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Limit, 15 student entries per teacher. NO ENTRY FEE.  No student may have more than two pieces entered, total, and only one per genre. Teachers may enter two pieces, only one per genre. In addition, teachers may enter up to 5 student sentences (limit one per student) and one teacher sentence. (Sentences do not count against the total of 15 other entries. Sentences can be taken from larger pieces of writing.) Please do NOT enter pieces previously entered in other statewide contests.
·      All entries must be attached to an e-mail sent from teacher’s school e-mail address. Each entry must be a separate e-mail

·      Winners in each division will be invited to an OWP Spring Celebration & Writing Conference and will have their writing published in the 2022 Anthology of Winning Writing and on the OWP Website. Winners and their teachers will receive free anthologies of winning writing.
Students and teachers will be competing against others in their own divisions and genres. Divisions are determined by grade rather than by school level:  Primary (pre-K though 2nd); Intermediate, (grades 3-5); Middle School (grades 6-8); High School, (grades 9-12), and Teacher
See attached pdf for additional information and all categories including a new COMIC opportunity.  

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TEACHERS

Each piece should be typed as a Microsoft Word document in 12-point font, double-spaced. If we can’t open the document, it may be disqualified. (Google Docs sometimes cannot be opened without school’s permission.)

 IMPORTANT: Do NOT include student’s name, school, or teacher in the attached document (entry) but only the title and the writing. Only the attachments will be forwarded to the contest judges.

 Send a separate e-mail with attachment for each entry. Subject of e-mail should be the title of the piece. Title of the attached document should be title of the entry. In the body of the e-mail, list:

 

·      Genre of entry

·      Title of piece

·      Student’s name

·      Student’s grade

·      Teacher’s name

·      School

·      School address

·      School phone

·      Teacher’s school e-mail address

 

E-mail entries to [log in to unmask] by January 18, 2022. Entries received after that date will not be accepted. Limit is 15 entries per teacher, limit two per student in separate genres, in addition to 5 sentences. Teacher may enter 2 pieces, each a different genre, and one sentence. 
Questions?  E-mail [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]  Text 405-250-5400. 
For samples of winning writing, the 2021 Anthology of Winning Writing by Oklahoma Students and Teachers is available for $7 on amazon.com under Books.
Audra Plummer  M. Ed.Co-Director of InserviceOklahoma Writing ProjectUniversity of OklahomaJeannine Rainbolt College of Education338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190Norman, Oklahoma 73019Phone: 405-310-8966
OWP Office Phone: 405-325-2873FAX: 405-325-7841http://okwp.org 


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