tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74422756359901063332023-11-16T10:59:31.982-08:00Kids Count for Earthday Haiku ContestThe Haiku Society of America, Planetpals.com, Sketchbook Journal, and With Words (UK) have partnered to bring you the Earthday Haiku Contest: Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Contest 2011.Area 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442275635990106333.post-38213445424884130632012-02-25T14:23:00.004-08:002012-02-25T17:04:13.222-08:00Kid Count For Earthday Haiku WebFest<div align="left"><strong><span style="color: #0000bb; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Earthday Haiku WebFest 2012</span></strong><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0000bb; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>NOTE! </strong>Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Contest Has changed to the <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/KidsCountForEarthday?ref=tn_tnmn">Earthday Haiku WebFest 2012</a></strong></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*This year we decided to do something a bit different! Instead of holding submissions, we are allowing teachers, parents and students to post their posme via the Kids Count For Earthday Facebook Page, For all contestants to read.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong></strong></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong></strong></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong></strong></em></span>Haiku Society of America</span></strong></em></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>With Words UK</strong></em></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Planetpals.com</strong></em></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Sketchbook Short Verse Journal</strong></em></span></li>
</ul><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The WebFest is designed to combine the love of Earth with the sheer simple fun of writing Japanese haiku in English!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We call it the The 2012 "Kids Count for Earthday" Haiku WebFest because we want you to help all of us to learn how to keep the planet clean and healthy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sharing the love of EARTH , ART and POETRY!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Show the world you are a Planetpal!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The 2012 Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Webfest is in association with The Haiku Society of America; With Words, (UK); Sketchbook Haiku Journal (USA); and Planetpals (Worldwide) in partnership with the planet to bring the Earthday Haiku Webathon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kids will only need to count approximately 5-7-5 or use some combination of short, long, short syllables, to create their Earthday haiku.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The 5,7,5 count isn't mandatory but the rhythm of short, long, short is important. Also make sure that your haiku is a complete thought, using articles wherever necessary for a smooth flow.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Suggestions and links for writing haiku are listed further below (after the Haiku Society of America, Planet Pals, With Words, and Sketchbook logos).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Enjoy the challenge of writing modern haiku!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Best of luck!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Where:</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/KidsCountForEarthday?ref=tn_tnmn">Earthday Haiku WebF</a>est</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Theme:</i></b></span><br />
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The contest theme is "What Earthday means to you".</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Who Can Enter:</i></b></span><br />
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</i></b>Children and young people aged from 7 years old right up to 20 years from the USA, UK and English Speaking Countries (including Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii; as well as Japan; Africa; India; Pakistan; Bangladesh; China; Middle East; and Australia; New Zealand and all other countries). If English is not your first language please do add an English language version of your haiku entry as well.</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">***ONLY ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT!</span></em></strong><br />
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</i></b>Age Groups: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7-20 yrs old</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">PLEASE NOTE: This year all poems will appear on this FACEBOOK PAGE. Only Entries and no other posts are allowed on this page! Duplicate and unrelated posting will be removed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>RULES:</em></strong></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Do not email entries!<br />
You must post:</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Name<br />
Age/grade</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You must post the entries <em><strong>here</strong></em><br />
*Must be posted by parents (for under age children) or teachers as a classroom list</span></li>
</ul><strong><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For more information on Haiku Poetry go to the following pages:</span></em></strong><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong><a href="http://kidsearthdayhaiku.blogspot.com/">For more detailed info:</a></strong></em></span></div><h4></h4><h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Best of luck!</strong></em></span></h4><h4><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong><span style="color: #ff33cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entries must be e-mailed to:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn more about Haiku and Earthday:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #ff33cc;">Links to learning and teaching haiku to students:</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff33cc;"><a href="http://www.gardendigest.com/poetry/haiku4.htm">Teaching Haiku Website</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #ff33cc;"><a href="http://www.worldhaikureview.org/3-1/haikuined_dl.shtml">WHC Haiku in Education Website</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAScienceArtCharlotteSpidersHaikuPoems45.htm">Hotchalk Haiku Poetry Lessons Plans</a><br />
</span><span style="color: #ff33cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn more about Earthday:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://planetpals.com/green-earth-day.html"><img align="right" alt="planetpals earthday journal" border="0" height="210" hspace="1" src="http://planetpals.com/images/earthday_page.jpg" vspace="1" width="160" /></a><br />
<a href="http://planetpals.com/earthday2.html" title="story of earthday"><span style="color: #0000cc;">The Story of Earth Day</span></a></span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://planetpals.com/earthdaypledge.html" title="earthday pledge">Earth Day Pledge</a><br />
<a href="http://planetpals.com/partnerenergy.html" title="energy ideas conserve">Energy Page</a><br />
<a href="http://planetpals.com/EDrecyclethings/recyclefacts.html" title="recyle ideas how to">Planetpals Recycle Center</a><a href="http://planetpals.com/partnerspeace.html"><br />
</a><a href="http://planetpals.com/homesafe.html" title="home recycle lesson">Home Safety </a>Page<a href="http://planetpals.com/partnerspeace.html"><br />
</a><a href="http://www.planetpals.com/precycle.html" title="precycle lesson">Learn to PREcycle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.planetpals.com/planet.html" title="earth facts">The Earth</a><a href="http://www.planetpals.com/earthmatters.html"><br />
</a><a href="http://www.planetpals.com/planet2.html" title="fast facts about earth">Earth Fast Facts</a><a href="http://www.planetpals.com/earthmatters.html"><br />
</a><a href="http://planetpals.com/hazardous_materials.html" title="hazardous materials">Hazardous Materials </a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://planetpals.com/globalwarming.html" title="global warming sublime climate change"><span style="color: #3300ff;">Global Warming</span></a><a href="http://planetpals.com/healthylifestyle.html" title="nutrition health kids">Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition</a><br />
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<a href="http://planetpals.com/planetpals_story.html" title="ecokids characters">The Planetpals Story</a><br />
<a href="http://planetpals.com/planetpalsrhymes.html" title="eco kids characters">Meet Planetpals Characters</a></span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://planetpals.com/pp_magazine.html" title="earth friendly ecology ezine">Earthzine Magazine</a></span></strong></em></span></h4><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong><br />
</strong></em></span></div>Kids Count 4 Earthday Webinarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08643536058681988758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442275635990106333.post-54068382372925989192011-02-23T07:22:00.000-08:002011-02-25T05:10:38.424-08:00The 2011 Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Contest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img alt="planetpals park" height="113" src="http://www.planetpals.com/images/Park_Poster_final2_blogger2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="468" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetpals.com/earthdayhaikucontest"><b>To See 2010 Haiku Contest Results</b></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIqbHGLWCruAeFZNmcXxWVkGPBF8jRP2k8rp2mrsmL3TwLW_P-xJ1-Gc7g9mommEv80PXJC2fQzIuWELMwQB2XMSUtqfMJGEyAwswrLGbB83x0tOp5fd0wtjQ46c5Up3SmIhIX-rs3sk/s1600/Eday_haiku_contest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIqbHGLWCruAeFZNmcXxWVkGPBF8jRP2k8rp2mrsmL3TwLW_P-xJ1-Gc7g9mommEv80PXJC2fQzIuWELMwQB2XMSUtqfMJGEyAwswrLGbB83x0tOp5fd0wtjQ46c5Up3SmIhIX-rs3sk/s1600/Eday_haiku_contest.jpg" /></a>in association with The<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span>Haiku Society of America; With Words, (UK); Sketchbook Haiku Journal<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span>(USA); and Planetpals (Worldwide) in partnership with the planet to<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span>bring the Earthday Haiku Contest.<br />
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The contest is designed to combine the love of Earth with the sheer simple fun of writing Japanese haiku in English! <br />
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We call it the The 2011 "Kids Count for Earthday" Haiku Contest because we want you to help all of us to learn how to keep the planet<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif;"> </span></span>clean and healthy! <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kids will only need to count approximately 5-7-5 or use some combination of short, long, short syllables, to create their Earthday haiku. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The 5,7,5 count isn't mandatory but the rhythm of short, long, short is important. Also make sure that your haiku is a complete thought, using articles wherever necessary for a smooth flow.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Suggestions and links for writing haiku are listed further below (after the Haiku Society of America, Planet Pals, With Words, and Sketchbook logos).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Enjoy the challenge of writing modern haiku! </span></div></span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The contest is open to individual students 7-20 years old.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Best of luck!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://planetpals.com/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;"><i>Judith</i></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>,</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://poetrywriting.org/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;"><i>Karina</i></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>, and</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://area17.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;"><i>Alan</i></a><i>, and </i><b><a href="http://www.hsa-haiku.org/"><i>an'ya</i></a><i> (judges)</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Starting Date:</span> </i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>February 22nd, 2011</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Ending Date:</span> Earthday-</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>April 22nd, 2011</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Announcements: </i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Winners will be announced by May 22, 2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i><b>Theme:</b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The contest theme is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>"What Earthday means to you"</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Who Can Enter:</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Children and young people aged from 7 years old right up to 20 years from the USA, UK and English Speaking Countries (including Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii; as well as Japan; Africa; India; Pakistan; Bangladesh; China; Middle East; and Australia; New Zealand and all other countries). If English is not your first language please do add an English language version of your haiku entry as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">***ONLY ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT!</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Age Groups:</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">7-9 years old</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">10 -12 yrs old</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">13-15 yrs old</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">16-18 yrs old</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">19-20 yrs old</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Winners:</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">There will be winners for each category and entries based age appropriately.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Submissions:</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">All entries must be postmarked no later than April 22, 2011 and include the students name and address or school name and address. (*NOTE: winners private information will not be distributed to any 3rd parties - all information is for internal purposes only )</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Entries must be e-mailed to:</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="mailto:kidscount4earthday@gmail.com" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">kidscount4earthday@gmail.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>PRIZES:</b></span></span> Haiku Society of America 1 Year membership</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>JUDGES:</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">The Haiku Society of America represented by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">an'ya, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Judith Gorgone of Planetpals (Worldwide); Karina Klesko of Sketchbook, Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms; and Alan Summers of With Words (UK) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Haiku Society of America</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Planetpals.com</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">With Words UK</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Sketchbook Haiku Journal</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Learn more about Haiku and Earthday:</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">We suggest you check out the following links to learn more about</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i><b>haiku</b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i><b>Earthday</b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. There are some handy tips to teach haiku to your students:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">haiku by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.withwords.org.uk/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">Alan Summers</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Judges commentary</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">An excellent turn out of haiku!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Our main criteria was good writing which captured the haiku spirit. Not all the entries were necessarily 5-7-5, and as this was only a guideline, you will find the occasional exception.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A big thank you to all who entered, we enjoyed over 250 entries from various countries.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7-9 Years Old Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Prize</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">a big green turtle<br />
resting on the hot black sand<br />
the blue ocean waves</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Isabella Wikoff</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
Petaluma, California, USA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Highly Commended<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Winter is frosty<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Squirrels sleep in the warm tree<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">They sleep and they snore</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Anh Nhat Nguyen<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">American International School<br />
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">On the day ''earth day''<br />
we help the environment <br />
and turn off the lights.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Molly Francis Megan<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sai kung, New territories, Hong Kong<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">10-12 Years Old Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Prize</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Earthday -</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">a little student spells first time</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the word recycling</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Alisia Rusu<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Elena Rareş School, Botoşani, Romania</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Highly Commended<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Running in the snow, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Making a snowman with friends,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Until the day ends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ben Sekerel</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">West Palm Beach, Florida, USA</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Winter is here now<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cold like a frozen snow balI<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sipping hot cocoa</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Jeffrey Alo<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Carver Elementary School</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Stanton, California U.S.A.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">spider on my board<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">crawling up a white mountain<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">can it reach the top?</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Raheem Abdullah<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Barrow Hill School, London U.K.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If you could hold Earth,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Like a bird’s delicate egg,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You would not drop it</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bella Griscom<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pine Point School, Stonington, Connecticut, USA</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">people fill the earth, step by step <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">together, we can change the world</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Zoey Ramsay </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">USA</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We come together</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">With our trash bags and supplies</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">And pick up our homes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Helen Wingate<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester, Virginia, USA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">13-15 Years Old Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Prize</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Earthday -</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">drawing just forget-me-not</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">on each poster</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Otilia Camilar</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Elena Rareş School</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, </span></span><span lang="RO" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Botoşani, Romania</span></span><span lang="RO" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Highly Commended<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The ocean is blue<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The whales are calling for you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I respect their sound.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Matthew Feingold</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">West Palm Beach, Florida, USA</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">16 -18 Years Old Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Prize</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Spring morning<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the naughty cat back home<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">countless scratches<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">不良猫無数の傷負い朝帰り</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Furyou neko musuu no kizu oi asa gaeri</span></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Miyamoto Maki </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akita Meitokukan High School</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akita-city, Akita, Japan</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Highly Commended<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Snowflakes landing on kites<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Turning them to rainbow slop<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Windy winters day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Claire Wiebe <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Adelaide, South Australia</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">stars hidden by clouds</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">tinged with copper-hued street light</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">glowing far below<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Rebecca Rehberger</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Luther Preparatory School<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Watertown, Wisconsin, USA</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span> </b></span><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">19 - 20 Years Old Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Prize<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The owner off<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">fireflies glowing on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the paddy field</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">蛍舞う主の去りし田の上で</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Hotaru mau aruji no sarishi ta no ue de</span></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Yamahata Nanoha</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akita Meitokukan High School</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akita-city, Akita, Japan</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Highly Commended<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Verdure</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">trembling in the cool</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">over the sunshade<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">木々の青揺れる涼しさ日傘越し</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Kigi no ao yureru suzushisa higasa goshi</span></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Takahashi Natsumi <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akita Meitokukan High School</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akita-city, Akita, Japan</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Again, we would like to thank everyone who entered this competition.</span><o:p></o:p></div>Kids Count 4 Earthday Webinarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08643536058681988758noreply@blogger.com2