10th Annual

Visions of Unity

Student Literature & Arts Contest 

Winning entries will be published, publicly displayed, and receive cash prizes.

  

Categories:
Literature - poetry, essay or short story
 Visual Arts - drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, or poster

 

Deadline: January 15, 2010

Completed entry and entry form must be submitted to your school’s administrative office on or by the deadline.

* We invite you to share your work in the 10^th annual Visions of Unity contest.  The contest was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King whose birthday marks the contest’s deadline of Jan. 15, 2010. The theme of the 10^th Visions of Unity contest is “Living the Dream” – the dream being your vision of cultivating unity and harmony within your community.  Let your best thinking find its way into your creative expressions as you write, sculpt, paint, or otherwise express your vision of unity that helps us all cross the cultural divide and forge new bonds as members of one human family.

 

Please note: An entry unrelated to the thematic guidelines will not be selected, even if it is exceptional work.  More details on the thematic guidelines for the Visions of Unity are available on the entry form and at www.visionsofunity.com.

 

* Entries will be evaluated by professionals in the appropriate field who will judge the works according to the following criteria: 1) effective treatment of the theme; 2) originality and creative use of the medium; and 3) mastery of the art form, including grammar and technical details.

 

 

* All contestants who place 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, or Honorable Mention will publicly present their work at the Monday, March 22, 2010 Visions of Unity Awards Celebration. Their work will also be published in the annual Visions of Unity literary anthology. Winning entrants will receive cash awards thanks to the generosity of the sponsors and donors below.

In the last 10 years, 265 students have received awards and over $18,000 in cash prizes.

* Sponsors:  The Human Relations Forum of Torrance with Torrance Memorial Medical Center * The Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach * Torrance Unified School District * League of Women Voters Torrance * Palos Verdes Chapter LINKS, Inc.

 

* Donors: Torrance Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc * Supervisor Don Knabe * Welch and Company Accountancy * Ruth Vogel * Baszile Metals Service * Baha’i Communities of the South Bay * Shirley Ho * Ashcraft Design * Teresa and David Langness * Shirley Borks * Shirley Starke Wallace

Other Useful Links
www.zerohour.com
www.LAHumanRelations.org