Earth Matter - Okanagan College Art Competition

Earth Matters competition

Okanagan College is sponsoring an environmentally-focused art competition, and will accept entries in two categories.

Official contest rules and regulations can be downloaded here: RULES and REGULATIONS

All entrants must live in the Okanagan College catchment area (Revelstoke to Salmon Arm and south to Osoyoos). The first category is for secondary school students in Grades 10, 11 and 12, while the second is an open competition for adults age 18 and older.

Entries must be made in one of four theme areas:

• biodiversity
• water resources
• waste
• climate change

Original art work must be two-dimensional, and it (or a photograph of it) must be submitted digitally. (See below). Maximum size is 20" by 30" (approximately 51 centimetres by 76 centimetres). Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. March 20, 2015. Winning entrants will be notified by March 25, and original works (if they aren't digital to begin with) must be delivered to an Okanagan College campus by April 1, 2015, in anticipation of an awards ceremony to be held April 9.

Winners in each of the four theme areas in the high school category will receive a $500 tuition credit from Okanagan College. Winners in the four theme areas from the open competition will receive a one-day workshop with nature artist Terry Isaac at his Penticton studio.

Entry submissions will be judged based on the digital submissions. Submission filenames should be the title of the artist's work, and not include the artist's name. All entries must be accompanied by an artist's statement (see below).

For further information, contact Professor Kathleen Jagger, of Okanagan College's Geography, Earth and Environmental Science department

Click here for the application form

Would you like to be an editor or get published?

Three Hour Poetry Contest

Okanagan College's Three-Hour Poetry Contest, which is taking place on our regional campuses on Thursday, April 3rd, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.  The contest is open to students in Grade 11, Grade 12, and all OC programs.  They can read the rules and register at www.okanagan.bc.ca/3hourpoetry.

Deadline to register is Wednesday, April 2nd at noon.

Tuition bursary prizes and winners may be published on our website - each of the regional winners will receive a $250 tuition credit, and the overall winner will receive an additional $250 tuition credit.

Aboriginal Arts and Stories

Click here for more information.

Scratch Magazine--Call for Submissions!

As it says--get published, get paid!

Go to www.cbt.org/scratch for more info

Video Contest: Don't let your first job be your last

Using the theme, Don't let your first job be your last, create a two-minute video that explores the topic of health and safety in your first job. 

There are categories for students in Grades 8-10 and in Grades 11-12 with lots of prize money up for grabs. 

Prizes

• First Place: $2,000 to participating school, $500 to participating students 

• Second Place: $1,500 to participating school, $500 to participating students 

• People’s Choice: $500 to participating students 

• Vine video: $250 to participating students

For more info click here

Somewoncollective Contest

Who's Who in the Crew Contest.

Contest runs to December 31st.
Crews must be between 13-20 years of age.
Send details about your crew to info@somewoncollective.com
Somewon will outfit the winners with clothing, stickers, and a stash of other goodies.
New contest for young shreds aged 13-20. Send us pictures of your shred crew and you could win you and your crew a Somewon prize pack!
Tag Somewon in your photos on Facebook, @somewon on Instagram, and @_somewon on Twitter, and make sure to #somewonshredcrew in all your photos and you could win.
Go to www.somewoncollective.com for more info. 

3 Hour Short Story Contest

This poster is hard to read, but the essential info is that there will be a 3 hours short story contest for Grade 11 and 12 students at Okanagan college, November 16th, from noon to 3:00 pm. Prizes include Okanagan College tuition credit and publication.

Go to www.okanagan.bc.ca/3hourwriting for more info.

Contest--Invent something!

For more info go to: www.google.ca/doodle4google

Spreading the Word Youth Writing Contest

Prizes awarded to the top 2 entries in poety and fiction.
1st Prize:  $300
2nd Prize:  $200 in each category

Prize winners will be published in the Claremont Review and on the Writers Festival website.

Enter ONLY online at writersfest.bc.ca/youthwritingcontest

The Rules

1. The contest is open to all young writers enrolled in Grades 8-12 in British Columbia.
2. Entries will be accepted for previously unpublished work in each category:
• Poetry (any style): 500 word limit
• Creative Short Fiction: 1,500 word limit
3. Entries will be judged blind. Please do not put your name on your story or poem in the file you have uploaded or in the file name.
4. There is a $5 entry fee for each story or poem you submit, payable online through PayPal.
5. We will accept entries in MS Word Document or PDF formats. Please use standard margins, 12-point font and double spacing.
6. Winners will be selected by a panel of publishing and writing professionals.
7. Entries must be uploaded and payment confirmed by 5:00pm October 27, 2013.

Writing Contest

AnxietyBC is looking for writers, poets, and video artists who have something to say about anxiety. Entrants must be BC residents between the ages of 17-29. Submissions can either be works of fiction or based on real-life experiences.

Don’t shy away from being creative and/or provocative! We will publish and promote the top 3 entries on the Georgia Straight’s blog and AnxietyBC’s website and social media channels. Best of all, there is no entry fee!

Submission deadline is October 29, 2013.

For more information about the contest go to:  www.anxietybc.com/contest  
Prizes:  1st- $1000, 2nd- $750, 3rd- $500.

Show Your Creativity!

E-mail revelstokecommunitygarden@gmail.com for details BEFORE you get started.

Summer Drama Program

This summer Theatre Prospero is bringing its unique drama camp to Revelstoke. The five-day program will culminate in a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream where participants will perform with professional actors for the whole community.

Theatre Prospero is a professional theatre company based in Edmonton producing outstanding classical theatre since 1996.

Auditions for Speaking Parts:  

3:30pm, Friday, June 7th Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre 

Program Details

Dates: 9am - 3pm, Monday July 15 - Friday July 19

Final Performance: 7:00pm, Friday July 19

Junior Program: Ages 6-12     Senior Program: Ages 13-18

Program cost: $130  Scholarships Available

Location:  Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre & Revelstoke Secondary School Drama Studio

Summer Drama Day Camp

Drama Workshops

Improvisation, physical theatre, dance, stage combat, voice, music, theatrical design and more.

Theatre Production

Work with professional actors, directors and choreographers to create the main production, act in the show and learn about lighting, set, costume and sound design.

Final Performance

Perform alongside professionals in a full-scale performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre on the final evening of the program.

Registration and Payment Info:

Register at Auditions - 3:30pm July 7th

Location: Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre

Registration forms available now from Revelstoke Secondary School Main Office.

Register online at revelstokeartscouncil.com

        

Star in Your Own Cooking Show!

Click HERE for more info.  

Click HERE for the link!

Discover the Trades and Win an IPad!

Shoot a video (no more than 2 minutes long) showing the trade they like - welding, carpentry, automotive, cooking/baking, hairdressing, electrical, Upload your video to the contest site, ask your friends to vote for your video.

The 10 videos with the most votes will be judged by the EXPERT panel of judges.  Go to http://www.discovertradesbc.ca/videocontest/ for more info.

Video Contest--$5,500 in Apple Products and Prizes

1st prize wins:

 a Mac Book Pro 13″ 2.5 GHz (value $1,119) and $2,000 for 1st Prize winner’s high school to support trades and technology  education.

2nd prize wins:

an Apple iPad with Retina display, 16GB (value $499) and $1,000  for 2nd Prize winner’s high school to support trades and technology education.

3rd prize wins:

an Apple iPad MIni, 16GB (value $329) and $500 (five hundred dollars) for 3rd Prize winner’s high school to support trades and technology education.

Full details and rules available here.

Win an IPAD!

2013 Grade 6-12 Technology Scholarship and
Grade 12 Essay Scholarship

Grades 6-12 Technology Scholarship
The Technology Scholarship recognizes outstanding achievement in technology-based learning. The BCSSA and Apple Canada invite BC public school students in grades 6-12 to design a website for a school or community group. It can be the school basketball team, the school band or a local not-for-profit organization. The winners will receive a scholarship prize of an Apple iPad . There are seven iPad awards, one in each of the grade-level entry categories: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12.
Download the flyer and entry form here.

Grade 12 Essay Scholarship
The Grade 12 Essay Scholarship provides financial assistance to BC public school students planning to pursue a teaching career. One scholarship winner will be chosen among finalists from each of the BCSSA's six regional chapters by a committee of educators. The winner will receive $1000, and the five finalists will receive $200 each. In addition to submitting an essay (1000 words maximum), applicants must provide a transcript of grades and two letters of reference attesting to school/community leadership.
The topic for the 2013 Grade 12 Essay Scholarship is "Technology as learning tool - How might schools utilize technology effectively to enhance student learning?"
Download the flyer and entry form here.
Entries must be received by April 5, 2013. Send to:
BC School Superintendents Association
Suite 208, 1118 Homer Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 6L5

Cocoa House

Friday, December 7there will a Youth Cocoa House from 7:30 - 9:30pm at the United Church.

This is a night of music, poetry , dancing, you name it! Your opportunity to get up on the stage and perform!

All are welcome!

Any performers can get in touch with Amy at 250-814-8663 or show up between 6 and 7 to sign up for their act!

Painting Competition

This painting competition is open to students up to 14 years old.

The United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) and its partner Bayer Corporation invite students to pick up their crayons, colored pencils and paint brushes and create original artworks for the 22nd annual International Children's Painting Competition (ICPC) on the environment.
 
This year’s theme is: "Water:  Where Does It Come From?"
 
This competition provides you the opportunity to have your artwork displayed in a public exhibition, to win prizes and to become the North American environmental ambassador at the United Nations' global TUNZA youth conference next year.
 
The ICPC invites elementary and middle school students aged six to 14 from the United States and Canada to explore their views on water as the source for all life. As they create their pictures, students should consider the responsibility we all share to ensure a healthy, secure and sustainable water supply for our communities, environment and economy. After all, without water there would be no life on Earth – plant, animal or human.
 
The free-style artwork must be submitted on letter or legal-size paper and can be created using crayons, colored pencils, watercolors, oils, etc.  Individual students may submit more than one artwork.  The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2013. Submissions must be received by that date.  
 
For complete entry rules and conditions, click here.