Students in Kindergarten through 8th grade are invited to submit stories and poems for the 2017 KET Young Writers Contest now through April 14. The contest encourages students in KET’s viewing area to celebrate the power of crafting stories, poems and illustrations by submitting their own, original work.

Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade are invited to submit entries to KET’s Young Writers Illustrated Story Contest. Students in 4th and 5th grades are invited to submit entries to KET’s Young Writers Short Story Contest. And this year, the contest has been expanded to include students in 6th through 8th grade, who are invited to submit entries for KET’s Young Writers Poetry Contest. Entries must be received by April 14.

To enter, kids must submit original, single-author work. Only one entry per child is permitted. Illustrated story entries must include at least five original illustrations. Submissions to the illustrated story contest or short story contest may be in the form of fact, fiction, prose or poetry.

Illustrated entries from Kindergarten and 1st graders must include between 50-200 words; illustrated entries from 2nd-3rd graders must include between 100-300 words. Entries to the short story contest for 4th and 5th graders must have between 400-800 words. Entries to the poetry contest for 6th through 8th grade students should have between 25-250 words.

Complete rules and contest entry forms are available at KET.org/writerscontest.

KET will select winners at each grade level and award prizes. Winners will be notified no later than May 30. First-, second- and third-place entries in each grade level will be published online on the KET website.

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Contact:

Todd Piccirilli
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
859-258-7242
tpiccirilli@ket.org