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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
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