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2024 GRADE SIX STUDENT WRITING CONTEST
2024The Foothills Writers Group is thrilled to announce its second annual Grade Six writing contest.
Students in the Okotoks, Diamond Valley and High River–Public, Separate, and Francophone schools are invited to submit.
Contest details:
Students can submit a 300—to 1000-word handwritten or typed short story on any topic ( fiction or nonfiction).
Students must submit their stories to their teacher no later than October 21st.
Winners will be announced in November 2024.
For more information please email: foothillswritergroup@gmail.com
2023 Winners:
Linden Graham
Madeleine Janzen
2024 Winners:
Kira Cruikshank
Devon Phillips
2024 sponsors
OKOTOKS
Okotoks Arts Council
Safeway
Yooneek Book Stores
Okotoks Theatre
Sav-on Foods
Millienneum Bowling
Sobey’s
Subway ( Big Horn Lane)
DAWGS Baseball Club
Tim Horton’s ( Southbank Blvd Location)
McDonalds Restaurant
Okotoks Oilers Hockey Team
Monkey Mountain
Boston Pizza
Big Rock Crystals Minerals & Fossils
HIGH RIVER
Jessica and Andrews NO FRILLS
The Hitching Post
Highwood Golf and Country Club
Wales Movie Theater
Cookie Palace
Margins Book Store
Sheena’s Sweets
Sobey’s
DIAMOND VALLEY
Spisherbocker Books
Blue Rock Gallery
The Chuckwagon Restaurant