NEW STUDENT WRITING CONTEST!

Summer Parent Persuasion

Congratulations and thanks to the thousands of students and teachers who participated in past seasons’ Hurricane Katrina, Iraq Adventure, Make Your Case, Dream On, Election of a Lifetime and Guide to Substitute Teacher Success writing contests! Here are the details of our new student writing contest, sponsored by The Esther Diamond Memorial Scholarship for Excellence In Children’s Writing:

DEADLINE: Apr. 30, 2010

Who can enter?: 3rd through 8th grade students

Categories: grades 3-5; grades 6-8

Prizes: One First Prize-winning author in each of the two categories will receive a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card, with the top three authors in each category receiving a copy of my fun guidebook, 6 Tricks to Student WRITER'S ORIGAMI Success (A Fun and Easy Guide for Students, Teachers and Parents).

Writing Details

Persuasive Writing Prompt: Write a letter to your parents, either to convince them to approve and bankroll your desired plans for summer vacation, or to dissuade them from plans THEY ALREADY have in mind for you. Perhaps you would really like to attend a certain sports or science camp, or maybe you really don't want to spend your summer at grandma's house.

It's recommended that student entries follow Writing to Command Attention's POW! line.

Maximum Length: 4 hand-printed sides or 2 typed, double-spaced sides

Please mail them to:

Mark Diamond
Writing to Command Attention! Workshops
2890 N. Hills Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS: The heading of the first page should bear the student’s name, age, grade, school with phone number, district, school contact and contact’s email address. Teachers may mail multiple entries in one envelope.