Last month Grace entered a Children's Writing Contest that was put on by UW-Eau Claire's English Honor Society. She simply needed to submit a poem in any style. A winner would be selected for each grade. And Grace won in the 6th grade group.
Here is the letter I got via email today..........
April 9, 2012
Dear Teacher,
The members of the Theta Zeta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire would like to thank you for participating in the 2012 Children’s Writing Contest. We are proud to announce that your student
___Grace Pichler_ has won in the __6th__grade __Poetry category with the submission
entitled _Day Break.
All winners of the Children’s Writing Contest are invited to read their winning submissions at the annual English Festival, Thursday, April 26th, 2012, at 5:30 P.M., in the Tamarack Room (located on second floor in Davies Center on the UW-Eau Claire campus). The winner’s family and you are also invited to attend and celebrate this writing achievement. Each winner will receive a prize along with a book publishing the winning submissions by these young writers. Please join us for refreshments, which will be served at 5:00 P.M preceding the ceremony. You are also invited to stay for the readings by the winners of the Young Adults’ Writing Contest (Grades 7-12), which will begin at 6:15 P.M., also in the Tamarack Room.
Please pass along the enclosed order form to the student. The student will be receiving a copy of the bound collection of winning entries. Additional copies of the bound collection of winners of the 2012 Children’s Writing Contest can be ordered for grandparents, relatives, and friends. We ask that the order form be returned to us by April 16th. All proceeds go directly into funding the Children’s Writing Contest.
For more information, please feel free to contact me by email at engl56@uwec.edu. You may also contact our faculty advisor, Traci Thomas-Card, at (715) 864-3122 or by email at thomastl@uwec.edu. The members of the Theta Zeta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta greatly appreciate your support in our efforts to recognize young students’ writing interests and talents.
Sincerely,
Kristin Chang, President
Theta Zeta Chapter
Sigma Tau Delta
And here is the poem she entered......hope you enjoy it!
Day Break
The moon is like a silver crest,
Upon a looking-glass.
And every time a tear drop falls,
It ripples like wind-blown grass.
Trees are casting shadows,
Onto the water deep.
So tall and so majestic,
The sky seems to weep.
Long gone is all the sunshine,
The clouds are like grey cotton.
And memories of sunshine,
Seem to be forgotten.
But, lo! Here comes a flame of red,
Seeped with tangerine!
As the sun comes up so slow,
It seems just like a dream.
The sky lights up with newfound joy,
Another day’s begun.
And maybe, just maybe,
It will be as wonderful,
As the last one.
