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The 2010 Big Read Adult Writing Contest
Based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Mark Twain
The deadline is looming for the 2010 Big Read Adult Writing Contest. In fact, it’s this coming Wednesday, February 10. If you can get your entries in the mail by Wednesday, you could win! Second and Third place winners in each ...category will win gift cards to local bookstores. First place winners in each category will be published in the Post-Dispatch. What are the categories? There is a Theme Writing Category: Write an essay of between 250 and 1,000 words in response to the question: “How do you think the American Childhood has & hasn’t changed since the 1840s?” There is also a Story Writing Category, in which you can enter an original short story in the writing style of Mark Twain. So, spend some quality time with your jumping frog, wax your mustache, and get to writing!
Want more info? Go to
http://www.bigread.net/big_read_big_write.html