No Name-Calling Week 2008 Creative Expression Contest
Sep 12, 2007
THIS YEAR'S CONTEST:
No Name-Calling Week (January 21 - 25, 2008) is a week of educational activities aimed at stopping name-calling and verbal bullying in schools. The Creative Expression Contest is an opportunity for students to submit essays, poetry, music, original artwork, or other pieces that convey their experiences and feelings about name-calling, and their ideas for putting a stop to verbal bullying in their schools and communities.
THREE ENTRY CATEGORIES:
The contest is divided into three different judging categories. It is open to all individual students ages 5 to 15, and to schools or school districts that serve students in grades 5 through 8.
Click on the category you wish to enter for specific guidelines and entry forms:
Individual Student Entry - Primary (ages 5-10)
Individual Student Entry - Secondary (ages 11-15)
School or School District Entry (Grades 5-8)
Only U.S. residents are eligible to apply.
DEADLINE: Tuesday, November 20th
All entries must be postmarked on or received via fax or e-mail by 6pm Eastern time on Tuesday, November 20, 2007. Winners will be notified by telephone, mail, or e-mail by mid-January 2008.
HOW TO ENTER:
Download the appropriate rules and guidelines and the corresponding entry form. Fill out the form and send (along with your entry) to GLSEN:
Via fax: 646-388-8060
Via mail:
No Name-Calling Week Creative Expression Contest
c/o GLSEN Education Department
90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Via email: contest@nonamecallingweek.org
Please note that all electronically submitted work must be accompanied by an electronically signed entry form. Alternately a hard copy of the form, with signature, may be mailed or faxed simultaneous to electronic submission.
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About No Name-Calling Week
Coordinated by GLSEN in collaboration with over 40 national education organizational partners, No Name-Calling Week is an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying in their communities.
For more information about No Name-Calling Week, click here:
History of No Name-Calling Week
National partners
Sample resources (including lesson plans)
Media inquiries can be sent to press@nonamecallingweek.org
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No Name-Calling Week 2008 is made possible, in large part, by a generous grant from Cisco Systems.