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April 3, 2009. For immediate release. This is the last weekend before the April 7, 2009 postmark deadline for entries to the Winnipeg Free Press/Writers’ Collective Short Fiction and the Writers’ Collective Marie Barton Postcard Fiction Contests.

Both contests offer winners cash prizes, as well as publication in The Collective Consciousness, quarterly journal of the Writers’ Collective. Contest winners will be honoured at a Special Awards Night, in late May.

More complete contest rules and entry forms please visit: thewriterscollective.wordpress.com

The Writers* Collective is a Winnipeg-based non-profit charitable organization established in 2000 as The Collective for Professional and Developing Writers. We are dedicated to assisting writers of all skill levels in Manitoba, with a focus on new and emerging writers.

For more information contact:

Cynara Geissler Programming Coordinator

The Writers’ Collective Writers’ Collective

University of Winnipeg 4th Floor Library

 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba

R3B 2E9 (204) 786-9468

writerscollective@uwinnipeg.ca

thewriterscollective.wordpress.com

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Enter A&E Canadian Classroom’s 2008
“LIVES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE“
Essay Contest
Deadline December 15, 2008

 

Students in grades 5-12 are invited to enter A&E’s ‘LIVES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ ESSAY CONTEST [formerly the 'BIOGRAPHY® OF THE YEAR ESSAY CONTEST'] by writing and submitting an original essay in 300 words or less on who they think made the greatest impact on Canadian society in 2008.

 
Each entry must include the student’s name, complete address, postal code, telephone number, age, grade, name of teacher, school, school address, and local cable system (if known). Don’t Delay! Send entries to: LIVES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE ESSAY CONTEST, c/o Temple Scott Associates, 250 The Esplanade, Suite 301, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1J2. Contest begins September 1, 2008 and ends December 15, 2008.

Two winners from each grade level — 5th-8th grade and 9th-12th grade — will be selected.
 

5th-8th Grade level

GRAND PRIZE (1): Student: $5,000 Cash Prize
Department/Classroom of Teacher: $1,000 Cash (Cdn.) for use in the classroom.
School: A&E Television Network
s Video Library. (Includes 25″ Colour TV, DVD Player, and 3 Classic DVD Box Sets – Est. Retail Value: $800 Cdn.)

FIRST PRIZE (1): Student: $2,500 Cash Prize
Department/Classroom of Teacher: $1,000 Cash (Cdn.) for use in the classroom.
School: A&E Television Networks Video Library. (Includes 25″ Colour TV, DVD Player, and 3 Classic DVD Box Sets – Est. Retail Value: $800 Cdn.)

9th-12th Grade level

GRAND PRIZE (1): Student: $5,000 Cash Prize
Department/Classroom of Teacher: $1,000 Cash (Cdn.) for use in the classroom.
School: A&E Television Networks Video Library. (Includes 25″ Colour TV, DVD Player, and 3 Classic DVD Box Sets – Est. Retail Value: $800 Cdn.)

FIRST PRIZE (1): Student: $2,500 Cash Prize
Department/Classroom of Teacher: $1000 Cash (Cdn) for use in the classroom.
School: A&E Television Networks Video Library. (Includes 25″ Colour TV, DVD Player, and 3 Classic DVD Box Sets – Est. Retail Value: $800 Cdn.)

 

For complete details and official contest rules, go to the A&E Canadian Classroom website at http://www.biography.com/classroom/canadianclassroom.

[Note: Due to Provincial restrictions the contest is void in Quebec.]

 

 

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