This school year, kids will put pen to paper and compose poems as part of our annual “blu is for Apples ” competition. Hoffman’s Chocolates and the Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network of the Jason Taylor Foundation are partnering with Broward and Miami-Dade County Public Schools to hold the contest.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Students will write a poem based on a chosen theme
The goal is to promote school-wide interest in creative writing and literacy through poetry. Students will produce a piece of poetry, in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. The targeted audience is students in grades K-5.
Students will be grouped into three categories:
- Category 1 – Kindergarten & 1st Grade
- Category 2 – 2nd Grade & 3rd Grade
- Category 3 – 4th Grade & 5th Grade
PRIZES:
CATEGORY WINNERS: The two winning students from each school’s category will win one free scoop of ice cream for them and their classmates.
Schools will select the top two poems in each CATEGORY- (max- 6 poems per school). If you wish to have your school participate, please email the Program Coordinator, Shaviah Hamilton, at shaviah@jasontaylorfoundation.com The next contest begins in the fall of 2024.
(Judges will select ONE winning poem from each school. The winner of each school will be eligible to earn the title of Grand Prize Winner. There will only be ONE Grand Prize Winner.)
SCHOOL WINNERS: The overall winning student from each school (1 student per school) will receive a congratulatory certificate and will have their ideal caramel apple made by Hoffman’s Chocolates.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The grand prize winner will receive free ice cream for a year from Hoffman’s Chocolates!! They will receive twelve (12) $25 gift cards to share ice cream with their friends and family every month of the year. The grand prize winner will also have the chance to perform at this year’s Block Party in celebration of National Poetry Month!
THE SCHOOL WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION/POEMS WILL RECEIVE A $500 DONATION FROM THE JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION
