CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST CHECKLIST

TIME FRAME	ACTION	COMPLETED
August	Select Creative Writing Contest Coordinator(CWCC)	______
	Form Creative Writing Contest Committee	______
	Approach potential Contest co-sponsors	______
August/September	Target local schools	______
	Approach Board of Education
September/October	Follow up with schools (get commitments)	______
	Follow up with Board of Education (get commitment and contact)	______
	Begin prize solicitation	______
November/December	Distribute Contest packet to participating schools	______
	Recruit volunteers for panel to do initial screening of entries	______
	Solicit judges	______
	Start planning awards ceremony	______
	Recruit volunteers to make presentations to participating classes	______
January	Volunteers make presentations in classrooms	______
	Finalize panel of initial screeners	______
February	Deadline for schools to submit entries to CWCC	N/A
	Panel screens entries and selects top 10	______
March	Submit top 10 entries to judges	______
	Judges select top three winners	N/A
April	Submit winning entry to AILF for National Contest (contact info@ailf.org for specific date)	______
April / May	Finalize details for awards ceremony	______
May	National Contest winner announced by AILF	N/A
May/June (before school is out	Local Awards ceremony	______
June	National winner honored at AILF Benefit	N/A