Earth Science Week 2011
Essay Contest
"How Change Shapes Our Planet"
About the Contest
AGI is sponsoring an essay contest to celebrate Earth Science Week 2011. The essay theme for this year is: “How Change Shapes Our Planet.”
Please see below for contest guidelines.
Click here to download the essay contest entry
form.
Contest Guidelines
Who can enter?
The essay contest is open to any interested person in
grades 6-9. You must be a resident of the United States to enter.
What is the subject of the essay?
Your essay should focus on the topic “How Change Shapes Our Planet.”
Write a brief essay in English explaining how interactions among Earth systems - geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere - change our planet over time. How do people gather evidence of change and study its effects? How are humans' lives affected by these changes? What role do people play in the processes of change on our planet?
How long should the essay be?
The essay must be no more than 300 words. Longer essays will be rejected unread.
What do I need to submit?
A valid submission will contain the following information:
1. A typed essay in English of no more than 300 words, focusing on the topic “How Change Shapes Our Planet.” Each essay must be original, authentic, unpublished, the sole property of the entrant, and not previously submitted in any other contest.
2. Your personal information, printed at the top of the essay:
First and last name (as it appears on your entry form)
Mailing address
Phone number
E-mail address
Word count of essay
3. A completed and signed entry form. Print out the entry
form here and send it to us when you send your essay. Entries cannot be
accepted without a signed entry form.
How should I submit my essay and entry form?
Essays must be submitted electronically. Paste the text of your essay, along with your contact information, into the body of an e-mail. Electronic submissions must be sent to info@earthsciweek.org with the subject heading as “ESW 2011 Essay Contest.”
Entry forms may be submitted electronically or by mail. Fill out your form, including the signature of a parent or guardian. Electronically submitted permission forms must be scanned and sent, along with essays, to info@earthsciweek.org with the subject heading as “ESW 2011 Essay Contest.”
All mailed entry forms must be sent to:
Earth Science Week 2011 Essay Contest
American Geosciences Institute
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22302-1502
IMPORTANT: Whether you use mail or e-mail, you must still submit a completed and signed entry form. You may mail the form separately to the address above, or scan the completed form and send it electronically along with your essay. If you mail the entry form separately, please indicate WHEN you sent your essay electronically.
If you have any problems submitting your essay, please e-mail the Earth
Science Week staff at info@earthsciweek.org.
When is the deadline?
All submissions must be received electronically by 5 p.m. EST, Friday, October 14, 2011.
Entry forms may be submitted electronically or by mail. The deadline for emailing your entry form is 5 p.m. EST, Friday, October 14, 2011. Mailed entry forms must be postmarked no later than October 14, 2011.
How will the essays be judged?
The essays will be judged by a panel of geoscientists
on grammar, content, presentation, creativity, and, most importantly,
relevance to and incorporation of the topic.
What are the prizes?
The selected entry will win $300 and a copy of AGI’s Faces of Earth DVD. The winner's and finalists' names and entries will be posted on the Earth Science Week website. No cash substitution for prizes will be permitted, and prizes are nontransferable.
Disclaimer: By submitting an entry, an entrant agrees to allow the American Geosciences Institute to use his or her name to post on the AGI Web site, without compensation unless prohibited. All entries and all rights of ownership in and to the entries, including all rights to use, reproduce, publish, modify, edit, and distribute the same will become the exclusive property of AGI and will not be returned. AGI reserves the right to edit, modify, adapt, copyright, publish, use, and reproduce any and all entries without further compensation. The American Geosciences Institute, its agents and contractor, are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or postage-due entries. Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law.
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