

Boone County students will have the chance to win gift cards and autographed books as part of two contests getting underway.

The first is called Blackout Poetry, and is sponsored by the Columbia Daily Tribune and Unbound Book Festival. Participants are asked to use a marker and "black out" the words in a Tribune news article they don't want, with the remaining words making up a poem. Winners will be selected in four categories: elementary school, middle school, high school and adult.

Winners will receive an autographed book from one of this year's Unbound authors and their poems will be displayed during the festival, held April 18-20. The Tribune will publish the winning poems April 10. The deadline to submit Blackout Poetry is March 31. Winning poems will be published April 10. Submissions can be dropped off at the Tribune or scanned and emailed to editor@columbiatribune.com. Include "Blackout Poetry" in the subject line.

The second contest is exclusively for high school students in Boone County as part of the statewide "It Can Wait" campaign, sponsored by AT&T, Missouri Press Association and Columbia Daily Tribune.

High schoolers are being asked to shoot a video or write an essay answering this question: What is the most persuasive argument to convince people not to drive distracted?

The Tribune will select two winners (one video and one essay) who will receive $50 gift cards. Local winners will be entered into the statewide competition, where the essay winner will receive $1,000 and the video winner will get $500.

The local submission deadline is April 15. Submissions should be sent to editor@columbiatribune.com and include "It Can Wait" in the subject line.

For more information about either contest email Tribune Managing Editor Charles Westmoreland at cwestmoreland@columbiatribune.com.

 
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