Below is the sldieshow of our event on the Writing Contest celebrating Phillis Wheatley Peters.
Would you like to sponsor your own writing contest? Feel free to draw on our archive of materials and adapt them to your own local contest.
Contest Entry Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSJ5pgOxC8U2cS2TmS15z9B47l9ZYSLQ5ZjIc3Ug6tMYloBw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Deadline: September 29, 2023
Deadline: September 29, 2023
Contest Plans
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Grades 3-5 Visual Poem:
Description: Students compose visual-poetic texts connecting to PWP’s life as a poet and writer. Required Content Elements: Students connect to some aspect of PWP’s life in a poem (no longer than 12 lines) that rhymes or works as a free-verse poem. Students illustrate this connection to PWP’s life using original artwork. Students reflect on their composing and designing processes in 2-3 sentences. Available Formats: Flipsnack or Google Slides Flyer: grades_3_to_5._sept_29_deadline.pdf Download samples of visual poems created by teachers: At the May 2023 literacy institute workshop she facilitated, “DFW Writes PWP” coordinator Dr. Carmen Kynard invited teachers to try out, themselves, the genre for the contest format for grades 3-5. Here we share some samples from their composing that day so that these can serve as mentor texts for young writers planning to submit their own pieces. PDF: dfw_writes_phillis_wheatley_peters_may_31.pdf PPT: dfw_writes_phillis_wheatley_peters_may_31.pptx |
Visual Poem Sample
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Grades 6-8 Letter to a Contemporary of PWP:
Description: Students compose letters reflecting knowledge of a key actor/supporter in PWP’s life. Required Content Elements: Students research a central actor or supporter in PWP’s community. Students reflect on the impact of this central actor or supporter and relay in a letter (2-page maximum) their reactions and responses. Students include 2 weblinks that indicate the sources used to learn about PWP and her life (e.g., link to book cover, webarticle, video, etc). Available Formats: Flipsnack or Google Slides Flyer: grades_6_to_8._sept_29_deadline.pdf |
Letter Sample
by Addison Franklin (Age 11) Reflection by Addison and Kelly Franklin (TCU doctoral student) 
Download letter sample here (PDF and PPT):
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Grades 9-12 Multimedia Essay:
Description: Students compose visual arguments examining the social impact of PWP’s authorship and life. Required Content Elements: Students research central contributions of PWP to American life and literature. Students represent this legacy in an interactive slide presentation using 2-3 images (with sources named), 1-2 videos, 2 weblinks that indicate sources used, at least 2 slides of descriptive text, and 1 slide of bibliographic information. Students embed a closing video that reflects on their composing and designing processes in 1-2 minutes. Available Formats: Google Slides or Canva Flyer: grades_9_to_12._sept_29_deadline.pdf |
Multimedia Essay Sample
Download multimedia essay sample here (Canva and PDF):
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Criteria for every category:
To enter, please fill out this contest entry form.
For further questions, please email [email protected].
Submission Due Date: Monday, September 29, 2023 by 9 p.m. CDT
Winners will be notified by October 10, 2023 with an award ceremony to follow on October 17 at Texas Christian University.
- Entry must include all required elements
- Entry must adhere to available formats
- Entry draws on relevant, informational research
- Entry demonstrates understanding of genre features
- Entry represents an original, creative vision for addressing the topic
- Entry offers critical insight on PWP
To enter, please fill out this contest entry form.
For further questions, please email [email protected].
Submission Due Date: Monday, September 29, 2023 by 9 p.m. CDT
Winners will be notified by October 10, 2023 with an award ceremony to follow on October 17 at Texas Christian University.
