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Two Great Contests for Kids and Teens in St. Charles County

With themes like "Geek Out" and "No MOre Trash!" the contests should get creative juices flowing, but enter soon! Deadlines are approaching.

"No MOre Trash!" Contest

Missouri elementary, middle and home schools, grades K-8 have until March 5 to submit entries for the 2012 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. The annual contest is sponsored by the Missouri departments of Conservation and Transportation as part of the state’s “No MOre Trash!” campaign to raise awareness about Missouri's litter problem and to discourage littering.

The contest encourages school classes and groups to join in the fight against litter by decorating and displaying a large trash can with the “No MOre Trash!” logo and a litter-prevention message using a variety of creative media.

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Schools may submit one entry in each competition category: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. First-place winners from each competition category receive $200 awarded to sponsoring schools. First-place winners are then eligible for a grand prize trophy and $600 award given to the sponsoring school.

There is no entry fee for the contest. Participating school groups must email a completed entry form and up to three photos of the completed trash can to nomoretrash@mdc.mo.gov. Email submissions are required.

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Contest rules, entry forms, the “No MOre Trash!” logo, past contest winners, facts on litter and educational information are available at www.nomoretrash.org.

 

Digital Photography Contest "Geek Out"

The Digital Photography Contest is sponsored by the Friends of the Library of the St. Charles City-County Library District as part of Teen Tech Week, March 4-10, 2012.

 Participants must be between the ages of 12 and 18 and live within St. Charles County. The contest theme is "Geek Out," and photos should relate to this theme.

Entries should be subitted to cmills@stchlibrary.org and should include a subject heading of "Digital Contest," name, address, email, phone number, and the title of the photo, limit of one photograph entry per person. Photos must be submitted via email as either .jpg or .gif files.

All entries must be original photography. Violators of copyright will be disqualified.

Photos must be submitted by March 10, 2012 to qualify for the contest. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place photos will be published on the Teen Facebook Page by April 1, 2012. For complete rules, check the library district website.

Created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, with the purpose of encouraging teens to use libraries virtually or in person for their computers, DVDs, audiobooks, databases, and other electronic resources.  To learn more go to www.ala.org/teentechweek.


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