Hello Colleagues, The busy month of January gets even busier as all those contest deadlines approach. Just a gentle reminder -- 2005 Scholastic Writing and Art Awards Postmark Deadline: Monday, January 10, 2005 2005 Student / Teacher Writing Contest ³WRITE TO WIN!² sponsored by OWP Postmark Deadline: Friday, January 21, 2005 2005 Oklahoma Young Writers¹ Competition Information sponsored by the O.C.T.E. Postmark Deadline: Friday, January 21, 2005 The R. Darryl Fisher Creative Writing Contest sponsored by East Central State University Postmark Deadline: Monday, January 31, 2005 See the OWP Website Contest page for more information http://www.ou.edu/special/owp/contest.html A disappointing note about the OWP Blog ³Decade of Reading and Writing Contest.² Although I had three lovely journals as prizes, I did not get one single entry. Only Janis Cramer has taken advantage of the new e-Anthology format and only a few people responded to her posting. NWP gave us FOUR web log addresses and they are not being used. At the Technology Workshop on Saturday, January 22, ³Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Blogging,² I am considering awarding these sites to attendees. Please let me know if you are interested. Attendance at the technology workshops has been limited. I have posted tips and downloads linked to each completed presentation at the following address -- http://www.ou.edu/special/owp/techinstitute.html Hope your spring semester goes well. Later, Sandra Effinger [log in to unmask] Technology Liaison Oklahoma Writing Project http://www.ou.edu/special/owp