Essay Contest
For an application with contest rules, click here.
Applications and information are also available at the Prairie du Sac Library and the Sauk City Library as well as the school offices.
Topic: "How my Positive Outlook Benefits my Community"
Who: Students under the age of 18 years as of December 31, 2011 and who are educated in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean.
How to Enter: Interested students submit an essay on the pre-assigned topic and an entry form to their local Optimist Club. For students in the Sauk Prairie school district, contact us by e-mail at (info@saukprairieoptimists.org) or (ellenpaul@hotmail.com) or by mail at
Sauk Prairie Area Optimist Club
P.O. Box 522
Sauk City, WI 53583
When: Entries are due by January 23, 2012.The submissions will be judged and scored locally during February 2012. The local winner will be honored in March at a club breakfast. The winner will be asked to read his or her essay. The essay is sent off to the next level of competition by February 28, 2012.
Rules:
- Contestants must furnish a birth certificate to compete.
- Winners of the local contest advance to the District contest.
- Winners of the District contest advance to the International contest.
- The essay must be written in English.
- Each essay must begin with a title page containing: topic, number of words, writer's name, address, phone number, name of school, and date of birth.
- At the top of page 1 should be the official title and the number of words.
- The essay must be typewritten and double-spaced.
- The essay is to be between 700 and 800 words long, not including the title, bibliography or footnotes.
- Each contestant shall prepare his or her own essay. The contestant may receive advice.
- No referrence can be made which identifies the student, parents, school, community, sponsoring Optimist club or District.
- Any quotation or copyrighted material used in the essay must be identified properly.
- See the application for complete rules.
Pictured are the 2010 essay contestants and their parents.