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Friday, February 27th - Friday, April 3rd

Pull out your pencils, crayons and markers! KUED invites all kids in K-3 to enter the . . .

 

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KUED Channel 7's 15th Annual KUED's Kids Young Writers and Illustrators Contest will be held Friday, February 27th through Friday, April 3rd.

Bilingual entries are accepted with the translation below.

All entries must be postmarked to KUED by April 3rd, 2009 to be considered for the national competition.

Mail All Entries To:
KUED-Kids Young Writers and Illustrators Contest
101 South Wasatch Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

Country Inn Suites

KUED's Kids Young Writers and Illustrators Workshop Celebration:

Got writers block?
Spend a fun, exciting and creative afternoon with your friends from KUED 7 and Country Inn & Suites, by Carlson in Bountiful for their first annual KUED's Kids Young Writers and Illustrators Contest Workshop Celebration. Explore creative new ways to write and illustrate your story for the 15th Annual KUED's Kids Young Writers and Illustrators Competition.

Saturday, March 7th, 1-4pm
Country Inn & Suites, by Carlson, in Bountiful
999 North 500 West, Bountiful, UT 84010
See the flyer »

2009 Local & National Contest Information

Local Contest Dates:

February 27th - April 3rd
Work on your story!

Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Turn in your story to KUED before 5:00 p.m. All entries must be postmarked to KUED by April 3rd, 2009 to be considered for the national competition. Remember to include a self-addressed envelope with stamps if you want KUED to return your story.

Send your story to:

Mail All Entries To:
KUED-Kids Young Writers and Illustrators Contest
101 South Wasatch Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

*Stories may also be dropped off to KUED. Call (801) 585-6013 for directions.

**Please note: Stories from the same household, classroom or program may be sent to KUED in a single envelope or package. However, each story must have its own entry form.

Calendar Information:

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Preliminary judging

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Final judging

Thursday, April 9th through Friday, April 24th
Local winner’s parents will be notified during this week, and all participants will receive a certificate of achievement in the mail during this week.

Friday, April 24th
Local first place winner entries are submitted to national judging

June, 2009
National winner's announced

July, 2009
Local first place winner's entries are returned from the national competition

G o o d  l u c k ! !


The national "Writers Contest" program is made possible by:

National sponsors for the 15th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest include Western New York Public Broadcasting Association (WNED-TV) and Smarterville Productions LLC. National funding is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson.

KUED's WRITERS COMPETITION is funded in part by the Ready to Learn initiative which is made possible by the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the R. Burton Foundation, United Way of Salt Lake, Qwest, and U.S. Bank.

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