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2. Length: 800 words or less.
3. Prizes: $500 for 18 and over; $400 for under 18.
4. Award criteria: responsiveness to questions, quality of writing, content.
5. Deadline for submissions: March 22, 2000. Send to: Rappahannock News, Essay Response, P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747.
6. Award panel will be comprised of Pete Estes, Judge R.V. Snead and Linda Dietel.
7. Winning essays will be published in the Rappahannock News and on Rappnet.
8. Prize sponsors: Hampton Foundation, Rappahannock National Bank, Trash Free Rappahannock and Rappahannock News.
To e-mail responses forward to: bwayland@timespapers.com.
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