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Young Authors Book Writing Contest 2009

Get your kids writing this summer!

It's time for the 7th annual Young Authors Contest. So get busy this summer and stay tuned for some fun events at ImaginOn, to get your children's creative ideas flowing. Want to collaborate? We've added a special category for collaborations between artists and writers (of the same grade category), so work with a friend or partner.

    

Download Young Authors Title Page (entry form)

 

   

 

    

This Year's Guidelines

> Hand write and illustrate an original storybook

> No computer generated or typed books will be accepted

> Story and images should be appropriate for a child 4 to 8 years old

> Books may be written in English and Spanish

> Book collaborations are excepted and judged in a special category

> Collaborations must be two (2) students in the same grade or category (i.e. 2nd & 3rd grader, but not a 1st & 4th grader)

> Entrants must be in Grades K-8 to qualify

> Entrants must download and fill out the Title Page to submit with the book (It may be clipped inside, folded and inserted, stapled or attached as part of the book)

> All required (marked by *) fields of Title Page must be completed. If a teacher or school is submitting a group of entries, they may use their contact e-mail and school            address, but students' name, age and telephone must be submitted

> 20 pages maximum (no computer media accepted)

> Books should be no smaller than 5" x 8" (one half standard paper size)

> Staple, stitch, bind, clip or insert into a folder. Use your imagination to create your book!

> Include a title page: Book title, Author's Name, Address, Phone, E-mail, Grade and School

> For complete rules and guidelines visit www.charlotteparent.com/events

> Deadline for submissions is November 5, 2009

Download Young Authors Title Page (entry form)

Categories

Grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, Spanish and collaborations (art/writing)

Drop Off Locations

Books may be dropped off at

ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center

300 East Seventh St, 704-973-2780

Or mailed to:

Charlotte Parent magazine

2125 Southend Drive, Suite #253, Charlotte, NC, 28203

Prizes & Fun

Prizes will be awarded in all categories. And all participants will receive a certificate of participation. A reception for all participants and family members will be held at ImaginOn in January 2010 on a date to be announced!

Return Policy

Books may be picked up on the date of the reception. Anyone picking up more than four (4) books must submit a list in advance of the event and books will be pre-pulled to avoid delays. All books not picked up at the reception become the property of Charlotte Parent magazine. Due to the quantity of books received, we cannot mail or deliver any books.

Download the 2008 rubric to see how our judges grade the final books.

View 2008 Young Authors Event

Charlotte Parent K-3 Young Authors Winners

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