Students enrolled in all school districts in Lincoln County are invited to submit essays and posters in contests sponsored in connection with the Journey Stories exhibit that will open at the Museum of Pioneer History in Chandler in February.
Entries in all three contests must be submitted by 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, and winners will be notified by Feb. 19. One winner from every school district in the county will receive a $20 cash prize in each division of the essay and poster contests. All winners will be special guests at the exhibit’s grand opening event at the historic H&S Theater in Chandler on Feb. 27.
The Mid Level Essay Contest is open to students in grades seven through nine and entries must be 500 words or less.
Mandy Myers, exhibit education chairman, said the essays should be about an obstacle, physical or emotional or otherwise that has stood in the way of somewhere that a person wanted to go, who someone wanted to be or what someone wanted to achieve.
“Explain what this obstacle was, how you overcame it and where your journey took you,” Myers said.
The Upper Level Essay Contest is open to students in grades 10 though 12 and entries must be 750 words or less.
Myers said the essays should be about any kind of journey — “from an awe-inspiring trip to your first drive on icy roads that made you realize you are not invincible. The key is to recreate these journeys for your reader.”
All essays must be typed or neatly written in blue or black ink with the entrant’s name, grade, school, address and phone number typed or written on a separate cover sheet to be stapled on the essay.
The contest is open to students in grades three to six and should promote their hometown as “the place to go.”
“Students may want to include special places to visit and eat, exciting activities, important people who have lived there, benefits of living there and any other information that might make other people want to visit your hometown,” Myers said.
All poster entries must be done on size 11”x14” poster board and artwork and lettering may be hand designed or computer generated. The entrant’s name, grade, school, address and phone number must be printed neatly on the back of the poster.
Entries for the essay and poster contests may be submitted by mail or hand-delivered to the Museum of Pioneer History, 719 Manvel, Chandler, OK 74834 or to the Lincoln County Farm Center, 308 W. 15th Street, Chandler, OK 74834.
The Journey Stories exhibit will be open at the museum in Chandler on Feb. 27 and be in place until April 11. It’s sponsored by the Smithsonian, the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Oklahoma Humanities Council as a part of the Museum on Main Street organization.
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Students enrolled in all school districts in Lincoln County are invited to submit essays and posters in contests sponsored in connection with the Journey Stories exhibit that will open at the Museum of Pioneer History in Chandler in February.
Entries in all three contests must be submitted by 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, and winners will be notified by Feb. 19. One winner from every school district in the county will receive a $20 cash prize in each division of the essay and poster contests. All winners will be special guests at the exhibit’s grand opening event at the historic H&S Theater in Chandler on Feb. 27.
The Mid Level Essay Contest is open to students in grades seven through nine and entries must be 500 words or less.
Mandy Myers, exhibit education chairman, said the essays should be about an obstacle, physical or emotional or otherwise that has stood in the way of somewhere that a person wanted to go, who someone wanted to be or what someone wanted to achieve.
“Explain what this obstacle was, how you overcame it and where your journey took you,” Myers said.
The Upper Level Essay Contest is open to students in grades 10 though 12 and entries must be 750 words or less.
Myers said the essays should be about any kind of journey — “from an awe-inspiring trip to your first drive on icy roads that made you realize you are not invincible. The key is to recreate these journeys for your reader.”
All essays must be typed or neatly written in blue or black ink with the entrant’s name, grade, school, address and phone number typed or written on a separate cover sheet to be stapled on the essay.
The contest is open to students in grades three to six and should promote their hometown as “the place to go.”
“Students may want to include special places to visit and eat, exciting activities, important people who have lived there, benefits of living there and any other information that might make other people want to visit your hometown,” Myers said.
All poster entries must be done on size 11”x14” poster board and artwork and lettering may be hand designed or computer generated. The entrant’s name, grade, school, address and phone number must be printed neatly on the back of the poster.
Entries for the essay and poster contests may be submitted by mail or hand-delivered to the Museum of Pioneer History, 719 Manvel, Chandler, OK 74834 or to the Lincoln County Farm Center, 308 W. 15th Street, Chandler, OK 74834.
The Journey Stories exhibit will be open at the museum in Chandler on Feb. 27 and be in place until April 11. It’s sponsored by the Smithsonian, the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Oklahoma Humanities Council as a part of the Museum on Main Street organization.
