Vol. 12, No. 1 November 2007
Writing
Contest
First
Prize: $100
Second Prize: $50
Third Prize: $25
If you are under 18 and are or have been in foster care, we invite you to:
Interview your foster or adoptive parent about why they chose to be a foster or adoptive parent and what it’s like to be one.
To help you, we have posted some interviewing tips online at <www.fosteringperspectives.org/interviewing-tips.pdf>
Younger children are welcome to submit artwork on this theme/topic as well.
Deadline:
February 11, 2008
Anyone under 21 who is or has been in foster care or
a group home can enter. E-mail your submission to [email protected] or send it via U.S. Mail your entry to:
John McMahon,
Editor
Fostering Perspectives
Jordan Institute for Families
1459 Sand Hill Rd., No. 6 (NCDSS)
Candler, NC 28715
Include your name, age,
address, social security number (used to process awards only, your
confidentiality will be protected) and phone number. In addition to
receiving the awards specified above, winners will have their work
published in the next issue of Fostering Perspectives. Runners-up
may also have their work published, for which they will also receive
a cash award.
Were
Also Seeking Artwork and Other Writing from Children and Teens in Foster Care
Submissions can be on any theme. Submission requirements described
above apply. If sent via U.S. Mail, artwork should be mailed
flat (unfolded) on white, unlined paper.
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2007 Jordan Institute for Families