R E M I N D E R Deadline for the OWP writing contest is Friday! Teachers, last year we had 17 entries in the teacher contest. Now, OWP people, there's no excuse for you not to enter. Right now, while you're thinking about it, go to your computer and print up something you wrote when you went through the summer Institute, a poem, a narrative, an essay... Go to the OWP website to find information about the contest: http://www.ou.edu/special/owp/contest.html Download cover sheet and entry blank. Or I'll be glad to fax you one if you can't open the document. Phone and fax: 405-495-4903 Elementary teachers, we usually have very few entrants in your division. I know you've all had your students write poems and descriptive paragraphs this year. Find some good ones and send them in! Nothing is better motivation for kids to write than for someone in their class to win a contest! Elementary entries do not have to be typed. Middle school and high school teachers, you guys usually do a good job of sending in entries, but if you've never entered the contest before, try it this year. Entry fees are $2.50. You may enter 15, but you don't have to enter 15. Winners will be honored at the OWP workshop for students and teachers March 30. Come on. Do it this year. Janis ===== Janis Cramer Co-Director of Inservice Oklahoma Writing Project 820 Van Vleet Oval University of Oklahoma Phone and Fax (405) 495-4903 [log in to unmask]