LADIES ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, INC.

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NATIONAL LADIES ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, INC.

2009-2010 IRISH HISTORY WRITING CONTEST

Theresa O'Connell, National Irish Historian

This contest will be held in every state where the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians has an established Division. The State Historians will submit FIVE (5) writings on each level: First, Second, Third Place and Two (2) Honorable Mentions to the National Historian on the National Level.

Historians will send five entries from each level as follows:

Divisions send five (5) entries from each level to County
Counties send five (5) entries from each level to State
States send five (5) entries from each level to National
Time: Contest Opens August, 2009
Deadlines for the contest are:
Division-January 5, 2010
County-February 5, 2010
State- March 5, 2010
National-April 6, 2010

SUBJECTS: Level 1 grades 6, 7, 8: "Role of Women in 1916 Rebellion"

Level 2 grades 9, 10, 11, 12: "The Irish Playing the Game: The Sports of the World"

LENGTH: Level 1 grades 6, 7, 8: Not less than 500 or more than 1000 words

Level 2 grades 9, 10, 11, 12: Not less than 750 or more than 1500

Eligible: All children in levels 6-12 attending public, private, parochial and home schools.

Prizes: HIGH SCHOOL

First Prize..................$1000
Second Prize.................$500
Third Prize..................$250
Honorable Mention............$100
Honorable Mention............$100

Prizes: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

First Prize................$500
Second Prize...............$250
Third Prize................$125
Honorable Mention..........$50
Honorable Mention..........$50

1. All Irish History Writing Contest entries must be double spaced and may be legibly hand written or typed, on one side of the paper only. Typeface may NOT exceed 12 point.

2. Each writing must have a separate cover sheet with: Contestant's Name, home address, and age Contestant's School Name, School Address and Grade Level Number of words in essay, exclusive of cover page, introduction and bibliography

Subject Writing Guidelines:

Be sure to submit writing. Do not simply list facts. Show that you know and understand your subject and give your opinion or interpretation. You may set the scene by giving facts then drawing your conclusion. This contest is intended to produce essays which show that students have researched, read about and understood the subject and formed their own opinions. The writing should not be just a recap of facts and others' opinions, comments or observations.
Be careful to stick to the topic.
Be sure to give the source credit if you quote someone else's work. Every time you borrow someone else's words, facts or ideas, you must DOCUMENT the source - that is give a reference telling readers that you borrowed the material and where you borrowed it from. Although this is not a research paper, information in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is a good reference tool for writing and citing sources. List only those sources that contribute to the development of your writing. Be sure NOT to use exact words from your sources without giving credit. If you do so, you are committing plagiarism.
Be sure to include a bibliography, or a list of sources on the information you used. When assembling a final bibliography, list your sources in alphabetical order by authors' last names. Sources that don't have authors such as encyclopedias, should be alphabetized by title.
Drawings, maps, etc. should not be included in the Writings
Only original and unmarked writings (i.e. no corrections, judges' marks) will be accepted for the Writing Contest
All winners and non winners will receive certificates.

Essays will be judged by persons competent in the areas of English composition and Irish Culture who will fairly assess the originality of the presentation and knowledge of the subject matter as well.
NATIONAL LADIES ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS
2008-2009 Irish History Writing Contest Winners
Theresa O'Connell, National Irish Historian

Level 1 grades 6, 7, 8 are as follows:

1st Place: Elizabeth Troutwine, North Carolina

2nd Place: Nolan Fischer, North Carolina

3rd Place: Lauren Atkinson, North Carolina

Honorable Mention:

J. Keenan Osborne, New Jersey

Julia Maguire, North Carolina

Level 2 grades 9, 10,11,12

1st Place Derek Gebo, Connecticut

2nd Place Sean Patrick Root, Michigan

3rd Place Aidan Galligan, Connecticut

Honorable Mention:

Julia Shah, Michigan

Michael Megarle, Michigan

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