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32 nd Annual SEWE Kids for Conservation Photography & Poetry Competition Dear Middle School Administrators & Teachers, Southeastern Wildlife Exposition will celebrate the 32nd annual Expo February 14 – 16, 2014 and we invite all Tri - County students to celebrate with us. Kids for Conservation has been a great source of pride for SEWE over the past twenty years and we are p leased to continue this excellent program in the Lowcountry. SEWE is working diligently to promote Kids for Conservation in the Tri - County area and engage all students in the importance of conservation. It is our hope that students who invest in conserv ation efforts as youth will continue to protect our wildlife and environment as adults. Please encourage your students to participate in this wonderful program by submitting artwork. The photography & poetry competitions are open to students in grades 6 - 8. Content should be wildlife - inspired and photographs should be no larger than 11” x 14”. Entries are due Monday, November 18 and should be hand delivered to the SEWE office, 211 Meeting Street, 2 nd Floor, Charleston, SC 29401 or mailed to PO Box 20635, Charleston, SC 29413. (Do not mail posters to physical address!) New this year, entries will be on display in the Main Branch of Charleston County Library, located at 68 Calhoun Street. All KFC entrie s (poste

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rs, poetry, photography and birdhouses) and SC Junior Duck Stamp winning entries will be on display during the month of February. Entries must be picked up from the library the week of February 24 – February 28. Please review the enclosed form an d guidelines and contact me at 843.723.1748 or nwooten@sewe.com with any questions. Kind Regards, Natalie Wooten 32 nd Annual SEWE Kids for Conservation 211 Meeting Street, 2 nd Floor Charleston, South Carolina 29401 www.sewe.com The contest s are open to public, private, and homeschool students. If a school cannot participate, students may submit work individually. 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd place winners will be chosen from each division. CONTEST DIVISIONS Grades 1 - 5 Poster Competition Grades 6 - 8 Photography Competition Poetry Competition Grades 9 - 12 Birdhouse Competition Contact Natalie Wooten with any questions. nwooten@sewe.com 843.723.1748 32 nd Annual SEWE Kids for Conservation P hotography & Poster Competition Entry Form All p articipants should submit TWO copies of this form : Tape 1 st form to the back of poster and clip 2 nd form to the front of poster. Student ______________________________________________________ _____ First Name Last Name

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Age _______________________ Grade________________________ ______ School _ _________________________ __________County_________________ (Write full name of school . No abbreviations.) ______________________________________________________________________________ School Address City State Zip Teacher ______________________________________________________ ______ First Name Last Name ______________________________________________________ ________________________ Teacher Email Phone Number Parent/Guardian ______________________________________________________ _____ First Name Last Name _______________________________________________ _______________________________ Parent/Guardian Email Phone Number ______________________________________________________________________________ Home Address City State Zip I have read the guide lines and agree that all entries will be dropped off and picked up at the designated time and place. ________________________________________ Teacher Signature Date Contact Natalie Wooten with any questions: nwooten@sewe.com 843.723.1748 32 nd Annual SEWE Kids for Conservation Awards

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1 st Place: o $ 150 Cash Prize o $100 Gift Card for student to Artists & Craftsman Supply o $100 Gift Card for teacher to purchase supplies at Artists & Craftsman Supply for his/her school o Four 3 - day passes to the 2014 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition* o One T - Shirt from SEWE 2014 2 nd Place: o $ 100 Cash Prize o $75 Gift Card for student to Artists & Craftsman Supply o $75 Gift Card for teacher to purchase art supplies at Artists & Craftsman Supply for his/her school o Four 3 - day passes to the 2014 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition* o One T - Shirt from SEWE 2014 3 rd Place: o $ 5 0 Cash Prize o $50 Gift Card for student to Artists & Craftsman Supply o $50 Gift Card for teacher to purchase art supplies at Artists & Craftsman Supply for his/her school o Four 3 - day passes to the 2014 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition* o One T - Shirt from SEWE 2014 AWARDS FOR ALL PARTICIPATING STUDENTS & TEACHERS:  All teachers with winning students will receive two SEWE 2014 3 - day passes*  All participating teachers will receive two 2014 SEWE Sunday passes*  All participating students will receive two 2014 SEWE Sunday passes*  All participating students may have the opportunity to receive presence on SEWE website and be placed i n prom

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otional materials. * Passes include entry to all exhibit sites during regular show hours. 32 nd Annual SEWE Kids for Conservation Photography Competition Information & Guidelines 1. Student must be in 6 th through 8 th grades. 2. All submissions must be original work. 3. Subject matter must relate to nature, wildlife or conservation. 4. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: a. Creativity b. Relevance to nature, wildlife and conservation c. Quality of photograph 5. Entries must be s ubmitted in hard copy. Digital version may be emailed in addition to nwooten@sewe.com . Color of photograph is at the discretion of photographer. 6. Entries submitted may be printed in SEWE publications, website, and local media. 7. Ent ries must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 18 . 8. Winners will be announced the week of December 9 th . 9. Entries are due by 5 p.m. Monday , November 1 8 st and should be hand delivered to the SEWE office, 211 Meeting Street, 2 nd Floor, Charleston, SC 29401 or mailed to PO Box 20635, Charleston, SC 29413. (Do not mail posters to physical address!) 10. All written material s will become property of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, who retains the rights f or any publication of the se submissions

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. Please remember to keep a copy for yourself. 32 nd Annual SEWE Kids for Conservation Poetry Competition Information & Guidelines 1. Student must be in 6 th through 8 th grades. 2. All submissions must be original work. 3. Subject matter must relate to nature, wildlife or conservation. 4. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: a. Creativity b. Writ ing s kills c. Relevance to nature, wildlife and conservation 5. Entries should be no lon ger than one page, typed and printed on white, standard 8 ½” x 11” papers . 6. Students must submit two copies of their entry form. 7. Entries submitted may be printed in SEWE publications, website, and local media. 8. Ent ries must be received by 5:00 p.m. Monday, November 18 . 9. Winners will be announced th e week of December 9 th . 10. Entries are due by 5 p.m. Monday, November 18 and should be hand delivered to the SEWE office, 211 Meeting Street, 2 nd Floor, Charleston, SC 29401 or mailed to PO Box 206 35, Charleston, SC 29413. (Do not mail posters to physical address!) 11. All written material s will become property of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, who retains the rights f or any publication of these submissions. Please remember to keep a copy for y ourself