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Spring 2010 Essay Contest
Results: http://www.shmoop.com/news/2010/06/21/essay-contest-winners/
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, Shmoop announces our first essay contest for high school students.
Answer this question in 500 or fewer words:
In Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” …
Examine the relationship between the speaker in the poem and his environment, which includes not only the woods themselves but his horse, the owner of the woods, and the community. Include in your discussion an examination of Frost’s use of language and imagery, focusing on how these contribute to the meaning of the poem and help him to achieve his purpose. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the poem.
1 Grand Prize Winner Wins an iPad
- Apple iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G
- 16 GB
- Does not include 3G data plan, sold separately
3 Runners-Up Get a Shmoop T-Shirt
- Yeah, it’s no iPad. But you’ll look great. Trust us.
Finalists to be Judged by Jim Burke
- Jim Burke is a Special Advisor to Shmoop and an all-around awesome English teacher.
- Mr. Burke teaches AP English Literature and 9th grade College Prep English at Burlingame High School in Burlingame, CA.
- Mr. Burke is the founder of the English Companion Ning, an online community of 15,000 English teachers.
- Mr. Burke has published 20 books for English teachers.
- Check out Jim Burke’s personal website.
Contest Rules
- Contest open to currently enrolled High School (or Senior High) students (and younger)
- 500 words maximum
- Open to students from around the world (as allowed by local law)
- Entries must be written in English
- Deadline for entry is May 28, 2010 at 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time
- One entry per student and only one student per entry
- To submit your entry, email your essay as a Word, Text, or PDF document to support@shmoop.com
- No other media types will be accepted
- You must include:
- Your first and last name
- Age
- Your current grade level
- Name of your English teacher
- Full name of your high school, plus its main phone number and address
- By submitting your work to Shmoop, you give Shmoop permission to republish your essay, along with your name, school, city, and state.
The Fine Print
- No purchase necessary to enter.
- Contest void where prohibited by law.
- 1 student per entry (no group submissions allowed). Student must be currently enrolled in High School, Sr. High School, or equivalent (homeschooled students are welcome). If younger students (e.g. Middle School) want to give it a shot, we welcome your submissions, too.
- Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods and are non-transferable.
- Finalists and winner will be selected by the sole discretion of Shmoop’s judging panel. Sorry, we cannot provide individual feedback on entries.
- Can’t Buy Me Love: Shmoop judges do not respond to any attempts to win favor (even if we have major weaknesses for chocolate, cupcakes, and roasted almonds).
- We’ll make you Interwebs famous: By submitting an entry, you grant Shmoop University, Inc. an irrevocable, worldwide license to publish your work, in part or in its entirety, along with your name, school name, city, and state.
- Shmoop is all about inspiring original thought… let’s keep this contest clean: By submitting an entry, you confirm that this work is entirely your original work and that you have not received any help from others. If you have relied on any other person or publication’s thoughts to write your essay, you must cite your sources in MLA format. You acknowledge that Shmoop may use an anti-plagiarism service to verify that your essay is original and may inform your school administration if you have submitted plagiarized materials.
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sorry could you by any chance extend the deadline please?
We’re sticking to our guns. May 28th. You still time, you still have time.
Could you clarify the prompt a bit? What exactly is the main question we’re adressing?
what if i am an asian, am i still allowed to enter?
I think for the next one, you should have a creative writing contest! It could up to us to decide what kind of topic to choose, but we would have to follow some sort of basic guidelines.
@Rim. Our contest is open to high school-aged students from anywhere in the world!
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i think that nobody will ever win the ipad so what is the point
I have a few questions about the word count.
Does my Works Cited count in the word count? (not the in-line citations)
What about:
My first and last name,
Age,
My current grade level,
Name of my English teacher,
Full name of my high school, plus its main phone number and address?
How long untill we get a notice saying you got our essay?
Hey if you’re in Mrs. Horwath’s class at Enterprise High School this is 50 extra credit points!!! That’s a lot, I’m working on mine right now………cause it’s due tomorrow for Horwath
Are we supposed to recieve a confirmation email after we send our essay?
Hello!
I wanted to ask about the strictness of the 500 word requirement. If a student writes more than this amount, is that okay with the judges? I don’t mean a large portion, but by a small margin, say 10-15 extra?
what do we do if we sent our essay in with our school’s name and number, but forgot to put in the address?
just submitted mine! i’m so excited for this. love you, shmoop.
When will the winners be announced?
thanks:)
When will the winners be announced?
When will the results be published? And are the winners being emailed?
When will the winners be announced?
When will the winners be announced?
when & how will y’all let us know who won & who are the runners up?
When will winners be announced?
its 6/18…where are the winners?
It should be announced sometime today!
Now when you say “roughly June 18th” did y’all mean around/near June 18th or precisely June 18th?
Does Shmoop have any idea when the winners will be announced?
And the iPad goes to….
http://www.shmoop.com/news/2010/06/21/essay-contest-winners/