at:
http://www.poeticpower.com/Others.htm
See why Creative Communication is different:
http://www.poeticpower.com/howitworks2.html
We are contacting you because we have had numerous home school
students and parents contact us asking if they can participate in our
contest. Could you please provide a link in your resources section on
your web page, include a notice in your newsletter or forward this
message to anyone who has an interest in writing?
Please inform your home school parents of the following:
Poetry Newsletter: Please check out our newsletter Poetic Power
that has tips from teachers on how to teach poetry.
http://www.poeticpower.com/Frebies.htm.
Poetry Contest: We award over $70,000 in prizes to young poets
each year and publish the best poems from the contest. There are
no entry fees and you don't have to buy a book to be published.
Poets in grades K-12 can send in one original poem 21 lines or less
on any topic. Contest deadlines are December 5th and April 8th.
You can get full contest information or enter online at:
http://www.poeticpower.com/Contest.htm.
You can also mail an entry to:
Poetry Contest, Creative Communication
1488 N 200 W Logan, UT 84341.
Essay Contest: Students in grades 4-12 can entry one non-fiction
essay to each deadline. The essay must be 250 words or less on any
topic that is important to them. Prizes are given to the top ten
essays in each region and the top essays are chosen to be published
in an anthology. There are no entry fees and you don't have to buy
a book to be published. Contest deadlines are October 17th and
February 14th. You can get full contest information or enter online
at: http://www.studentessaycontest.com/indexessay.html
You can also mail an entry to:
Essay Contest, Creative Communication
1488 N 200 W Logan, UT 84341.
If you have questions please contact us at:
Creative Communication, 1488 N 200 W Logan, UT 84341
(435) 713-4411
Sincerely,
Tom Worthen, Ph.D.
Editor







