MEA Contests -
MEA Voice Create-A-Cover Contest
Michigan public school students are invited to enter the first MEA Voice Create-A-Cover Contest. The MEA Voice is a full-color magazine distributed to more than 160,000 public school employees who belong to the Michigan Education Association.
Student designs should best express the student’s ideas on “What I like most about my school.” A winning design will be selected by a team of award-winning professional journalists, graphic designers, and MEA leaders.
The top design will be featured on the cover of the June 2010 Mea Voice. Winners of each category will have their work featured inside the magazine.
All winners – and their teachers – will receive $25 gift certificates to Barnes & Noble book store.
Designs must be submitted by Jan. 30, 2010.
How to enter:
For purposes of our publication, completed artwork should be 8½" by 8½". Any media may be used. Artwork should not include text or the MEA Voice name. Entries that do not adhere to contest rules and guidelines will be disqualified.
On an index card securely taped to the back of each design, clearly print:
- Student name
- School name
- Teacher name
- School address and phone number
- Age
- Grade
Selections will be entered in one of the following groups for judging: Group A (grades K-4), Group B (grades 5-8), Group C (grades 9-12), Group D (electronic art).
Designs must be received by Jan. 30, 2010.
Please mail all entries flat in a large envelope to:
MEA Voice Create-A-Cover Contest
1216 Kendale Blvd.
East Lansing, MI 48823
MEA Voice Photo Contest
Do you love to take pictures at your school or at your work site? Are
the students in your class photogenic? Do you have an artistic eye for
cool campus architecture? Show us your job through your camera lens--
and you could be eligible to win prizes!
Photos may be submitted at MEA Voice Contest through April 1, 2010.
Prizes include a photo gear package and MEA merchandise. Monthly contest winners will be entered in a contest to win a grand prize. Monthly winners will be announced on www.mea.org. A grand prize winner will be announced in the June 2010 MEA Voice magazine.
Photos submitted in the contest may be published in print or electronic communications distributed by MEA, including the MEA Voice magazine.
Book contest winners announced
Five MEA members will receive copies of Bill Cecil’s book “Best Year Ever!” They were among many members who posted comments on MEA Facebook page about what they planned to do this school year to make 2009-2010 their best year ever -- everything from anti-bullying lessons to enthusiasm to developing professional development for colleagues.
The winners are: Pam VanZuilen (Coldwater EA); Cecilia Thompson (Caro EA); Jason Valade (Mattawan EA); Michelle Cobb Endsley (Lakewood EA); and, Elizabeth Buckhold (Constantine EA).
Connect with us on Facebook for the chance to win prizes!
MEA wants to stay connected and is interested in hearing from you, our members. Are you on Facebook? Are you a fan of the Michigan Education Association? MEA Online, our fan page, is holding a contest for MEA members.
Become a fan at http://www.mea.org/facebook for a chance to win a new Netbook or other MEA merchandise! (A netbook is a streamlined mobile device designed for the Internet, so you can stay connected on the go.)