2010
ESSAY
CONTEST
INFORMATION
AND RULES


2010 HISTORICAL ESSAY CONTEST
Open to All -- Students and General Public

Deadline: Fourth Friday in April 2010

First Prize:

  $500.00

Second Prize:

  $250.00

Third Prize:

  $150.00

Honorable Mention ( 3 ):

  $100.00 each

 Teacher's Award:

  $100.00 to the teacher whose student wins 1st Prize
     

RULES:

SUBJECT:

  Any person, place or event concerning Santa Clara County from its beginning to the recent past.
Check the California Room at M.L. King Library for Past Topics or on-line.

LENGTH:

  Minimum 3,000 words - Maximum 10,000 words (10-30 pages text)

CONTENTS:

  Each essay must be typewritten in English.

a.

  Double-spaced
     
 b.   At least one inch margin and must include:
- Title Page
- Short introduction or preface
- Table of contents
- Bibliography - Sources: persons, books or other items consulted.
     
 c.   Contestants name, address, and telephone number MUST appear on the lower right hand corner of the Title Page of the essay.
     
 d.   Students MUST include the name of their school and advisor under their name..
     

e.

  Essays must be in an appropriate folder or thoroughly stapled together so they do not come apart.
     

 f.

  Each essay must be submitted IN DUPLICATE. One copy will be go into the Pioneer Society Archives and the other into The California Room of the City of San Jose's Martin Luther King Library.
     
 g.   Those submitting only one copy will be disqualified, but the copy will be placed in the library.
     

 h.

  The Pioneers reserve exclusive publication rights to all essays.
     

 i.

  None will be returned.
     

 j.

  First-prize winners from the last three (3) years are not eligible to compete.

WINNERS:

  will receive their awards at the quarterly luncheon of the Society on Saturday June 13, 2010 at a location to be announced. The first -, second -, and third-prize winners will be invited to make a BRIEF oral presentation.

Deadline: Fourth Friday in April 2010

DROP OFF OR SEND ENTRIES TO:

Campbell, Warburton, et al Law Offices
64 West Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Attn: Pioneers

FOR INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL FLYERS:
Call Mary Lou Lyon at 408-253-9514 or e-mail (malyon_1999@yahoo.com)



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