Urban Writers Student Writing Contest

... and the Winners are:

Fiction
First Place:
	“Prose Sketch,” by Te’ericka S. Gray, 9th Grade, Hogan Prep Academy, Christina Pacosz, teacher
Second Place:
	“Flower Land,” by Marileyn Puerto, 7th Grade, Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School, Mrs. Lenk, teacher
Honorable Mentions:
	“Respect Others,” by Miralda Aguilera, 6th Grade, Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School, Ms. Rieger, teacher
	“Lost and Found,” by Alexa Varady, 7th Grade, home schooled, Julie Hudseth, teacher
	“The Little Girl,” by J-Les Townsel, 7th Grade, Scuola Vita Nuova, Martie Lenk, teacher

Poetry
First Place:
	“Gone,” by Dalia DeLeon, 6th Grade, Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School
Second Place:
	“My Room is Messed Up,” by Gerson Jean Phillippe, 7th Grade, Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School, Mrs. Lenk, teacher
Honorable Mentions:
	“Son to Mother,” by Chris Vergil, 7th Grade, Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School, Martie Lenk, teacher
	“The Animal,” by Lee Anderson, 9th Grade, Hogan Preparatory Academy, Chris Wease, teacher
	“My Momma’s Home.” Aaron Cecil, 9th Grade, Hogan Preparatory School, Chris Wease, teacher

CLICK HERE to access the Adobe Acrobat PDF file to read, print and download the official detailed instructions, rules and guidelines.

Sponsored by
Historic Northeast Cultural Arts Commission
and
Downgo Sun Literary Ezine

in conjunction with

The Urban Writers Conference,
that was held March 24, 2007
at Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School
544 Wabash Avenue,
Kansas City, Missouri.

Here are some highlights of the contest given in an abbreviated format.

Entry Divisions:
	Poetry –	Maximum 40 lines per poem
	Fiction –	Maximum 2,500 words

Who could enter the contest?
	Any Sixth, Seventh, Eighth or Ninth Grade Student currently enrolled in any Kansas City, Missouri, charter school.

Students had to submit their contest entries to their teachers by the deadline date of Friday, February 2, 2007. Teachers then submitted all entries to:
	Urban Writers Writing Contest c/o Historic Northeast Cultural Arts Commission P.O. Box 17626 Kansas City, Missouri 64123

All entries had to be received by contest coordinators by February 9, 2007.
All student entries had to be submitted by teachers at the charter school where the student attends. No independent entries were accepted by mail, fax, email or other means. Winners were notified March 19, 2007. A panel of independent judges selected the winners. No critiques or reviews of entry materials were provided.
Each of the top ten students received:
a $25 guest author honorarium, FREE admission to the all-day Urban NE Writers Conference on March 24, 2007 (valued at $60.00), publication of their winning works online in the Downgo Sun (on this web site of Historic Northeast Cultural Arts Commission) during National Poetry Month, April 2007.
In addition, the outstanding student writer in fiction and the outstanding student writer in poetry were invited to read their work at the Urban Writers Conference.