Gifted Awareness Week Secondary School Competition 2010

To mark Gifted Awareness Week (14–20 June 2010), the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children, in association with Massey University, is running a competition for secondary school students to celebrate gifted children, their families and educators.

Theme
"Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to our imagination."

Categories:

WRITING - Provide a short (fewer than 100 words) answer, poem or story on this statement.

ART - Provide an artwork, or photo of the artwork, on this statement.

Prizes

Years 9 - 10		Years 11 - 13
Writing prizes	Art prizes	Writing prizes	Art prizes
1st prize: $100	1st prize: $100	1st prize: $150	1st prize: $150
2nd prize: $75	2nd prize: $75	2nd prize: $75	2nd prize: $75
3rd prize: $50	3rd prize: $50	3rd prize: $50	3rd prize: $50

Competition Rules

• Entries should be received no later than 31 July 2010. They can be emailed to competition@giftedchildren.org.nz or posted to:
  Gifted Awareness Week Competition,
  NZAGC,
  PO Box 47,
  Greenhithe,
  Auckland 0756.
• Entries must specify which category is being entered and include the entrant’s name, age (for children’s categories) and a contact telephone number.
• By submitting an entry, the competitor agrees to have his/her name and work published in Tall Poppies, on the NZAGC’s website (www.giftedchildren.org.nz) and on Massey University’s website (www.massey.ac.nz), and waives any claims of royalty, right or remuneration for such use.
• The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• NZAGC committee members, members of the judging panel and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.
• The competition is open to all residents of New Zealand and to all NZAGC members, both national and International.

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