Entries are flowing into [log in to unmask] are going to have a great competition this year!
TUESDAY IS THE DEADLINE for the 2016 OWP Write to Win contest!If you haven't entered, please scramble for some entries.  Think of your students' pieces you've put on the bulletin board. Which were the best?
Elementary teachers traditionally do not enter as much as secondary teachers?  Why is that?  Elementary teachers, take advantage of the situation and enter your students.  Librarians, if the students wrote for you in the library, they are your students!  Enter them!
OWP TCs, you should definitely enter the teacher contest--you already having something in your summer institute portfolio--a potential winner.   Remember, this year you may enter a competition for the best sentence.  The judges will choose one winner from each grade level.
INSTRUCTION TO TEACHERS, 2016 OWP WRITING CONTEST: Each entry should be typed as a Microsoft Word document in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced.   If we can’t open the document, it may be disqualified.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 for each entry.  Subject of e-mail should be the title of the piece.In the body of the e-mail, list:   
   - Student’s name
   - Student’s grade
   - Title of piece
   - Genre of entry
   - Teacher’s name
   - School
   - School address
   - School phone
   - Teacher’s school e-mail address

Winners, when announced, will receive a form via teacher’s e-mail to have their parents and teacher sign, verifying originality of the piece and agreeing to have the work published in the OWP anthology and online.  
 E-mail entries to [log in to unmask] by January 19, 2016.  Entries received after tomorrow will not be accepted.Limit 15 entries per teacher, limit two per student in separate genres.  Teacher may enter 2 pieces, each a different genre. 
Genres include:PoetryShort StoryPersonal NarrativeDescriptive paragraphessayflash fictionwriting across the curriculumsentence

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