WVML Press

09/28/2011

Essay Contest is open to all 7th Grade Students.

Three winners will be chosen from across West Virginia and will receive a plaque and a $250 savings bond.

Entry deadline is 25 November 2011, and must be received in the WV Municipal League office no later than 5:00 p.m.

To enter, complete the application (attached below), and attach a one-page, hand written essay. The student's name, teacher's name and school name must all be at the top of the essay.

Essays will be evaluated on the following:

- Legibility

- Essay relation to contest topic

- Grammar

- Knowledge of the Role of Mayor