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Santa Claus essay contest announced
Updated: October 14, 2012 12:15PM
SPRINGFIELD
An essay contest for fifth grade through high school students with the theme, “If I Were Santa Claus,” opens Sept. 10.
Contest winners will be recognized during an historic Santa Claus exhibit later this year at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield. Deadline to submit entries is Nov. 2.
The essay contest for fifth through eighth grade students in one category and ninth grade through high school students in another category will include cash prizes of $500, $250, $100, $50 and $25. The 200-250 word entries may be handwritten or typed, and must be submitted by U.S. Mail to: Santa Claus Essay Contest, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, 112 N. Sixth St., Springfield IL 62701.
Entrants should include their grade level and contact information.
“The ‘If I Were Santa Claus’ essays should deal with themes of generosity, love, charity, peace or any of the positive attributes associated with Santa. Entrants should use their imaginations to write original, creative interpretations of the theme,” Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Director Eileen Mackevich said.
The essay contest winners will be announced the week of Thanksgiving and displayed in the Lincoln Presidential Library, across the street from the historic Santa Claus exhibit in the Presidential Museum. The winning essays will also be transcribed and put on the Presidential Library and Museum’s social media sites.
For more information, visit the Presidential Library and Museum’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lincoln.museum.~.
