Poppy Poster Contest!
Deadline is February 26, 2010!
by Erik Ellis
January 14, 2010
Ness City second through sixth grades, all junior high, and high school students are invited to participate in the Poppy Poster Contest. The poppy gained its importance as a symbol for the military in the wartime poem "In Flanders Fields." Today, more than five million poppies are made each year by hospitalized veterans, raising nearly two million dollars in contributions. The money provides funds to assist and support veterans and their families and a small wage to the disabled veterans who make the poppies. The deadline for the contest is Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
Classes:
Class I-Grades 2 and 3
Class II-Grades 4 and 5
Class III-Grades 6 and 7
Class IV-Grades 8 and 9
Class V-Grades 10 and 11
Class VI-Grades 12
Class VII-Students with Special Needs
Rules:
1. Each poster shall have a fitting slogan not to exceed ten words. Articles/conjunctions "a", "and", "an", and "the" are not to be counted as words. The words "buddy" and "buy" cannot be used.
2. The words "American Legion Auxiliary" must be used in the design of the poster and will not be counted in the ten word count.
3. Each poster must carry a picture of the Flanders Poppy in the correct Color (four red petals with a center of green and black).
4. The poppy shall have four petals and no leaves.
5. The poster shall be 11x14 poster board! (drawing paper will not be accepted)
6. The United States Flag may be used as long as there are no infractions of the flag code.
7. Posters will be judged using the following criteria:
a) 50%-Poster appeal (layout, message, originality)
b) 40%-Artistic Ability (design and color)
c) 10%- Neatness
8. Media used shall be watercolors, crayons, powder or oil paint, handmade paper cutouts, ink or textures, acrylics, pencils and markers.
9. The poster shall be the work of only one individual.
10. No humorous drawings or slogans shall be used.
11. The label "In Memoriam" from the veteran-made poppy may not be used.
12. When the Holy Cross is used, the Star of David shall also be used.
13. Written in ink on the back of the poster shall be the class in which the entry is submitted, the name, address, age and grade of the contestant and the name of the department (Kansas).
Example:
Class1 (see Class Descriptions)
John Doe (Name of Contestant)
111 School (Address of Student)
8 years (age of student)
3rd Grade (Grade of Student)
Department of Kansas
Contact Person for ALA Unit #152:
Clara Marie Felts
785-798-3427
