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There were 247 entries submitted to the contest
in the Austin area. Below, you will find the top eleven entries
that were narrowed down with names and schools removed by a committee of eleven members. The
anonymous entries
were evaluated on the basis of theme, presentation, creativity, and
message. You will see that in addition to poems, there are short
stories, research papers, letters and narratives among the top eleven
entries.
Please rank the top eleven creative
writing entries from one to eleven (one being
the best) using the criteria below. The winning submission
was that which had the lowest overall score tabulated from
the
rankings assigned by the judges.
Content/Theme:
How well does the entry explain “Why
I am Glad America is a Nation of Immigrants?”
Presentation:
Are the ideas well developed?
Creativity:
Is the submission unique in some
way?
Powerful
Message:
Are you moved by the message?
Each entry has been assigned a
letter. We have prepared a ranking sheet
for your scores.
Please write the letter of the essay in the first column and the
ranking in the second column. |