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**// Grades 3 – 12 $400 in Prizes Deadline: May 15, 2014 //** // Contest Theme: **“What If … I Could Change One Thing”** // // Let your imagination roam. What if you had the power to change something // // In your world, your community, your family, your self? //   // What if. You. Could change. One thing? //  **Type of writing:** Must be poetry. May be of any style or length. **Prizes:** First place**:** __$150 Senior High, $75 Middle School, $30 Elementary__ Second place: __$75 Senior High, $50 Middle School, $20 Elementary__ **Eligibility:** Open to all youth grades 3 - 12 in Western New York (including homeschooled And tutored). One entry per student. **Deadline for submissions:** **//__ May 15, 2014 .__//** **Judging Criteria:** 1: How creatively has the writer used poetry to address the theme, //“What If…I Could// //Change One Thing.”// 2: To what degree does the writer inspire others on this topic? 3: Religious ideas may be __present or absent__; judging is based on the first two criteria. **Send submissions to:** St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, 1475 Orchard Park Rd., West Seneca, NY 14224 (Attention: Pastor Hope); or by email: **//stpetersws@verizon.net.//** **Awarding of prizes:** Cash prizes and honorable mention certificates will be presented on // Sunday, June 8, 2014, 10:00am // at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, with newspaper reporters/photographers present. Teachers of awardees as well as parents are invited. **More information:** Contact Pastor Hope Harle-Mould at **//stpetersws@verizon.net//** or call him At 674-1233 (church).
 * Poetry Contest for WNY Youth **