Coaches:
- Ms. Smith elizabeth.smith@allenisd.org
- Ms. St. Clair kiara.stclair@allenisd.org
This page actually has a couple of contests together, but they're pretty similar in competition style and idea. Many of these include being given a series of resources and having to write a paper about them, whether that might be an editorial or a news flash. There's also a few other competitions. Ready Writing is a 2-hour long contest where one is given two quotes and has to write an essay based on one. Copy Editing is another, which is about properly editing a document for any grammatical errors and related things.
- Ready Writing:
- 2 hours
- Write a detailed essay regarding one of two quotes
- Copy Editing:
- 15 minutes
- Carefully proofread and edit writing to make a piece crystal clear
- Editorial Writing:
- 45 minutes
- Write a stylistic piece to defend a side in an argument
- Feature Writing:
- 60 minutes
- Write a piece that descriptively portrays an event
- News Writing:
- 45 minutes
- Write a piece that captures an event from a news flash, using a combination of quotes and higher-level lead writing
- Headline Writing:
- 30 minutes
- Write a bold headline to accurately describe a series of different reports
- All contests are graded by a panel of judges, with no relative point scoring system