FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2016
press contact:
Cassie Barrow
770.468.4313
Essay Contest for School Students
ATLANTA, GA – The Georgia Civil War Commission invites all Georgia students in Kindergarten to 6th to participate in the Commission’s Inaugural Civil War Art Contest. Participants are requested to submit original artwork on this year’s theme: The Common Georgia Soldier. This contest is to encourage students to learn more about Georgia’s rich and intricate Civil War history.
Winners are selected in each grade category, Kindergarten to 3rd and 4th to 6th grades. The first-place winner of each category will win a $200 cash prize. All artwork must be postmarked on or before February 2, 2017 to be considered. Mail all entries to 621 Forrest Ave, Griffin, GA 30224. Do not fold or bend the artwork. Each entry must include a separate sheet stating the entrant’s name, grade, teacher’s name, name of school (or homeschooled), parent’s name, address, contact number, and email address. For additional questions, please contact Cassie Barrow, Chief of Staff of the Georgia Civil War Commission, at the above email.
About Georgia Civil War Commission
The Georgia Civil War Commission was created by the 1993 Georgia General Assembly. Its mandate, as spelled out in Senate Resolution 21, is to coordinate planning, preservation, and promotion of structures, buildings, sites, and battlefields associated with this significant period of our common heritage. The Commission is to develop a State of Georgia Civil War Sites Heritage plan. The plan will promote heritage tourism and provide incentives to local landowners and local governments to preserve Civil War battlefields and historic sites. The Commission is to acquire or provide funds for the acquisition of Civil War battlefields, cemeteries, and other historic properties. The Commission can receive and accept loans, gifts, grants, donations or contributions of property.
Georgia Civil War Commission Art Contest 2016-17
Topic: The Common Georgia SoldierCategoriesK through 3rd Grade
4th through 6th GradePrizes per Category1st Place—$200 cash prize
2nd Place—$150 cash prize
3rd Place- $100 cash prize
Winning artwork will be published during the month of April on the Georgia Civil War Commission FaceBook page with only the name of the student provided. All entries will receive a certificate of
participation.
Contest Rules
- Contest is open to all students in Georgia, kindergarten through 6th grade, public, private or homeschool.
- The student may use his/ her imagination to create a unique image of the common soldier. Any medium that can be used on paper, which cannot exceed 12”x12”, is allowed.
- A short description of the artwork must be included with the entry.
- The entry must be appropriate for all age groups, not offensive or derogatory.
- Each entry must provide name of student, grade, teacher’s name, name of school, parent’s name,
address, contact number, and email address.
- A student may only submit one entry.
- Failure to abide by these rules will disqualify the student’s artwork.
- All artwork must be postmarked on or before February 2, 2017 to be considered. Winners will
be announced on April 1, 2017.
- Mail all entries to 621 Forrest Ave, Griffin, GA 30224. Do not fold or bend the artwork. Questions
and inquiries can be sent to georgiacivilwarcommission@gmail.com Judging
All artwork become the property of the Georgia Civil War Commission and will not be returned. A committee of judges will be given the artwork to score. Postcards will be judged for creativity, clarity, and strength of message. The highest total in each category will win first place. Any family member of a Commissioner is not eligible to compete.
