The school administrates the Contest by offering to their students the opportunity to participate, receiving all entries, choosing the ten best essays, and forwarding them to the local Rotary Club for consideration. The deadline for submission of eligible essays to the school should be December 15 th . The school then sends the ten best essays to the sponsoring Rotary Club, no later then January 5 th . Awards and recognition are up to the individual clubs. We recommend prizes, or at least nice recognition, in concert with leadership of the schools, for the top three essays.
Local publicity is encouraged.
We recommend that Clubs evaluate entries and notify winners in January and conduct their recognition and awards in February. Each Club chooses the single best essay from the ten submitted from the school and submits it to the District for consideration of additional recognition and prizes. The deadline for submitting to the District the top essay from each Club is March 1 st . District awards will be announced April 1 st , followed by joint recognition at the Club level. Time Line Review Function Date Contest information to Club presidents.