Attention Grade 4s and 5s!
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week will run from Saturday, April 30 to Saturday, May 7, 2011.
In honour of this week, Amazon.ca, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Simon & Schuster Canada, and the TD Bank are sponsoring a writing contest.
This year Book Week celebrates global citizenship. The theme Changing the World, One Child at a Time will focus on stories that highlight children and teens who are doing things to make the world a better place in their community, country, or abroad.
The stories may be fiction or non-fiction.
One winner from each grade will receive a $250 gift certificate to the bookstore of his or her choice.
Winning entries will be posted on the Book Week website – http://www.bookweek.ca/.
- Entries must be postmarked by February 18, 2011.
- The story or poem must be written during the current school year.
- Entrants must be in Grades 4 to 12 at the time of the contest deadline.
- Entries must be written in English and must not exceed 1,500 words.
- All entries must include a fully complete ENTRY FORM*
- No faxed or emailed entries will be accepted.
- Due to the large volume of entries, we cannot acknowledge receipt of entry.
- Contest open to residents of Canada only.
- Winners will be announced on May 4, 2011.
Entry forms are available online through the link above, or from me directly. Please let me know if you would like to enter this contest - $250 in free books is nothing to sneeze at!
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