SecretBuilders - Contest

[disvaclub92]

Sounds like a very creative contest for the kids to try.

SecretBuilders and HuffPo Launch Political Contest

SecretBuilders, the educational kids world that launched earlier this month, announced a partnership today with the Huffington Post to encourage kids to sound off to President-Elect Obama. SecretBuilders emphasizes activities like creating drawings or artwork and writing essays, and the new contest asks kids to submit a letter and picture to Obama. The winning entry will be featured on the Huffington Post on Presidents Day with runners up featured on Slate and Gamezebo and added to CNN's iReport. The winner will also receive $500 cash and $500 to donate to charity or a school.

Kids can visit a themed environment for interaction and click on an avatar of Arianna Huffington to visit her virtual home, which features contest-related activities. The contest is also supported by KidZui, Art in Action, Wild Planet Toy Company, Naseeb Networks, and Stone Soup magazine.

 

[AmberDaze]

Goot! Here are the details.

WRITE A LETTER TO OBAMA CONTEST ENDS FEB 9, 2009

Accessible from Mellow Drama room in Treasure Island.

Dear Contestant: We invite you to submit a "picture message" to President Obama consisting of:

1. An image (photo, picture or drawing)
2. A message - 50 words or less

The best entries will be published on mega news websites such as Huffington Post, Slate.com and CNN iReport! Plus you could win $1000 for yourself and your school. Click on Prizes to get reward details.

Picture Message:

Your picture message to the President should consist of:

-- An image (photo, picture, or drawing)
-- A message - 50 words or less, beginning, "Dear President Obama..."

The topic for the image:
-- Pick something or someone from the world around you
-- Pick something that you feel is important for the President to know about
-- Pick something that you think will in some way help the President and America be better world builders.
-- Your image could be about an idea, a person, a group, a place, a problem, a solution, a symbol, a cause, a suffering, a celebration, a reality of your life...

The Message:

-- Describe the image - what is it, what you want us to see
-- Describe why you chose it, why you want to share it with the President, what should we take away from it

Judges:

-- Dr. Jeff Brenzel, Head of Admissions, Yale University
-- Professor Munis Farouqi, Professor of History, UC Berkeley
-- Dr. Alan Kirschner, Professor of Political Science, Ohlone College
-- Dr. William Rubel, Founder, StoneSoup Magazine
-- Scott Hassan, co-founder eGroups and member of Google Founding Team

Contest ends February 8, 2009

This contest is open to all school and college students worldwide.

Grand prize:

1. Winning entry to be published in The Huffington Post, one of the world's largest news website on Feb. 16, 2009
2. $500 cash prize plus $500 donated on behalf of winner to their school or charity of their choosing.

Finalists:

The top ten Finalists from the contest will be published on Slate.com and CNN iReport. Various gifts provided by WildPlanet Toy Company will also be given to the 1st and 2nd runners up.