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2008 HISTORICAL ESSAY CONTEST
Open to All --
Students and General Public
Deadline:
Last Friday in March 28, 2008
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First
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$500.00 |
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Second
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$250.00 |
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Third
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$150.00 |
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Honorable
Mention ( 3 ): |
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$100.00 each |
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Teacher's Award: |
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$100.00 to
teacher whose student wins 1st Prize |
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RULES:
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SUBJECT: |
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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. |
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LENGTH: |
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Minimum 3,000 words - Maximum 10,000 words (10-30
pages text) |
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CONTENTS: |
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Each essay must be typewritten in English.
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Double-spaced |
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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. |
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Contestants
name, address, and telephone number MUST appear on the
lower right hand corner of the Title Page of the essay. |
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Students
MUST include the name of their school and advisor under
their name.. |
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e. |
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Essays
must be in an appropriate folder or thoroughly stapled together
so they do not come apart. |
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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. |
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Those submitting
only one copy will be disaualified, but the copy will be placed
in the library. |
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The Pioneers reserve
exclusive publication rights to all essays. |
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None will be returned. |
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First-prize
winners from the last three (3) years are not eligible to compete. |
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WINNERS: |
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will receive their awards at the quarterly luncheon
of the Society on Saturday June 7, 2008 at a location
to be announced. The first -, second -, and third-prize winners
will be invited to make a BRIEF oral presentation. |
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Deadline:
March 28, 2008
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 David McKinney at 408.732.1946
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