Write about something funny and win great prizes!
From Oct. 1 – Nov. 16, youth in grades K-12 can participate in the Ruth Blank Venner and Mary Jane Blank McCormick Youth Writing Contest. The 2024 topic is: Something funny that happened to you or someone you know.
Grand prizes awarded in four categories:
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12.
- First place: $200 Visa gift card
- Second place: $100 Visa gift card
- Third place: $50 Visa gift card
- Branch finalists: $25 Visa gift card (one per location)
Entries are due by (Sa) Nov. 16, 2024 and may be dropped off at any Library location, submitted online here, or mailed to Youth Services (see below.)
Guidelines
To enter, your story must:
- Be your original work, which comes solely from your imagination
- Include three parts: a beginning, middle, and end
- Be 500 words maximum
- Be hand-written or typed (12+ point font) and stapled to the entry form or entered online
- Be text only – no pictures
- Be on 8 ½” x 11” paper
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Children of Toledo Lucas County Public Library employees are not eligible to enter.
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Entries become the property of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library and will not be returned.Classes are welcome to participate. One entry per student, please.
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The contest is open to K-12 students in Lucas County, Ohio and adjacent counties. All prizes must be claimed in person.
Winners will be notified by telephone after December 12, 2024. With their guardians’ permission, winning entries will be posted on the Toledo Library’s OverDrive website after January 11, 2025. Winners will be invited to pick up their prizes on January 11, 2025. Call 419.259.5200 for more information.
Entries may be dropped off at any Library location, submitted online, or mailed to: Youth Services at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, 325 Michigan St., Toledo, OH 43604.
