3rd Friday in April - District Chairman to forward winner only in each group to Department Chairman for final judging. Judges must not be related to a contestant. Each Unit Chairman shall make a copy of the winning essay, if needed for publicity. Unit Chairman shall ensure tittles are listed exactly as published and essays are the appropriate length. Unit Chairmen shall ensure that essays are handwritten in ink or typewritten on one side of the paper.
Computerized essays are acceptable.
Fourth grade students ONLY may use pencil. All essays are be written in the classroom under teacher's supervision. Unit Chairman shall ensure that each essay is identified with a code mark corresponding to the same code mark on the sealed envelope that contains the student's name, address, age, grade, name of school, teacher's name, and name of Unit Chairman. A listing of student information and code marks shall be placed in a sealed envelope and filed with the school secretary. Unit Chairmen shall ensure that quoted material is enclosed in quotation marks and the student has provided a simple bibliography, stating source and pages, to differentiate between original and quoted material.