4th Annual PEACE CONTEST
Open to all
Solano County Youth & Young Adults from age 5-25
Entry deadline is
Friday, April 30, 2010
Dessert
Awards Ceremony
Saturday May 8, 2010, 7 pm
Saturday Club, 125 West Kendal St.,
Vacaville
LITERATURE
- Essays and poems up to 250 words long
- Typed or clearly hand-written on 8 ½ x 11” paper, double-spaced (essay)
- Poems may take any form needed, but also must be on 8 ½ x 11” paper
- Poems may be free-verse -- rhyme is not essential
- Entries will be judged on clarity of theme, well-supported main idea with examples, creativity, and originality of expression
ARTWORK
- Submit on a standard 8 1/2 x 11 or 9 x 12 inch presentation board
- Entry can be a drawing, painting, or collage
- You may use crayons, paints, pencils, charcoal, ink, pastels, or mixed media
- Must be hand done, not with computer graphics
- Entries will be judged on creativity, originality, form and color, and clarity of contest theme
MULTIMEDIA
- If Composed: Use standard staff paper; must be able to photocopy easily
- If Performed: Use CD or DVD format
- Must be at least 1 minute long and no longer than 3 minutes
- With or without musical accompaniment
- Judged on creativity, originality and how clearly it engages the contest theme