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CAYUGA READS Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
ESSAY CONTEST: Respond to one of the prompts:
How would you answer the questions that Eugene poses to his class on the first day of school: What does the world mean to you? How often do you think about things that happen outside this town? What does the world expect of you?
Is the ideal of "interacting with the world," as Eugene describes Trevor's project, something you were taught as a child? Is service emphasized in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your community? What obstacles have gotten in the way of your heeding the call of the caring impulse within you?
Judging criteria: Each entrant may submit one essay of no more than 500 words on one of the prompts, provided that the essay is the original, individual work of the entrant. Essays will be judged on clarity, originality, voice and development of ideas.
Submission Guidelines: The contest is open to students and community members. Essays should be no more than 500 words and should be typed and double-spaced. A cover sheet should include the writer’s name, address, phone number, and, if applicable, grade, age, school and sponsoring teacher’s name.
Send print copies to Cayuga Reads Contest, c/o Carolyn Hirst-Loucks, Tubman Administration Building, 78 Thornton Ave, Auburn, New York 13021. Deadline: Postmarked by October 1, 2009
POETRY CONTEST:
Respond in verse to Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Some suggestions: you may want to address the power of giving, how small gestures have a large impact, etc. Use specific details to vividly relate the experience to the reader, and employ poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, rhythm, repetition, metaphor, or simile.
Judging criteria Each entrant may submit one poem of no more than 20 lines on one of the suggested themes, in any style or form, provided that the poem is the original, individual work of the entrant. No preference is given to any one form (i.e. sonnets, villanelles, free verse, etc.) over another. Poems will be judged on their originality and their ability to elicit a response in the reader. Judges will be looking for originality, creativity, artistic quality, characterization, and the adherence to the theme and line limits.
Submission guidelines: This contest is for students and community members.
Poems should be no more than 20 lines. Poems should be typed and double-spaced. A cover sheet should include the writer’s name, address, phone number, and, if applicable, grade, age, school and sponsoring teacher’s name.
Send print copies to Cayuga Reads Contest, c/o Carolyn Hirst-Loucks, Tubman Administration Building, 78 Thornton Ave, Auburn, New York 13021. Deadline: Postmarked by October 1, 2009
ART CONTEST:
Art work can be of many forms: Audio-visual i.e., music, video, website, Power Point, combination of audio & visual - no more than 7 minutes in length Visual arts i.e., painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, collage, sculpture
Judging criteria Each entrant may submit one piece of work of on one of the suggested themes, in any style or form, provided that the artwork is the original, individual work of the entrant. No preference is given to any one form over another. Art work will be judged on originality and their ability to elicit a response in the viewer. Judges will be looking for originality, creativity, artistic quality, and the adherence to the theme.
Submission guidelines: This contest is for students and community members.
Art work should be no larger than 24” x 36”. Audio-visual should be no more than 7 minutes. A cover sheet should include the artist’s name, address, phone number, and, if applicable, grade, age, school and sponsoring teacher’s name.
Send original to Cayuga Reads Contest, c/o Carolyn Hirst-Loucks, Tubman Administration Building, 78 Thornton Ave, Auburn, New York 13021. Deadline: Postmarked by October 1, 2009
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