poetry – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org Horticulture, Floral Design, Conservation and Community Service Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:48:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-FGC_favicon-32x32.png poetry – Framingham Garden Club https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org 32 32 Youth sculpture contest encourages youth to keep our planet green https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2023/12/youth-sculpture-contest-encourages-youth-to-keep-our-planet-green/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:09:26 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=5334 FGC welcomes all Framingham youth in grades 4 through 8 to create a sculpture out of recyclable, reused, and reduced materials and submit their creation to the National Garden Club youth sculptrue contest. This contest encourages students to keep our planet green and to get involved with saving the environment.

Photos of last year’s national winning sculptures

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See the 2022 Sculpture Contest winners here

Contest Rules

  • Children in 4th through 8th grade will be eligible to enter the contest
  • Sculptures must consist of recyclable, reused and reduced materials
  • Width of the sculpture can be no more than 8 1/2 x 11 inches
  • Height should be in proportion to width
  • Entries should include as many photographs as can be printed on the back of the entry form but two 4×6 photographs are recommended
  • Club entries must be emailed to State Chairman Nancy Martin by Janauary 10, 2024 at  nancymartinmailed@gmail.com

Scale of Points

  • Creative use of materials and self expression: 60%
  • Description of sculpture and materials used: 30%
  • Craftsmanship and technique: 10%

https://gardenclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/ngc-youth-sculpture-contest-entry-form-2023.pdf

]]> Youth poetry contest deadline approaches https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/2022/12/poetry-contest-open-to-local-students-k-9/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:52:09 +0000 https://staging.framinghamgardenclub.org/?p=4697 The dealine for entering the annual National Garden Club’s Youth Poetry Contest is quickly approaching. All entries must be in by January 10, 2024. Submit poetry by email to  nancymartinmailed@gmail.com.

The Theme for 2022-23 is ‘”I Spy With My Little Eye, Something Green Outside – Celebrating Our Green World.” The purpose of this annual contest is to encourage young people to express their creative thoughts through different types of poetry.

Students in grades K-9th grades, English as a second language learners, and Special Needs students are eligible to enter. Students are judged against other poets at their level. The winners of the state contest will be entered in the New England Regional Competition, and those winners will be entered in the National Garden Club’s competition. Winners of the National Competition will be published by the NGC.  Framingham had one National Winner in 2023!

Poems must be submitted to the Framingham Garden Club NO LATER THAN January10h by email to admin@staging.framinghamgardenclub.org

Youth Poetry 2023-24 Contest Rules and Guidelines

  •  All entries must be typed and titled.
  • Include name, address, age, grade, and school of participant on the back of entry.
  • Sponsoring garden club and state garden club name must also be identified.
  • Sponsoring garden club may be that of a grandparent.
  • All entries become the property of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
  • Poems do not have to rhyme.
  • Poems may be traditional verse, acrostics, blank verse, cinquains, diamond poems, limerick, or Haiku.
  • Special Education: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade.
  • English as a second language: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade.
  • General Education: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade.
  • No students may win 2 consecutive years.
  • The theme should not be used as the title to any poetry. When judging, the title is worth 10 points.

Scale of Points

  • Title: 10%
  • Content: 40%
  • Creativity: 30%
  • Style: 20%
  • Total: 100%

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