• Complete the writing challenge in 300 to 500 words. the writing challenge can be found at www.wclibrary.info/gla/#challenge.
• Complete the online application and submit your entry fully and accurately by April 1.
• Certify the work was written by you and expresses your original ideas which you have developed. By submitting your entry to the Good Life Award, you guarantee the work as your own.
• If you win, agree to allow your name, personal photo, and entry excerpts to be published in the Dayton Daily News, and
• Agree to attend the Good Life Celebration award ceremony May 27 at Washington-Centerville Public Library, featuring motivational speaker Fran Kick.
The 2010 prompt, challenges teens to reflect upon, and describe, how they are laying a foundation for their life. All entries will be judged by a panel using a rubric that considers such things as creativity and style, clarity of content, and accuracy. Cartwright, spokesperson for the 2010 contest, sat down with a local teen to describe how she laid the foundation for her career as the voice of Bart Simpson. The video interview is at www.wclibrary.info/gla/#challenge.
The Good Life Award is made possible through the Dottie Yeck Good Life Award Endowment. Dottie was a champion of children and believed you are never too young to have an impact on the world.
For more information, call the library at (937) 433-8091 or visit www.wclibrary.info/gla.
Georgia Mergler is the community relations manager for the Washington-Centerville Public Library.
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