The 2022 edition of the Student Essay Contest is now closed for entries. Judging will begin shortly.
Winners will be announced at the Museum’s opening day in the spring.
The 2022 edition of the Student Essay Contest is now closed for entries. Judging will begin shortly.
Winners will be announced at the Museum’s opening day in the spring.
The Friends of the Alfred Shaker Museum (FASM) announce our eleventh essay contest for students in Grades 7 & 8. Two prizes of $125 and $75 will be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
Choose one topic from the list below. The essay should be 1,000-1,200 words and qualify as non-fiction. References should be sourced scrupulously at the end of the paper. Pictures may be included, but photos or artwork from the internet must be used only with permission from the webmaster. A paper submitted must “stand by itself” — that is, without the photos or art. If possible, plese submit your essay in Microsoft Word format, with one-inch margins and 12-point Times Roman font.
On the cover sheet, list your name, address, phone number, and email address (if any), your school’s name (or state where home schooled), grade level, and title.
Submit entries at our website at www.alfredshakermuseum.org, by March 10, 2022 at 5 p.m. All papers become the property of FASM; we will archive them and may publish them.
Winners will be announced in early or mid-April, and awards presented soon thereafter at a public event. Judges’ criteria include originality, creativity, content, range of sources, adherence to instructions, spelling, and grammar. You may use our museum’s library to research your topic — if you make an appointment to do so — by calling Mary Lee Dunn Maguire at 324-7088, or by emailing her at maryldunn@aol.com.
Choose one of the following topics as your essay subject:
Each year — with the exception of the last two years — our curator Linda Aaskov has put together a series of workshops geared to involving public participation.
We are looking for teachers and or individuals who might be willing to share their interests in a one day class or series. The simplest gift is sometimes overlooked.
If you have a talent or know of someone who might be willing to share their talent, please contact Linda Aaskov at aaskov@outlook.com.
The Alfred Shaker Museum now participates in AmazonSmile’s Give Back program. When you select the Museum as your designated non-profit through AmazonSmile, Amazn.com donates a certain percentage of your purchase price.
All you have to do is go to smile.amazon.com instead of www.amazon.com. Click here to get started.
AmazonSmile operates all year round, not just over the December holidays. Every time you shop through smile.amazon.com, the Museum gets a donation. You still get your stuff, but you get to help us, too.
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