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2007-2008 writing contest

The 2007-2008 Neuroscience for Kids Writing Contest is now CLOSED. Entries must have been received by February 1, 2008.

The 2008-2009 Neuroscience for Kids DRAWING CONTEST is OPEN and entry forms are now available.

Here were the rules of the contest:

If you are in Kindergarten to Grade 2, your poem can be in any style; it doesn't even have to rhyme.

If you are in Grade 3 to Grade 5, your poem must rhyme. You can rhyme the last words on lines one and two; the last words on lines three and four, etc. or you can choose your own pattern.

If you are in Grade 6 to Grade 8, your poem must be in the form of a haiku. A haiku has only THREE lines. Also, haiku MUST use the following pattern: 5 syllables in the first line; 7 syllables in the second line; 5 syllables in the third line.

Example Haiku:
Three pounds of jelly
wobbling around in my skull
and it can do math.

If you are in Grade 9 to Grade 12, your poem must be in the form of a limerick. A limerick has 5 lines; lines one, two and five rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables; lines three and four rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables.

Example Limerick
The brain is important, that's true,
For all things a person will do,
From reading to writing,
To skiing to biting,
It makes up the person who's you.

Dr. Eric H. Chudler
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UWEB E/O, Dept. of Bioengineering
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-5061

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