Challenge ONE
[For K - 8th grade authors]
"The Color of God's Imagination"
Write a descriptive paragraph or a poem using one of eight images as writing prompts.
Deadline: October 15, 2007
No Longer Available
Challenge TWO
[For K - 4th Grade]
"Once Upon a Thanksgiving Day"
Tell us about thanksgiving day with your family. [Expository writing]
Deadline: November 15, 2007
[For 5th-8th Grade]
"For my friends, the old and the new"
Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-1882] once wrote, "I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving
for my friends, the old and the new." Describe the characteristics of a good friend. You may use
Proverbs 18:24 as a foundation for your response.
Deadline: November 15, 2007
[Imitation Poetry: No grade/age limit]
"My Hymn of Thanksgiving"
Write a quatrain poem to be used in the traditional Thanksgiving hymn, Come Ye Thankful...
Deadline: November 15, 2007
No Longer Available
Challenge THREE
[For our Kindergarten - 4th grade illustrators only.]
"Away in a Manger"
You have been hired to illustrate a new children's Christmas book. Choose one of the
verses listed and create an illustration based on the verse.
Deadline: December 15, 2007
[For our 4th - 8th grade authors only.]
"Two Voice Poems"
Choose two of the people, animals or objects you see in the picture of the nativity and write a two
voice poem.
Deadline: December 15, 2007
No Longer Available
Challenge Four
[For our 4th - 8th grade authors only.]
"Walk a Mile in My Shoes!"
Choose a pair of shoes and write a personal narrative about yourself wearing the shoes.
Deadline: February 15, 2007
No Longer Available