Student Essay Contest
The theme of year’s Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Earth Day Essay Contest is:
MAKING OUR SHARED OUTDOORS INTO COMMON GROUND
The contest is open to all students in 6th - 8th grades living in the Roaring Fork, Crystal, and Middle Colorado river valleys.
Think about a time when you felt welcomed or at home while you were outdoors. This year’s theme is all about how each of us can make the outdoors a place for everyone - while respecting plants, animals and the environment!
POSSIBLE TOPICS An introduction to a new outdoor experience, sharing an outdoor space with someone, making the outdoors accessible, restoring or conserving a shared outdoor space, creating new habitat and many more! Be creative - what does “Making our Shared Outdoors into Common Ground” mean to you?
Contest Details
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All winners will be announced online, through social media, and in the newspaper!
• 1st - The winner of the contest will receive a $100 cash prize and publication in the Post Independent and Aspen Times. Their teacher will receive a $50 gift card to Toad & Co, located in downtown Glenwood Springs.
• 2nd - The second place winner will receive a $50 cash prize and $25 gift card to Treadz, located in downtown Glenwood Springs, as well as publication in the Post Independent and Aspen Times.
• 3rd - The third place winner will receive a $25 gift card to Treadz and publication in the Post Independent and Aspen Times.
• The class with the greatest number of essay submissions will receive a class planting day organized by RFOV & West Canyon Nurseries, at no cost. This will include lunch and all of the tools and materials needed to create or improve an outdoor space at your school.
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The essay should provide a clear understanding of the topic and the theme.
Essays must be between 400-600 words. Each essay must be typed and the original work of the submitter.
All essays must be submitted by the April 6th deadline.
Essays submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
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85% CONTENT originality, clarity, and the expression of this year’s theme
15% FORM grammar, spelling, etc.
Teacher Resources
Click for links about RFOV & stewardship
To learn about the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers mission and our activites, please click here.
To learn about RFOV's plans for 2022, please click here.
For specific information about out local outdoors, the meaning of stewardship, and more, please email Ben, RFOV Education Director.
Questions or concerns? Email info@rfov.org
Contest submissions are now closed.
Click here to read the contest winners!
