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From William J. Barney of Orchard Park, N.Y., “as exciting as a race between the tortoise and Another tortoise.”
- From Rosanne Hudson of Portland, Ore., “as exciting as a big truck to a small boy.”
- From Jameson Todd of Biloxi; Miss., “as exciting as the first time she whispered, ’Unhook my bra.’”
- From an unidentified seventhgrader in the St. Lorenz Lutheran school, Frankenmuth, Mich., “as exciting as reading the side of a cereal box.”
The winners in each competition will receive checks for $50 each. The Honorable Mentions will receive fame, glory, and everlasting international renown. Who could ask for anything'more?
Permit me a simile for “exciting^-as exciting as the students entries in this contest. They poured in b|’ the hundreds, from 114 schools in 21 states. Many of the teachers wrote to the same effect: Youngsters enjoy a contest-any king of contest~and a simile-writing contest had more appeal than just plain ordinary writing.
Many of the participating youngsters submitted entries that were just short of the Honorable Mention level. It occurs to me that if we have a Great Simile Contest of 1994, there ought to be separate divisions for elementary, middle and high schools. It’s something to think about.
On that note, let me say thanks to the 5,019 contestants, and to the newspapers that forwarded their entries. Writing can be very harxl work. It also can be good fun.
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