The judges will select eighteen finalists, three from each genre category within the middle and high school divisions. Level Three A select panel of three judges will determine the genre category winners from the pool of finalists. One winner and two honorable mentions will be selected for each genre category within each division. The three middle school winners and three high school winners will receive cash and other prizes and will be invited to present their works at the awards ceremony. The honorable mention finalists will receive prizes and special recognition.
Writers are free to select their own topics.
Ask your language arts teacher if your school has a review team. If it does, your entry must be date stamped and delivered to your teacher who will submit it to the school review team on or before December 1, 2000. December 15, 2000. The Level One entries nominated by school review teams for Level Two review must be date stamped or postmarked for delivery on or before December 15, 2000. The Alliance for World Class Education must receive the entries no later than December 31, 2000.