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West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival
ESSAY CONTEST
Win a Gift valued at $100, iPad Mini, & $1,000 for your school
OPEN to 7th and 8th grade
FIRST PLACE
students in West Covina and/
or members of the East San
Gabriel Valley Japanese
Community Center
ANSWER "What is the
will read their winning
essay at the West Covina Cherry Blossom
Festival on
Saturday March 21,
2015, receive a plaque
for competing in the
contest, a gift valued
at $100.00, an iPad
mini, and $1000.00
for their school.
500 words or less on stan-
SECOND
PLACE
significance of cherry
blossoms and how they relate
to the Japanese culture and
the Japanese American
experience?"
dard 8-1/2” x 11” white paper with 1” margins, double
spaced, and in Times New
Roman font.
winner will receive a
plaque for competing
in the contest, and a gift
valued at $50.00
DUE Friday, March 6, 2015.
·THIRD
PLACE
winner will receive a plaque
for competing in the contest
SEND entries to ESGVJCC
1203 W. Puente Ave., West Covina 91790
MUST answer the prompt and relate to the West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival. All
entries must be written in a student voice, have logical development, have ideas that
build on one another, and use language mechanics correctly. Creative fonts will not
be accepted. Videos, films, drawings, etc. will not be accepted. Plagiarism will not be
accepted. Students can only submit one essay. correctly.
Supported by
All awards will be presented on stage at the West Covina
Cherry Blossom Festival on Saturday March 21, 2015
at 1:30PM at South Hills Plaza.
(1420 S. Azusa Ave., West Covina)