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Each year during Military Family Month in November, ASYMCA launches its annual art contest, co-sponsored by GEICO, and its essay contest, co-sponsored by Lockheed Martin. Winners of the art and essay contest will be announced at the ASYMCA annual luncheon in Washington, D.C. on May 2008. To enter, please send your art work or essay along with a completed official entry form to: Armed Services YMCA Art entries must be postmarked by Friday, February 15, 2008 while essay entries must be e-mailed to tharper@asymca.org or postmarked by Friday, March 14, 2008. Please help us spread the word about this special contest by posting
an art contest flyer and an essay
contest flyer in your community. You may also hang a poster about the ASYMCA 2008 Essay Contest. Art Contest: “My Military Family” Drawings should be in color, and the artwork should be on the official ASYMCA 2008 Art Contest template. Black and white drawings may be entered but are less likely to be selected as top winners. Oversized and three-dimensional entries will not be judged. Please do not identify family members on the drawing. First-place winners from each branch of service will be awarded a $500 U.S. savings bond; second-place winners will receive a $100 U.S. savings bond. All winning artwork will be featured on the ASYMCA Web site and on a Military Family Month poster, which will be distributed to members of Congress and Department of Defense officials. Click here to download the art contest entry form.
Essay Contest: “My Military Hero” The essay can focus on any person who is/has served in the US military. As an example, the essay could be about a parent, sibling, son/daughter, grandfather, etc., or an unrelated figure from US military history such as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, George Washington, etc. The person need not be well known. They could have been an Army cook during Korea, an Ensign in WW2, a medic in Vietnam or a truck driver in the Gulf. As long as the individual served in the US military the student can write about them. So, from the founding of America to the present, anyone who served can be the focus of the essay. This is a contest; not a book report. Grab our attention! Grades eight and below should submit entries of a minimum of 100 words but no more than 300. High school students' (9-12) entries should be no less than 300 words and no more than 500. First- and second-place prizes are awarded in six categories based on grade level. First-place winners from grade categories 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8 will each receive a $500 U.S. savings bond; second-place winners will receive a $100 U.S. savings bond. First-place winners from grade categories 9-10 and 11-12 will each receive a $1,000 U.S. savings bond; second-place winners will receive a $200 U.S. savings bond. Two essays will receive $100 U.S. savings bonds for honorable mention. |
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