| Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians New York State Board 2009-2011 |
| Congratulations! 2010 LAOH New York State Irish History Winners High School Level: First Place: Meaghan Faughnan (Suffolk) Second Place: Megan Davis (Suffolk) Third Place: Rebecca Walker (Niagara) Honorable mention: Emma Hurley (Suffolk) Honorable Mention: Bridget Hanley (Suffolk) Elementary School Level: First place: Catherine Sielaff (Greene) Second place: Emelie Wagaman (Broome) Third place: Seamus Houlihan (Broome) Honorable Mention: Patrick Dimock (Broome) Honorable Mention: Meaghan O'Keefe (Broome) |
| LADIES ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS Irish History Writing Contest 2009-2010 Eileen Fee, State Irish Historian This contest will be held in every state where the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians has an established Division. The State Historians will submit FIVE (5) writings on each level: First, Second, Third Place and Two (2) Honorable Mentions to the National Historian on the National Level. Historians will send five entries from each level as follows: § Divisions send five(5) entries from each level to County § Counties send five(5) entries from each level to State § States send five(5) entries from each level to National Time: Contest Opens August, 2009 Deadlines for the contest are: Division-January 5, 2010 County-February 5, 2010 State- March 5, 2010 National-April 6, 2010 SUBJECTS: Level 1 grades 6, 7, 8: “Role of Women in 1916 Rebellion” Level 2 grades 9, 10, 11, 12: “The Irish Playing the Game: The Sports of the World” LENGTH: Level 1 grades 6, 7, 8: Not less than 500 or more than 1000 words Level 2 grades 9, 10, 11, 12: Not less than 750 or more than 1500 Eligible: All children in levels 6-12 attending public, private, parochial and home schools. Prizes: HIGH SCHOOL First Prize......................$1000 Second Prize.................$500 Third Prize.....................$250 Honorable Mention…...$100 Honorable Mention…...$100 Prizes: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL First Prize......................$500 Second Prize.................$250 Third Prize.....................$125 Honorable Mention.......$50 Honorable Mention…....$50 1. All Irish History Writing Contest entries must be double spaced and may be legibly hand written or typed, on one side of the paper only. Typeface may NOT exceed 12 point. 2. Each writing must have a separate cover sheet with: Contestant’s Name, home address, and age Contestant’s School Name, School Address and Grade Level Number of words in essay, exclusive of cover page, introduction and bibliography Subject Writing Guidelines: § Be sure to submit writing. Do not simply list facts. Show that you know and understand your subject and give your opinion or interpretation. You may set the scene by giving facts then drawing your conclusion. This contest is intended to produce essays which show that students have researched, read about and understood the subject and formed their own opinions. The writing should not be just a recap of facts and others’ opinions, comments or observations. § Be careful to stick to the topic. § Be sure to give the source credit if you quote someone else’s work. Every time you borrow someone else’s words, facts or ideas, you must DOCUMENT the source - that is give a reference telling readers that you borrowed the material and where you borrowed it from. Although this is not a research paper, information in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is a good reference tool for writing and citing sources. List only those sources that contribute to the development of your writing. Be sure NOT to use exact words from your sources without giving credit. If you do so, you are committing plagiarism. § Be sure to include a bibliography, or a list of sources on the information you used. When assembling a final bibliography, list your sources in alphabetical order by authors' last names. Sources that don't have authors such as encyclopedias, should be alphabetized by title. § Drawings, maps, etc. should not be included in the Writings. § Only original and unmarked writings (i.e. no corrections, judges’ marks) will be accepted for the Writing Contest. § All winners and non winners will receive certificates. Essays will be judged by persons competent in the areas of English composition and Irish Culture who will fairly assess the originality of the presentation and knowledge of the subject matter as well. NATIONAL LADIES ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS Irish History Writing Contest Winners 2008-2009 Theresa O'Connell, National Irish Historian The winners of the 2008-2009 Irish History Writing Contest are as follows: Level 1 grades 6, 7, 8 are as follows: 1st Place: Elizabeth Troutwine, North Carolina 2nd Place: Nolan Fischer, North Carolina 3rd Place: Lauren Atkinson, North Carolina Honorable Mention: J. Keenan Osborne, New Jersey Julia Maguire, North Carolina Level 2 grades 9, 10,11,12 1st Place Derek Gebo, Connecticut 2nd Place Sean Patrick Root, Michigan 3rd Place Aidan Galligan, Connecticut Honorable Mention: Julia Shah, Michigan Michael Megarle, Michigan |
