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4-H Creative Writing Project

Manual

  • Creative Writing  Blackford County.  Please keep the manual.  You will use it for all grade levels.  A copy of the manual is available for download from the link at the bottom of this page.

 

Exhibit Options—County only.  No STATE FAIR Entries

  • Beginner:(Grades 3-5) A poem of any length or style or A story, autobiography, children’s story or any other prose piece.  Suggested length 50-300 words.
  • Intermediate: (Grades 6-8) A poem of any length or style or A story, autobiography, children’s story or any other prose piece.  Suggested length 200-500 words.
  • Advanced: (Grades 9-12) A poem of any length or style or A story, autobiography, children’s story or any other prose piece.  Suggested length 300-1000 words.

Additional Information

  • All entries are to be handwritten neatly in ink or typed. Typed entries should be double-spaced.
  • Computer generated documents are acceptable in double spaced format.
  • Entries may be illustrated.  Illustrations are permitted to enhance your exhibit – but NOT required.  All illustrations can be drawn by hand or by computer.
  • All entries must have been written during the current calendar year. Work that has been judged in any other writing contest is ineligible for 4-H competition. School work not entered in any contest is acceptable. All entries must be the exclusive work of the 4-H member, NO group projects or collaborations should be submitted for judging.
  • Each entry MUST have a title page with the following: Title, Author, Date, and Grade in School (just completed).  Each entry MUST be bound to keep it neat and clean during judging and display at the Blackford County 4-H Fair. Use any type of school report cover or three ring binder available at most department or office supply stores. You may decorate the front of the binder or use a clear sleeve to display your title page as your cover.

A sample score card is available at the bottom of this page.

It is recommended to make a copy of your project for safekeeping since your exhibit will be handled and read by many people during the 4-H Fair.

The Blackford County 4-H Council reserves the right to not display any exhibit that may be deemed inappropriate for the fair-going audience.

 

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