Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. K-12 art, poetry, and prose contest

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26th ANNUAL REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
K-12 ART, POETRY AND PROSE CONTEST

ELIGIBILITY: All K-12 students

AWARDS

* Cash awards and plaques for the twelve grade-group winners (K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12 in each of the three categories)
* Certificates of Merit for the grade-level winners and Certificates of Participation for each entrant
* Certificates of Appreciation for the teachers/mentors

TOPICS

1.Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Barack Obama: Striving to Make the Dream a Reality
2. How I Can Help Make One of Dr. King’s Dreams a Reality by Studying Science and Better Understanding the World
3. The Role of Youth in the Struggle for Justice
4. How I Can Let Peace Fly High in My City
5. Lessening Violence in My Neighborhood
6. Explain the importance of the following quotation, which Dr. King used in his speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice on August 28, 1963.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
7. Malcolm and Martin: What I Have Learned from These Two Leaders
8. What We Have Overcome
9. What We Still Must Overcome
10. What I Have Done to Help Make One of Dr. King’s Dreams a Reality

RULES
1.Each entry must be the student’s own work. Teachers/Mentors may review entries for mechanical and grammatical errors.
2. Students submitting art entries may select any of the topics or design a symbol for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Celebration. Because large entries are subject to damage while being taken to the judges, entries larger than 18” x 30” (not including frames/matting), will not be considered for awards.

CRITERIA
Knowledge of Dr. King and the ongoing struggle for human rights, originality, creativity, effort and neatness.

SUBMISSION/DEADLINE
Each entry must contain the student’s name, grade, telephone number, school or institution, and teacher or mentor’s name. Entries must be submitted to MLK Art, Poetry and Prose Contest, Dayton Education Association, 1013 N. Main Street, Dayton, Ohio 45405 no later than Wednesday, November 17, 2010.

AWARDS CEREMONY - Friday, January 14, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at Thurgood Marshall High School

QUESTIONS - E-mail Margaret E. Peters or call 274-484362.