Convention 2025 plans underway!
Theme: "Once Upon a Time at LTLA" - Celebrating 75 years!
Essay Prompt: Rewrite a fairy tale with a fresh twist
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Contests to prepare for in Junior High and Senior Divisions:
Drawing Contest- 3 member team to draw at convention
Costume Contest- contest during convention
Bookmark Contest- prepare ahead of time
Poster Contest- prepare ahead of time
T-Shirt Contest- prepare ahead of time.
Wes Smith Contest-due January 6, 2025 to Mrs. Paula Clemmons ([email protected])
Scrapbook Contest- both paper and electronic to prepare ahead of time
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Sarah Guillory is a high school English teacher and author of the middle-grade novels Gus and Glory and Nowhere Better Than Here, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and earned four starred reviews. She loves walking her dogs, sitting under a tree with a book, or running countless miles before the sun has even come up. Sarah lives in Louisiana with her husband and dogs, who, unlike Gus, are only experts at finding the kitchen.
Theme: "Once Upon a Time at LTLA" - Celebrating 75 years!
Essay Prompt: Rewrite a fairy tale with a fresh twist
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Contests to prepare for in Junior High and Senior Divisions:
Drawing Contest- 3 member team to draw at convention
Costume Contest- contest during convention
Bookmark Contest- prepare ahead of time
Poster Contest- prepare ahead of time
T-Shirt Contest- prepare ahead of time.
Wes Smith Contest-due January 6, 2025 to Mrs. Paula Clemmons ([email protected])
Scrapbook Contest- both paper and electronic to prepare ahead of time
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Sarah Guillory is a high school English teacher and author of the middle-grade novels Gus and Glory and Nowhere Better Than Here, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and earned four starred reviews. She loves walking her dogs, sitting under a tree with a book, or running countless miles before the sun has even come up. Sarah lives in Louisiana with her husband and dogs, who, unlike Gus, are only experts at finding the kitchen.
