ENTRY FORM AND ESSAY SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

​​Students are encouraged to read “The Land Ethic” and other essays by Aldo Leopold as part of your preparation. These can be found in A Sand County Almanac, available at local libraries, bookstores, and on the internet. ​

Students, parents, and teachers:

Here is a step-by-step guide to submitting your essay.

• When you complete your Essay, make sure that it does not contain any identifying information like your name, your teacher's name, or your school, so that judging can be anonymous. Entries may be typed or handwritten. Save your essay as a PDF file.

• Fill out the Entry Form​ with your name, school, and teacher's name. Make sure you allow time for your teacher to sign off on this form! Save this document as a separate file from your essay.

How to use the fillable pdf Entry Form:

1. Click on the link to the form from either the LWP website Home Page or the Writing Contest Page. This should bring up the form in your browser.
2. Begin filling in the form fields with student information.
3. Once completed, right-click on the form, and choose SAVE AS. Select desired folder on your computer, and give the file a name, e.g., “[STUDENT NAME] Entry Form”.
4. When you send your essay to LeopoldWritingContest@usgo.net, using the subject line WRITING CONTEST ENTRY, just attach the Entry Form and the Essay to the email to complete the submission.

• ​​Completed entries must be submitted as two separate PDF files: (1) the completed essay, and (2) the completed entry form. Send both files to LeopoldWritingContest@usgo.net.
• Please be sure that the essay does not identify the author, sponsor, or school so that judging can be anonymous. ​
  

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
After essays are judged, the award-winning students and their teachers will be notified, and results will be announced on this page.

​Winning essays will be published in the Spring Issue of El Piñón, the semi-annual Newsletter of the Leopold Writing Program.