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Questions? Send an e-mail to info@childrenshealthcampaign.org.
Important Dates
The essays will be judged by people with post-secondary degrees or higher in either the education or health care field. Judges will review all eligible essays. Essays submitted online must be received by 11:59 EST on October 31, 2006. Essays submitted via U.S. mail must be postmarked by October 31, 2006.
There will be two rounds of judging in this contest. The first round will be used to select a state finalist for each age group in each state, for a maximum total of 102 state winners, provided that there are at least 30 eligible submissions in an age group submitted in that state. During this round, each state age group will be assigned one judge, who will read each essay and select, based on the criteria outlined below, his or her top choice, and two alternate choices. In the event that more than 60 eligible entries are received in any state age group, multiple judges may be used, with each judge reading an equal and reasonable number of essays, not to exceed 60. If this occurs, all judges for a state age group will be asked to select the top three essays, based on the criteria outlined below, from among the essays they read. These essays will then be pooled, and all of the judges from that state category will read this pool of essays and confer to select a top choice and two alternate choices to be awarded the state-level prize for that age group.
The 51 state finalists from each age group will comprise the pool of essays to be used to select the Grand Prize winner for each age group. Grand Prize winners will be selected by the Sponsor based on the criteria listed below. The Sponsor reserves the right to make the final decision on all essay finalists.
Winners will be notified by December 18, 2006. Odds of winning a prize will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the entry period in each state and each age group.
For more details, see the Contest Rules.
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