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TO THE GIFTED COMMUNITY
ATTENTION STUDENTS IN GRADES 2 - 12
2012 Torrance Legacy Creative Writing Awards
Pick up your pen or compose at your keyboard and
showcase your creativity!
ACCEPTED GENRES:
Poetry and short story submissions may focus on one of the following creative themes: Let Humor Flow, Keep Open to the Snow, Digging Deeper, Overcoming Obstacles, Lessons from Nature, and Standing Alone. Students are encouraged to freely interpret these themes. Please note that there is a 1,250 word limit for stories. There is no prescribed word limit for poems. Only one story and/or one poem will be accepted from each student.
Torrance Legacy Visual Arts Awards
Pick up your paintbrush, mallet or camera and
showcase your creativity!
ACCEPTED GENRES:
Students may submit photographs of any 2D or 3D visual art, including without limitation painting, collage, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, or other related work. Submissions may focus on one of the following creative themes: Magic of Adventure, Serendipity, Beyond the Horizon, Unexpected Answers, Nothing Set in Stone, and Creating Solutions. Students are encouraged to freely interpret these themes. Please note that you must submit a photographic representation of your work of art. Students may apply to both the creative writing competitions. Each student may submit only one submission for the category of 2D or 3D art or both.
DEADLINES:
We will begin accepting submissions on January 15, 2012. All submissions must be postmarked by August 15, 2012
ELIGIBILITY:
Students in grades 2 through 12. Please note, participants need not be enrolled in gifted programs. Students will compete in one of four divisions: 2nd & 3rd grades; 4th & 5th grades; 6th, 7th & 8th grades; or 9th through 12th grades.
SPONSORS:
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), The National Association for Gifted Children Creativity Network, the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, the Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI), Ignite Creative Learning Studio, Knox College, The Center for Gifted, a Northern Illinois University partner, and Scholastic Testing Service, Inc. (STS)
RULES, SUBMISSION GUIDELINES and TIPS:
Please contact Joan Franklin Smutny at 847.256.1220 or by email at torrancewriting@centerforgifted.org with any questions. Please visit www.ststesting.com/torrance for official rules, entry guidelines and tips for creating a winning entry.
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For High Ability Students who will be in the 8th or 9th Grade
for the 2012-2013 School Year:
Registration is now open for the Hastings College Scholars Academy
summer enrichment program!