Legion Youth Remembrance Contest - INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS - School District 69
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Legion Youth Remembrance Contest
INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS
Dear Teachers in B.C. and Yukon,
Honouring Veterans through the arts leaves a lasting legacy and we are asking for your help in continuing to do this by
encouraging your students to enter our Youth Remembrance contests.
The Legion’s Youth Remembrance contests have categories for all students in grades 1 through 12. This is a great way to
engage your student’s talents through artistic expression, while learning about duty, service, and sacrifice.
Teaching tools, samples of past winners, judging guidelines, entry forms, and all of the rules and regulations are available
on-line at legion.ca/youth/contests. We’ve also included a few samples of these items in this package for your
convenience.
Contest deadlines for all categories is November 15th. Entries must be submitted at your local Legion branch on or before
that date. To find your local Branch, please visit: legionbcyukon.ca/branches/find-a-legion-branch and all contest
submissions must include a completed and signed entry form.
Contest Categories:
Poster – Grades 1-12
Separate categories in Black & White and Colour. Provincial cash prizes range from $100 to $250 and
a trip to Victoria for Senior Winners; National cash prizes from $150 to $1,000 and a trip to Ottawa.
Essay– Grades 4-12
Provincial cash prizes range from $150 to $250 and a trip to Victoria for Senior Winners
National cash prizes from $200 to $1000 and a trip to Ottawa.
Poetry – Grades 4-12
Provincial cash prizes range from $150 to $250 and a trip to Victoria for Senior Winners;
National cash prizes range from $200 to $1,000 and a trip to Ottawa.
Video – Grades 7-12 (BC & Yukon Residents Only)
Provincial cash prizes range from $150 to $250 and a trip to Victoria for Senior winners.
Please help us get the word out and inspire greatness from the young people in your care. Engage your
colleagues, friends, and families by sharing contest information in your school, on your school website,
on your Facebook page, and more!
For more information, please go to
legionbcyukon.ca/what-we-do/youth-and-remembrance
ENTER THE
Legion Youth Remembrance Contest
ART • VIDEO • WRITING
Are you an artist,
a wordsmith, or a filmmaker?
Create something about Remembrance and what it means
to you and your country, and you could win local and
national prizes, including: Cash and Travel!
Deadline:
You could
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November 15th, 2020
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Who Can Enter?
All kids and youth, grades 1-12,
in BC and Yukon.
Contest Categories:
• Poster – Grades 1-12 local & national
• Essay – Grades 4-12
• Poetry – Grades 4-12
• Video – Grades 7-12
prizes!
For more information, please go to
legionbcyukon.ca/what-we-do/youth-and-remembrance
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED
TO YOUR LOCAL LEGION BRANCH
BC/Yukon Command
#101 – 17618 58 Avenue
Surrey, BC V3S 1L3
Tel: (604) 575-8840
Fax: (604) 575-8820
info@legionbcyukon.ca
legionbcyukon.ca
Regulations for Poster Contest
1. All entries to be submitted to the local Legion branch.
2. Entries will be no larger than 56 cm x 71 cm.
3. All entries will be hand drawn/painted in one of the two categories:
Full colour
Black and White
4. Entries will be judged on originality, expression of designated subject drawing
and illustration. COMPUTER GENERATED ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
5. The poster shall reflect REMEMBRANCE with a Canadian theme. If symbols
are used, Canadian symbols such as Canadian and provincial flags, coats of arms,
and representative flowers, birds or animals, as well as all forms of Canadian
historical and current military dress shall be pre-eminent.
6. Contestants may enter both a Colour and a Black and White Poster, but may
submit only one entry for each.
7. Candidates must complete an official Registration Form, available from the
local Legion branch or on line at legion.ca/contests, and attach it to their entry
(no staples please).
8. National 1st place posters will be displayed at the Canadian War Museum in
Ottawa for one year. 2nd and 3rd place national winners will be displayed at
Parliament Hill during Remembrance week. All artwork will be returned to the
artists through Provincial Commands.
9. Students who have been out of the educational system for more than two
consecutive years are ineligible to compete in the Poster Contest at any level.
BC/Yukon Command
#101 – 17618 58 Avenue
Surrey, BC V3S 1L3
Tel: (604) 575-8840
Fax: (604) 575-8820
info@legionbcyukon.ca
legionbcyukon.ca
Regulations for Literary Contest
1. All entries to be submitted to the local Legion branch.
2. This contest is open to all students in the Canadian school system.
3. Entries may be submitted in either English or French.
4. Entries will be marked on the basis of originality of thought, expression,
presentation,
grammar, spelling and Canadian content.
5. Candidates must complete an official Registration Form, available from
the local
Legion branch or on line at legion.ca/contests, and attach it to their entry
(no staples please).
6. Candidates will use only one side of the page.
7. Entries must not exceed the word or line limit.
8. Contestants may submit an Essay and a Poem, but may submit only one
entry for
each category.
9. The copying or reproducing of previously published works in whole or in
part,
without either the written permission from the author/source or, without
identifying the author/source in the work will result in the work being
automatically
disqualified.
10. Students who have been out of the educational system for more than
two
consecutive years are ineligible to compete in the Literary Contest at any
level.
Entry Form - Poster and Literary Contests
Formulaire d’inscription - Concours d’affiches et littéraire
A CATEGORY/CATÉGORIE
0 POSTER / AFFICHE COLOUR / COULEUR BLACK & WHITE / NOIR ET BLANC
0 LITERARY / LITTÉRAIRE 0 Word Count / Nombre de mots _________ 0 Line Count / Nombre de lignes __________
ESSAY/COMPOSITION POEM/POÈME
Maximum: 800 Sr. 500 Int. 350 Jr. Maximum: 32 lines
GRADE LEVEL / NIVEAU SCOLAIRE
0
Primary / Primaire (Poster Only /Affiche seulement) Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2 and 3 / Maternelle, 1, 2 et 3ième années
0
Junior / Junior Grades 4, 5 and 6 /4, 5 et 6ième années
0
Intermediate / Intermédiaire Grades 7, 8 and 9 / 7, 8 et 9ième années
0
Senior / Sénior Grades 10, 11 and 12/ 10, 11 et 12ième années
B STUDENT / ÉTUDIANT(E) Please print (Block Letters) / Veuillez imprimer en lettres moulées
First and Last Name / Nom complet de l’étudiant(e):_________________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address / Adresse postale: __________________________________________________ City / Ville:____________________________
Province:_________________________________ Postal Code / Code postal:_____________________________
Telephone Number / No. de téléphone: (_________)_____________________ Email / Courriel: ________________________________________
Grade / Année: _____________ Age / Âge: _____________ M / F:_____________
C SCHOOL / ÉCOLE
School Full Name / Nom complet de l’école: ________________________________________________________________________________
School Address / Adresse de l’école:_________________________________________________ City / Ville:____________________________
Province:_________________________________ Postal Code / Code postal:_____________________________
Contact Teacher / Enseignant(e)-contact:____________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number / No. de téléphone: (_________)_____________________ Email / Courriel: ________________________________________
D STUDENT CONSENT / AUTORISATION DE L’ÉTUDIANT(E)
I am the sole creator of the entry. I give The Royal Canadian Legion permission to reproduce my entry for the sole purpose of promoting this program and the
Legion for the current contest year. The Royal Canadian Legion does not rent or sell the names of applicants to any organization or advertiser./ Je suis le créateur/
la créatrice unique de la soumission. J’accorde à la Légion royale canadienne le droit de reproduire ma soumission pour le seul but de promouvoir ce programme
et la Légion, pour l’année courante du concours. La Légion royale canadienne ne loue ni ne vend les noms des candidat(e)s à aucune organisation ou publicitaire.
X Signature
Student’s Signature /
de l’étudiant(e): ____________________________________________________________________________________
E PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION / PERMISSION DU PARENT OU DU TUTEUR LÉGAL
I acknowledge that my child was the sole creator of the entry. I hereby give my child permission to complete the entry form in full for the Poster or Literary
Contest sponsored by The Royal Canadian Legion./ Je déclare que mon enfant est le créateur/la créatrice unique de la soumission. Par la présente, j’accorde la
permission à mon enfant de compléter le Formulaire d’inscription en entier pour le concours d’affiches ou littéraire parrainé par la Légion royale canadienne.
X Parent or Guardian’s Signature /
Signature du parent ou du gardien / de la gardienne: _______________________________________________________________
F BRANCH / FILIALE:
Branch No. / No. de filiale: _______________ Branch Name / Nom de filiale:_____________________________________________________
Branch Address / Adresse de filiale:________________________________________________ City / Ville: ____________________________
Province:______________________________ Postal Code / Code postal: ________________________ District: _________ Zone:__________
G COMMAND / DIRECTION:
Certified as eligible by Command / Certifié comme admissible par la direction:
_____________________________________________________________________________ Date:___________________________________
Feb/Fév 2019 200832 legion.caLegion Remembrance Video Contest 2020-2021 Student Name _____________________________________ Student Age________ Student Address ____________________________________ City/Town_________________________________________ Postal Code_________ Student Phone #____________________________________ Student Email______________________________________ Name of School ____________________________________ Grade ____________ Eligibility: Grade 7–12 Students in British Columbia and Yukon Submission Deadline: November 15th each year Parental Consent - I (name of parent) ________________________________ consent to have (child’s name) ________________________________submit a video for the Legion Remembrance Video Contest. I also verify that the work done in this video is 100% the work of above named student. The Legion is hereby authorized to use the Remembrance Video for non-profit promotional programs. Step One CREATE a 3-4 minute Remembrance Video to explain what Remembrance means to you and why it is important for young people to carry forth the Torch of Remembrance. The music you use in your video should be original, or creative commons, or attached via Audio Swap from Youtube. Step Two UPLOAD the Remembrance Video to your YouTube channel. It’s super simple to create a YouTube channel if you don’t have one already. Step Three COMPLETE this submission form with parental consent and signature. Step Four SEND your completed submission form and the URL to your YouTube video to info@legionbcyukon.ca by November 15 each year. We will then share your video on our YouTube channel, website, Facebook and Twitter. Step Five SHARE – Get your friends to “like” your video on our YouTube channel. This isn't counted in judging, but it's nice to share your work!
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