"In Love with Reading" Poetry Contest
Winners have been announced! Check out the winning poems!
Contest Details:
Do you ever get warm and fuzzy feelings when you're reading? Do you just love it when your parent or grandparent reads you a story? Do you love going to the library to pick out new books? If so, we want you to write a poem about a moment when you just LOVED reading!
a VHS copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Official Rules:
1. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is open only to legal residents of the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) who are ages 5 through 13 as of the date the Contest begins.
2. HOW TO ENTER: All entries must be completed and received by RIF on February 14, 2004. Limit one entry per person. To complete an entry, poems must be sent with the following information included:
- Child's name
- Child's age and grade level
- Child's mailing address
- Email address of the child's parent, guardian, or teacher
- School name
- Title of poem
- Please indicate if chid is currently in a RIF program
Incomplete entries are void. All entries become the property of RIF and will not be acknowledged or returned. RIF assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, or illegible entries.
3. JUDGING: All entries should be written in English with correct spelling and grammar. The poem must be original. Poems will be judged by RIF staff, and poems will be judged on creativity, writing style, grammar, and spelling. Winners will be selected on or about March 1, 2004.
4. PRIZES: There will be ten winners selected and ten prizes granted. The ten winning entries will be published on the RIF Reading Planet website. Winners will be notified via email with a Prize Permission Form for their parent, guardian, or teacher to fill out and mail to RIF with information needed for sending out the prize. RIF will send prizes directly to the winner.
5. GENERAL CONDITIONS: RIF retains the right to edit winning submissions prior to publication. Winners and their parents, legal guardians, or teachers grant RIF the right to use and publish their first name and winning poem online, or in any other media, in connection with the Contest.
