The 16th Annual Our Own Words Teen Poetry & Fiction Writing Contest
Attention, teen writers!
Win cash, get published.
Entries will be accepted between March 8th and April 21st, 2015.
Awards ceremony at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University on December 27th, 2015.

Winning poems and stories will be published as written. Contest winners will read their work at the awards ceremony at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University on December 27th, 2015.
Your poems and stories will be judged on the basis of originality, style, general presentation, grammar and spelling. All entries will belong to Pierce Country Library System and will not be returned. Winners' names may appear in newspapers and on the Library's Website.
You may enter both the short story and poetry categories, but you can only offer one entry per category.
To enter the contest, you should

A．hand in a poem

B．be a teenage student from Pierce County

C．turn in published works

D．pay some entry fees

Your poem or story will be judged on_____.

A．how many words there are

B．when you hand it in

C．whether it is first written by yourself

D．what topic it is about.

What information can we get from the passage?

A．There will be 18 teenagers to be awarded in all.

B．Your work will be published in newspapers.

C．Your work will be returned to you if you fail.

D．Winners will be awarded prizes in more than half a year.

The passage can be classified as______.

A．a contest announcement

B．an official report

C．an art show review

D．an exhibition explanation