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State of Oklahoma
Posted: Oct 20, 2016 3:16 PMUpdated: Oct 20, 2016 3:16 PM
Students Can Win Hunting Trips For Writing
Students can now win hunting trips for their creative writing. The deadline is Nov. 11 to enter the 2016 Creative Writing Competition, co-sponsored by Oklahoma Station Chapter Safari Club International and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
There are two divisions: ages 11-14 and ages 15-17. A boy and a girl will be named winners in each division. Essays no longer than 500 words or short stories no longer than 1,000 words must be based on one of two themes:
Colin Berg, education supervisor for the Wildlife Department, says "Each year, when I review the youth essay submissions, I'm reminded about how important it is to pass along our heritage of hunting.”
Contestants must be enrolled in any Oklahoma school or must be homeschool students, and each entrant must have successfully completed the Oklahoma Hunter Education course by the entry deadline, Nov. 11, 2016.
Educators also have a chance to enter and win an outdoor adventure. Two educators will get a scholarship to an eight-day conservation education school at Safari Club International's American Wilderness Leadership School at Granite Ranch near Jackson, Wyoming.
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