Department of English

with the SUU English Department's annual Writing for Life Conference & Contest for High School Students

Monday, March 31 , 2008

10-10:30--Registration/SUU Student Center Ballroom:   A $5 per student charge will cover workshop sessions and lunch. Teachers are asked to collect fees in an envelope to be turned into the conference registration desk  the morning of the event. The conference will offer scholarships to students who can't pay the fee. To access the scholarship funds, pre-registering teachers should list the number of students who need their fees covered (please see Step One below.)

10:30-11:15: Welcome: "Spring into Writing"; Conference Contest Awards

11:20 - 12:40 PM - Session One workshops

12:40-1:10 Lunch

1:10--2:30: Session Two workshops

Step One:
Pre-registration: Teachers, by March 10, please e-mail Joi Simpson simpson@suu.edu to let us know that you plan to attend; please "guesstimate" how many students will be attending. Also please indicate how many of your students will need a scholarship to cover the $5 conference fee.

Step Two:
By March 14 , please e-mail simpson@suu.edu with a firm estimate of the number of your students who will be attending.  If this deadline doesn't work for you, please let Joi Simpson know WHEN you'll be able to give us an estimate

By 5 p.m. March 25, teachers should request workshop space. Using the online form, fill in the number of students who would like to attend each session. Your students MAY wait to sign up for spaces the morning of the workshop, but they might find the workshops they want are already filled.

- Session Descriptions

Step Three:
By March 14, submit any entries to the contest. Entries must be submitted in these categories: Plays, Poetry, Fictional Story (including Novel Chapter or Graphic Novel Chapter), Creative Essay or Formal Essay. There is a limit of one entry per category. Students may submit to more than one category.  For last year's winners, see the 2007 high school link to our on-line Scriblerian journal.

There are three ways to submit an entry:

• Mail
  Students, be sure to include your name, grade level, school, sponsoring teacher, contest category and title of your entry.
  Don't forget your title on your entry. However, don't list your name on your paper. Include a floppy disk or a CD with your submission saved in MS Word or RTF. Please mail three days BEFORE our deadline. Sorry, but entries missing required information won't be considered by the judges.
  
  Our mailing address is:
  Joi Simpson
  Southern Utah University
  English Department BC
  Writing Contest
  351 W. University Blvd.
  Cedar City, UT 84720-2470
• E-mail
  Students, be sure to include your name, grade, school, sponsoring teacher, contest category, and title of your work in your e-mail message. Attach your entry as a MS Word or RTF document. Name the attachment with your title. The attached entry should also carry the title you list on the form, but NOT your name. Sorry, but entries missing required information won't be considered by the judges.
  
  E-mail to writingcenter@suu.edu
  Use the Subject line: Writing Contest
• Online
  Complete the online form and submit.

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