ETC Student Travel Essay Contest 2009
$300 Prize for a Winning Essay on Washington D.C.
Essay Contest Topic:
Write a 500-750 word essay about your school trip to Washington D.C. and describe any attractions, events or people you saw that were memorable and inspirational.
Rules:
– Teachers from grades 6-12 must make the assignment to their class. Teachers to filter and only submit the best essays of the class.
– Deadline for Essay submissions is June 30th.
– Length of Essay: 500-750 words
– The contestants must have taken a trip with Educational Travel Consultants to Washington D.C. beginning in September of 2008 and ending June 30th 2009. The winning essay will be announced Sept 1, 2009.
– First Prize for the student essay is $300.
– The teacher of the class with winning essay will win $200.
– Students cannot submit their own essays directly. Participating class essays will be selected by the teacher and submitted to the contest.
– Judges come from the secondary school system from various parts of the United States and have traveled to Washington D.C.
– Award Notification ? The winning essayist and teacher will be notified first by telephone and then in writing on September 1, 2009.
– Employees or family members of ETC are not eligible to compete in the Student Essay Contest. Essays must be typed. The essay will not be returned so please do not submit the only copy. Teachers please submit 2 copies of the essay. One copy should contain the student and teacher names, address, email and phone number along with school affiliation. The other copy of the essay should only have a title, with no name or school affiliation.
– No digital copies will be accepted, hard copy only.
– The winning essay will be published on www.EducationalTravelConsultants.com.
– ETC reserves the right to use excerpts of other student essays in promotional materials.
(Essays must be postmarked by June 30th to be eligible)
Submit Essays:
Educational Travel Consultants
PO Box 1580
Hendersonville, NC 28793
(828)693-0412
For further information email info@educationaltravelconsultants.com, but PLEASE do not submit digital copies of essays.