Las Animas County Writing Contest
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CALLING All K-12TH GRADE WRITERS!
The Las Animas County Creative Writing Contest is seeking authors for this year’s Creative Writing Publication. If you are a student in grades K-12 and would like to have your story or poem published in this year’s book please read the following.
Open to ALL Themes & the Genres: Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Essays.
Students will compete in 5 groups:
(K, 1st-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th)
1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners from each group.
Must attend a Las Animas County School
* Homeschoolers residing in the county welcome *
CASH PRIZES! ~ Six (6) $500 Scholarships!
(Only for Seniors planning to attend TSC).
All entries will be made available as a BOOK!
Awards Ceremony at Trinidad State College Campus.
All work must be submitted by March 10th, 2025
Rules
- All submissions must be the original work of the author and will be checked for plagiarism.
- The content must be suitable for a K-12 audience.
- K
- 1-2
- 3-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
- Student’s Name, age, grade, school
- Contact person’s information – Teacher // Parent // Guardian
- All submissions must be typed and submitted utilizing the form on this page.
- Only one submission per student.
CASH PRIZES! - Six (6) $500 Scholarships!
(Only for Seniors planning to attend TSC) - CASH FOR TEACHERS WITH 3+ SUBMISSIONS!
ONLY SUBMIT WHAT YOU DEEM THE BEST STUDENT ENTRIES FROM EACH CLASS
(NO MORE THAN 10). - All entries will be made available as a BOOK!
( sold at Awards Ceremony and First National Bank ) - HOW TO SUBMIT:
- Submissions must be original and may include artwork
- 1,000 words maximum (must be typed)*
* High School students may submit up to 1,200 words. - All work must be submitted by March 10, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT!
- Awards Ceremony:
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
5:30pm ~ Massari Performing Arts Center on the Trinidad State College Campus - For more information please contact Tenika Heidelberg at
tenika.heidelberg@trinidadstate.edu or 719-846-5011.