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Awesome Families Essay Contest to Benefit Children's Health Care

Families are awesome.
Tell us how awesome YOUR family is for your chance to win one of TWO Grand Prizes: a family weekend at the WESTIN PEACHTREE PLAZA or a weekend at the Hampton Inn - Helen on the River in Helen, GA! PANORAMIC VIEWS! REVOLVING SUNDIAL RESTAURANT! YEAR-ROUND INDOOR SWIMMING POOL!

You can also order tickets for our Grand Prize Drawing of TWO TICKETS TO ANYWHERE AIRTRAN FLIES IN THE U.S.!

Order tickets online. Your contact information will be transferred to a physical ticket which will be placed in a safebox until the minute of the drawing the day of the Expo. You will be mailed a duplicate of that ticket. Drawing will be held at the Expo on Oct. 14. You need not be present to win. Holiday blackout dates apply. Tickets for this drawing are $10 each. If you would like to order 6 or more tickets, pay $9 per ticket!

The Awesome Families Essay Contest

There are two categories:

• Parents, tell us, in 300 words or less (about one page), how awesome your kid or kids are.
• Kids, tell us, in 300 words or less (about one page), how awesome your parents are. (Legal Guardians are acceptable.)

Here are the details:

1. One (1) entry per person; multiple entries per family.
2. Can be typed or handwritten and mailed or submitted electronically. If handwritten, please make as legible as possible.
3. If mailed, please include an entry form with your entry.
4. If submitting your entry electronically, please do so in either of the following formats:
   • In the body of the e-mail
   • In a Word document attachment
   • Any other type of attachment will be deleted unopened.
5. For electronic submissions, please include the following information:
   • Name
   • Address
   • Phone Number
   • Total Number of Family Members
   • Number of children age 3 and above
6. There is an entry fee of $5 which benefits Children's Health Care.
7. Winners receive prizes (TO BE ANNOUNCED) and will be invited to read their winning entries at the Awesome Families Expo October 14.
8. Winners will be published in a program available at the Expo and published in a future issue of Penwomanship magazine.
9. Deadline for receipt of all entries is FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15!

Prize List:

• Parent/Guardian-written essay
  • Parent's night out - dinner and a movie
  • One-day passes to Stone Mountain Park for the family; includes parking pass.
  • Passes for the family to World of Coca-Cola
• Girl-written essay
  • SanDisk Sansa e250 2GB MP3 Player
  • Old Navy gift card
  • Borders gift card
  • Subscription to American Girl magazine
• Boy-written essay
  • SanDisk Sansa e250 2GB MP3 Player
  • Old Navy gift card
  • Borders gift card
  • Race Track from Get Your Kicks at Route 66

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