Peace Poem Contest Rules
http://www.creducation.org/cre/crday/poetrycontest/
1. Eligibility. The contest is open to all students in
grades 3 – 12.
2. Submission Period. Entries will be accepted between
September 1, 2010 and November 1, 2010,11:59 PM
Eastern (10:59 PM Central; 9:59 PM Mountain; 8:59 PM
Pacific; 5:59 PM Hawaii).
3. To Enter. Write a poem that describes “Peace in My
Community”. Please write a title for your poem. Limit
your poem to 20 lines. Poems must be in English.
Limit: 1 poem per student, 20 per school. Please do not
put your name or school on the poem (for fairness in
judging).
ALL POEMS SUBMITTED MUST BE THE STUDENT’S OWN, ORIGINAL
WORK, AND NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED.
4. Prizes. Prizes will be awarded in three
categories: Grades 3-5; 6-8; and 9-12. First Place: $100.
Second Place: $75. (prizes are in U.S. dollars)
5. Announcement of Winners. Winners will be contacted by
December 1, 2010.
6. Sponsor. The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
is a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the
practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.
This contest is being sponsored as an activity for ACR’s
Conflict Resolution Day. For information about ACR and
Conflict Resolution Day, go to
www.acrnet.org/crday
7. General Conditions.
Poems will not be returned. Entrants should keep a copy of
their submissions.
Association for Conflict Resolution assumes no
responsibility for entries that are lost, incomplete,
misdirected, illegible, or late, or for failed computer
transmissions or technical failures.
Association for Conflict Resolution reserves the right, in
its discretion, to reject entries that it believes are
unlawful, libelous, or would be detrimental to the
reputation of Conflict Resolution Day or the Association
for Conflict Resolution.
Poems with profanity, obscenity, vulgarity, or anything
else which overrides the general norms of civility will
not be eligible for prizes.
Entry must comply with all contest rules to be eligible
for a prize. The Association for Conflict Resolution
reserves the right not to award any prizes.
Selected entries (including those that were not awarded
prizes) may be displayed at the ACR National Conference
and may be compiled in a poetry book or other form
(including electronically) as may be determined by the
Association for Conflict Resolution.
Winning students will have the opportunity to submit a
digital tape recording of their poem, which the
Association for Conflict Resolution may link to its
website.
Winners will be selected by a panel of judges named by the
Association for Conflict Resolution. The judges will
evaluate the entries using the following criteria:
exploration of theme, impact on reader, originality,
literacy, message. Judges’ decisions are final. |
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