The Homespun Storytelling Guild is excited to announce that the
Women's History Month Essay Contest
is offering an opportunity for ladies between the ages of 9 through adult to participate. In the following press release are the added age groups and extended dates:
The Homespun Storytelling Guild and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
is sponsoring a
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH ESSAY CONTEST!
March is Women’s History Month and this year will be the 30th anniversary of the National Women’s History Project.
The theme this year is: WRITING WOMEN BACK INTO HISTORY.
The ladies of the Homespun Storytelling Guild of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area would like to join the NWHP
in encouraging young women to discover stories about their mothers, grandmothers, and great grandmothers.
The ladies of the Guild would like to sponsor an essay contest for women of all ages -
There will be three age groups; 9 - 11, 12 - 18, and 19 and up. A first place prize will be
awarded in each age group, with one overall winner chosen from all
the entries.
Each entrant should write be a 250 word story on their mother, grandmother, or great – grandmother
and the challenges they faced, the accomplishments they made and the impact it has had on their lives.
The essay contest ends March 30th and the essays will be displayed
at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area, April 1 through 8, 2010.
In addition, the overall winning Essay will be published in the Elizabethton Star,
along with a photograph of all the winners.
The winners will be contacted on March 31st and will receive
the book, Colonial Women, by Niki Walker.
Essays can be mailed or delivered to
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area, 1651 W Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Attention: Sherri Hyder. For more information, call 423-543-5808.
The park is open from 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Saturday and
1 - 4:30 pm on Sunday.
We are closed for all State holidays.
www.tnstateparks.com/SycamoreShoals/