Are you under the age of 18, living in the US or Canada? Do you like to write poetry about spiders and other creepy crawlies? Then I've got a contest for you!
I recently spoke with Wade Harrell, President of the American Tarantula Society, via email. He gave me permission to repost this information about ATS' current poetry contest for kids. This information comes from the ATS Discussion Board, a great resource for any tarantula enthusiast.
If you plan to enter, don't delay! The deadline for entries is December 10, 2009. If you have any questions about the contest, please direct them to Payton MacDonald (contact information below).
Good luck!
The ATS has received a generous donation to support more kids' contests ... The first contest is for original poetry. We seek two poems per entry, one a haiku and the other in a form of the applicant's choice. The content of the poems must relate to tarantulas, scorpions, and arachnids in general.
The winning entries will be chosen by a committee. The prizes are as follows:
First Place: A Nintendo Wii or Wii games
Second Place: A free year subscription to the ATS Forum
Third Place: A tarantula T-shirt
Each participant must be under 18 years of age (living in the US or Canada). Winners of an ATS contest in the last six months are ineligible. Multiple members of the same family may enter the contest. Please send submissions to the Kids’ Section editor via email if possible. Regular mail is also acceptable. Submissions must arrive by December 10, 2009.
Please submit entries to Children's Editor Payton MacDonald:
payton [dot] macdonald [at] gmail [dot] com
(replace the "dots" and "at" with the appropriate symbols)
Photo credit: Alvaro Guzman, through a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License via Flickr.
2 comments:
what about UK?
Marinela, as far as I can tell, this contest is only for kids in the US and Canada. I don't know about future contests. I'd try contacting the ATS directly and see what they say. You might also try the British Tarantula Society and see if they offer something similar. Thanks for stopping by!
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