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FINDING TALENT
FCTE Writing Awards
FCTE Teacher of the Year
FCTE's 2015
Teacher of the Year
Heather Landreth
Union Academy Middle School Magnet
Bartow, Florida
FCTE's 2015
Beginning Teacher of the Year
Donna Health
Booker Middle School
Sarasota, Florida
FCTE's 2014 Teacher of the Year, Leila Maurer (Lakeland High School, Lakeland, Florida) with her principal Al Martinez (far left) and Diane Bondurant, FCTE 1st Vice Principal (second from the left), and Katie Jane Shytle, FCTE 2014 President (far right).
FCTE's 2014 Teacher of the Year, Leila Maurer (Lakeland High School, Lakeland, Florida) with her principal Al Martinez (far left) and Diane Bondurant, FCTE 1st Vice Principal (second from the left), and Katie Jane Shytle, FCTE 2014 President (far right).
FCTE's 2014 Teacher of the Year, Leila Maurer (Lakeland High School, Lakeland, Florida) with her principal Al Martinez (far left) and Diane Bondurant, FCTE 1st Vice Principal (second from the left), and Katie Jane Shytle, FCTE 2014 President (far right).
Florida Council of Teachers of English
2016 Writing Awards
Instructions and Guidelines for Teachers and Student Writers
1. Any Florida teacher of English may sponsor a MAXIMUM of FIVE student nominees.
2. Any Florida student (grades 6-12) may submit up to three entries in up to three of the five categories:
(1) Poetry;
(2) Fiction (1500 word max.);
(3) Script/Screenplay;
(4) Personal Essay or memoir (1500 word max);
(5) Non-fiction/Other Essays (literary analysis, persuasion, journalism -1500 word max).
3. A single selection (one poem, one piece of fiction, one work of drama, or one work of non-fiction) constitutes an entry.
4. The student’s name, teacher’s name, school, or district MUST NOT appear on any page of the entry. This information must be on the entry form ONLY. Title pages should NOT be submitted.
5. All entries must be submitted in electronic form and saved as the title of their piece and must be accompanied by a separate entry form. Please submit as an editable document, NOT PDF.
6. Term paper/research papers will NOT be accepted. Critical analyses which reference published works are acceptable.
7. Students or teachers must keep copies of entries, as they will not be returned to you.
FCTE Writing Awards for Students and Teachers
If you have not completed these steps, the entry will automatically be DISQUALIFIED.
The entry form can be accessed online at www.fcte.org or click on Download Entry Form (above). Once completed, the entry form and the student work should be attached as TWO SEPARATE ATTACHMENTS.
Understand that in submitting the work, you are verifying that it is the authentic, original work of the student. You will receive an acknowledgement via email once your entry and entry form have been received and accepted.
Winners receive a certificate of merit, recognition at the 2015 FCTE Fall Conference, a $100.00 cash award, and copies of the 2016 Student Writing Anthology, Gulfstream.
Submit entries via email to: FCTEwritingawards@gmail.com
Joanna Fox & Kristin Pitts
Writing Awards Chair
Previous Winners
