| The Write-A-Book Festival is an exciting program sponsored by the Office of
Library and Media Services and the Educational Media Association of Prince
George’s County. Children create and publish their own books. We will begin
work on Write-A-Book in September in all classes. Entries are due the first
Monday in December (12-1-2008). There is a social in the spring to celebrate
all entrants.
Please encourage your budding young author to participate in this rewarding
experience and ask to see the information your child brings home about Write-
A-Book.
Author Rules
1. Only books produced by students in Prince George’s County Public Schools
are eligible for entry in the competition.
2. Books must be written during the current school year.
3. Any book produced by a group will be judged in the division to which the
student in the highest grade-level belongs. A group consists of no less
than
two and no more than five students.
4. All stories and illustrations must be the original work of the student.
5. Text must be legibly hand printed or typed on the computer and printed on
computer paper (not lined/loose-leaf paper). Computer-assisted drawings
must be original (no Clip Art permitted). If any drawing software is used,
the name of the software must be included on the entry form.
6. If the text is typed, the font must be no smaller than 12 and no larger
than 14. There is an exception. The font may be larger than 14 in the
Picture Story Book and Poetry Categories; and for headings and titles only.
7. Books must be edited with appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation.
There can be no profanity, sexually explicit situations and excessive
violence.
8. Foreign language entries will be accepted with a clearly written and
complete translation included on each page or as part of an appendix.
9. Pages in each book should be numbered. Books should contain no more than
30 numbered pages, including illustrations/photographs. This does not
include translation, bibliography, footnote pages, title page, fly sheet,
author’s biography, or appendices.
10. The size of the finished book may be no larger than 10” x 12” and no
smaller than 5” x 8.”
11. Students must securely bind books with hard-back covers that do not bend
(examples: corrugated cardboard, foam board). No folders, photograph
albums, rings or loose-leaf bindings will be accepted.
12. Photographs are permitted in the non-fiction category only. Any
photograph or artwork that is scanned into a Write-A-Book entry must be
available to judges upon request.
13. All books that do not follow all of the rules and guidelines of the
competition will be returned to the schools without being judged.
14. The decision of the judges will be final.
15. All entries must be received on or before December 1, 2008.
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