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Young Authors Contest 2019-2020

Young Authors Contest 2019-2020

Young Authors Contest 2019-2020
Young Authors Contest 2019-2020 Young Authors Contest 2019-2020
CONTEST IS CLOSED
Registration / Voting Deadline: August 31, 2020
This contest is open to all anglophone elementary and high school students!
Submit your article before the 20th of each month to be considered for the next edition<>period<>

HOW TO PARTICIPATE<>colon<>
  • WRITE a 300 to 500-word magazine article that related to the Laval Rocket team<>period<>
  • SUBMIT your article to yac@lavalfamilies<>period<>ca
  • USE a parent<>apostrophe<>s email address to submit the article
  • INCLUDE in the email a title for your article, your full name, your school and grade and a parent’s phone number<>period<>

CATEGORIES<>colon<>
  • Discuss healthy lifestyle habits, like the benefits of practising a sport, the importance of a balanced diet, the joy of reading or even the journey to wellness<>period<>
  • Explore a community problem that means something to you and propose a solution to rectify it<>period<> For example, bullying at your school, loneliness among the elderly population, food banks, abolishing inequality, the dangers of texting while driving, organising a community clean-up group in your area to raise funds for a cause close to your heart<>period<>

JUDGING<>colon<>

All articles submitted will be judged by the Editor of Laval Families Magazine<>period<> For each issue of the
magazine beginning with the November-January issue, two winners will be selected from the entries
received up to that point (one from elementary and one from high school)<>period<> After that, two additional
winners will be selected for the following issues of the magazine for a total of eight (8) winners<>period<>


WINNERS<>colon<>
  • Will have their article published in the magazine (two winners per issue)<>period<>
  • Will receive four (4) tickets to a Laval Rocket game<>period<> Plus, all published young authors will be invited to an awards ceremony which will be held at Place Bell in May 2020<>period<> An official ceremony will be held along with the directors of your school, your family, your friends, and our wonderful sponsors<>period<>

PAST WINNERS

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