http://blog.stenhouse.com/archives/2011/02/11/contest-take-us-on-an-adventure/
David Somoza, an elementary school teacher, and Peter Lourie, adventure travel book writer, have teamed up to write a new book titled Writing to Explore: Discovering Adventure in the Research Paper, 3-8. In the book, the authors show teachers how to guide students to write interesting, adventurous, well-researched papers that are rooted in real places, supported by facts, and developed with detailed descriptions of images from real locations.
With that in mind, they are challenging students to send their best writing about a state or place they have lived in, visited, or daydreamed about and any form of storytelling is acceptable. The entries will be judged by the authors and the top five submissions will be featured on the Stenhouse Blog. One winner will receive a library of Stenhouse books (a $150 value) of your choice and other books by Peter Lourie (a $180 value) to start your own classroom adventure library.
The deadline for the contest is May 1st, 2011. Stores can be submitted by e-mail or on CD or USB drive by postal mail to Stenhouse Publishers. For the address and more information, click the link at the top of this entry. For more information about Stenhouse, click the link in the above paragraph.
