"Art always tells us a story."
In fact I believe there are two stories to be told...the one that inspires the artist and the one that inspires the viewer.
My hope each year is that through the writing process students will develop a greater appreciation for fine art of all types, and learn to view an original drawing, a painting, or even a piece of sculpture with a questioning mind.
This years contest has had several hurdles. The teacher who usually handles the contest had some medical issues and as you know I've had mine as well. The contest usually takes place during the first semester but this year, winners were not announced until the last week of school.
There has also been some difficulty with the students not complying with the rules. One of the requirements is that they send me an email copy of their entry. This makes posting here much easier and is just part of the learning process of 'following instructions'. Needless to say I'm disappointed in some of them and haven't yet decided whether to go ahead and take the time to post their entire essays or not.
This is the third year that I have sponsored this Literary Contest at Lincoln High School and it continues to grow. There more entries this year, and the quality of the writings submitted by the students just keeps getting better and better. The students entries are individually judged by a select group of teachers and the winners are announced in assembly.
As mentioned above, I usually publish them here on my blog. So far only one of the winners has complied with sending me an email copy of their winning essay. In the next couple of weeks I will post an exurb from each and a little about the author.
The drawings shown below are the ones the winners chose to write about.
Announcing the winners for 2009
First Place...Lilly Story with a short essay about "Sam"
Second Place...Shelby Kottemann with a short essay about "Girls Trip"
Third Place...David Fulton with a short essay about "Checking the Yield"
Be sure to check back next week. I will start by posting the third place winner David Fulton's essay...as thus far his is the only one I've received by email. It is a very well written essay about "Checking the Yield". A most enjoyable read.
Again...a Huge Congratulations...to the winners and a special thank you to all who took the time to enter.
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1 Chronicles 28:19
"All this," David said, "I have in
writing from the hand of the LORD upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the plan."
