Young writers who live in the High Desert counties of Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake are invited to submit essays exploring desert landscapes to the Waterston Student Essay Competition.
The free competition is open to public, private or home-schooled students in grades nine through 12, and is part of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, now administered by the High Desert Museum. Students have till May 1 to submit essays of 750 to 1,000 words of nonfiction prose to waterston@highdesertmuseum.org. Essays will be judged on originality, clarity, accuracy, and their contribution to understanding and appreciating desert regions.
âOpening a Waterston Prize to students fosters young writers and helps them grow a new appreciation for this region,â a press release quotes prize founder Ellen Waterston. âWe received some thought-provoking submissions last year, and we canât wait to see what this yearâs young voices will share.â
Student writing competition underway Tuesday, December 15, 2020 10:46 AM Young writers from Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake counties are now invited to submit essays exploring desert landscapes to the High Desert Museum’s Waterston Student Essay Competition.
The Waterston Student Essay Competition, now in its second year, is part of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize. It’s open to students in grades nine through 12, in public or private school, or home-schooled, who live in Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake counties. Submission is free. Students may submit essays of 750 to 1,000 words of nonfiction prose to waterston@highdesertmuseum.org from now through May 1. The submissions will be judged on originality, clarity of expression, accuracy, and their contribution to the understanding and appreciation of desert regions.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Young writers from Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake counties are now invited to submit essays exploring desert landscapes to the High Desert Museum’s Waterston Student Essay Competition.
The Waterston Student Essay Competition, now in its second year, is part of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize. It’s open to students in grades nine through 12, in public or private school, or home-schooled, who live in Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake counties. Submission is free.
Students may submit essays of 750 to 1,000 words of nonfiction prose to waterston@highdesertmuseum.org from now through May 1, 2021. The submissions will be judged on originality, clarity of expression, accuracy, and their contribution to the understanding and appreciation of desert regions.