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The topic must be somehow related to rocks, minerals,
fossils, geology, lapidary, rock hounding or jewelry making.
It can be an informative article or a funny story. It should be
somehow informative about the subject if it is to do well at the
CFMS and AFMS levels. |
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It must be a never before published original article
written by the child who enters it. School assignments are OK.
It can be an informative article or a funny story based on
facts. |
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The article is limited to one
typed page. It can be shorter but no longer. Fifth
graders and younger may hand write their papers. It takes
several hand written pages to make one typed page. |
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Information sources used in the article should be
properly referenced (but do not have to be included in the one page
limitation). |
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Illustrations are encouraged but they must not violate
the copyrights of others. The articles will be published in
black and white. Keep this in mind. |
For a complete set of Official Rules and an entry form e-mail sandy@toadstudios.com Address your mail request to Writing Contest, 32750 Brechtel St, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530.