Crooked Tree Arts Council 461 East Mitchell Petoskey, MI 49770 231.347.4337 nFb (1K)
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Board of Directors
Young Writers Expo 2010
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Young Writers Expo 2010

As part of the Crooked Tree Arts Center's Youth Arts Festival, CTAC is pleased to collaborate with the Petoskey News-Review to present the

 8th Annual Young Writers Juried Exposition

The Young Writers Expo will be featured Saturday, April 24, 2010 wiith an awards reception being held from 2-4 p.m.  Prizes to be awarded are:

  • High School Prose and Poetry winners: 1st: $75, 2nd: $50, 3rd: $25 prizes, medal, and certificate. 
  • Middle and Elementary Winners: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners recieve a medal, prize, and certificate.
  • Honorable Mentions recieve a certificate.
  • All winners are invited to read their work aloud.
  • Winning poetry and prose pieces will be published in the Petoskey News-Review on April 23, 2009.
  • Light refreshments created by Boyne City's Hospitality Program will be served. 

All young writers in the Charlevoix-Emmet ISD (or home school students in Charlevoix or Emmet Counties) may submit a work of poetry, prose or one of each.  Work should be submitted on-line between 9:00 a.m., March 15, and 5:00 p.m. March 31, 2010.

Student work must meet the following requirements:

  • Prose work may be fiction or non-fiction.  All prose is limited to 1,000 words or fewer. All work should be a standard font, 12 point type, and double spaced.
  • All poetic forms are acceptable.  All works of poetry are limited to 500 words or fewer.  All work should be a standard font and 12 point type. 
  • All work must be clearly labeled with the following information:

        First Page: writer's full name, school name, teacher name

        Second Page:  writer's name and page number

  • Work needs to be submitted on-line to CTAC by a teacher, principal, or parent.
  • Work needs to be submitted in a readable computer file (Microsoft Word compatible).
  • Work needs to be submitted on-line to CTAC no later than 5:00 p.m. March 31,. 2010.
  • To submit work, use the Crooked Tree Arts Center's website:  www.crookedtree.org.  Students' work may be entered by accessing the Teacher Connection page on the CTAC Home Page (see the left column).

If you have questions about the Young Writers Juried Expo, please contact Crooked Tree Arts Center  231 347-4337 or marty@crookedtree.org.