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Amazing Kids! Contests

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Check out the latest contest news from Amazing Kids!

Do you have a contest you'd like to announce on the Amazing Kids! website?

Please contact us at:  contests@amazing-kids.org for more information.

Art Contests - The Earth Day 2008 Poster Design Contest winners have been announced! Check out their winning posters!

Music Contests -  Coming soon! A Theme Song Music Contest for our new "Launch My Dream!" videocast and tv show! Stay "tuned"...and start composing today!

Video Contests -  Congratulations to the winners of the MeetMeAtTheCorner.org video contest!

Keep your eyes out for the Amazing Kids!' Launch My Dream! Video Essay Contest coming in June! Start planning your video about your amazing future now! Winners will get help launching their dreams!

Writing Contests

1. The Amazing Kids! Short Story Writing Contest 2008, has ended. Prizes include getting published in the Amazing Kids! eZine, and some cool books from our contest sponsor, Candlewick Press, publishers of Pirateology and the Judy Moody series!

Check back the end of May to see who won! Good luck, everyone!

2. Congratulations, winners of the “7 Reasons Why I Love My Mom” contest!

• Hayden Barth (age 11)
• Mallory (age 8) and Cody Hornberger (age 11)
• Marissa Miller
• Samantha Boyd ( age 13) 

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Past Winners

• Read the winning poems in the Amazing Kids! "Winter"-themed poetry contest!
• Check out the winners of t he MeetMeAtTheCorner.org Pet Poetry contest!
• Congratulations to the  Spatulatta.com sweepstakes Grand Prize winner, Brandon R. from South Carolina and the 5 runners up!!! Visit the Spatulatta.com website to read the names of the runners up: http://www.spatulatta.com/blog/2008/03/spatulatta-cookbook-sweepstakes-winners.html
• Congrats to Krupa, age 12, from Illinois, the winner of the "Why My Mom's the Best!" essay contest on Spatulatta.com!  Read her winning essay here.
• Check out the winner of the Diamondsafe.com Father's Day Poetry Contest!
• Check out the winners in the Amazing Kids! Earth Day 2007 Love Our Planet! Poster Design Contest!
• Congratulations to Pamela Davis!  She was the winning poet in the Diamondsafe.com Mother's Day Poetry Contest !  Read her poem!
• Congratulations to Tory Geismar, the newest Creation band member and winner of Creation's JOIN THE BAND contest!
• Read the winning essays from the "My Amazing Future" essay contest 06!
• View the winning design from the Fannie Mae Candies Halloween Wrapper Design Contest!
• Read the winning stories from our Short Story contest in the 18th issue of the Amazing Kids! eZine!
• See the amazing Winter Holiday Greeting Card contest winners! 
• Check out the winners of the My Amazing Future Contest 2005!  Be sure to visit the AK eZine to read the winning essays.
• Check out the winning designs of the 2nd Annual Plush Toy Design Contest sponsored by Ty!
• Winners of our Short Story Contest.
  
• Winners of our 2nd Annual Nature Poetry Contest.
• Check out the winners of the Mystery short story writing contest!  Read the winning stories in Issue #11 of the AK eZine!
• Check out the "Amazing Me!" contest winners!
• Read the winning essays from the My Amazing Future 2003 essay contest in Issue #9 of the AK eZine!
• Check out the winning designs of the first-ever Amazing Kids! Plush Toy Design Contest!!
• Read the Winning poems in Issue 8 of the Amazing Kids! eZine! 
• Check out the winning stories fromthe Amazing Kids! "Story Starter" Short Story writing contest!
• Read the winning essays from our "Appreciation" 2002 essay contest in Amazing Kids! eZine #5!
• Check out the winners of the  "My Amazing Future" 2002 contest!
• Winners of the first-ever AK POETRY CONTEST . See who won! (Follow the link at the bottom of the AK eZine #4 page.)
• Check out the Amazing Kids! Poster Design contest 2001 winners! 
• "My Amazing Future" 2001 essay contest winners 
• Check out the winners of our Animation Contest 2000!  These 6 lucky winners worked with Frank Gladstone, a professional animator from DreamWorks as their mentor!
• Check out the winners of our Amazing Babies essay contest!  
• Check out the winners of our 1st comics drawing contest!  The grand prize winner, 17 year old Laura Tisdel worked for a year with her mentor, professional cartoonist Guy Gilchrist.  Check out her Amazing Kids! Comic Adventures!
• Check out the winners of our 1st writing contest!
• Congratulations to Sonia Rode, the winner of the first-ever Amazing Kids! Book Illustration Contest! Sonia worked with her mentor, Dave Ross, a professional children's book author and illustrator, learning how to illustrate a children's book for over a year!  Her work will be published in the forthcoming book, If Nellie Bly Could Do It...

Read Sonia's journal!

Attention all you Amazing Readers!

Have you read the inspiring story, If Nellie Bly Could Do It...yet?

If Nellie Bly Could Do It...is a rhyming book about a famous American woman journalist in the 1800s, Nellie Bly, who accomplished some amazing things in her lifetime.  The story shows how Nellie Bly was able to do these amazing things, even though other people told her they couldn't be done!

The book's inspiring message is:
"If Nellie Bly could do it, then so can you!"   

Check It Out! Jan Brett, a professional children's book author- illustrator, sends a special message to all you Amazing Kids! Would you like to be a children's book author and/or illustrator some day? Read about what it's like from Jan Brett, famous author and illustrator of many award-winning books for children!

 For more information about Amazing Kids! programs, please email us at: info@amazing-kids.org

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• Amazing Kids! website
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