Children's Stories
Description
Participants create an illustrated children's story of high artistic, instructional, and social value. The narrative may be written in prose or poetry and take the form of a fable, adventure story, or other structure. The physical story book should be of high quality and designed to reflect the theme for the year (see below). The story must have a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) focus.
2023-24 Theme
Adventure book. Students will use each page to help unlock a clue/experiment/activity at the end of the book.
Edmonds-Woodway HS, 2023 1st Place
Event Resources
EVENT EXAMPLES
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Event Deadlines
January 11, 2024
Students will need their Participant ID number, and password, from their advisor. Only the team captain will be able to upload the file.
Students should submit story outline, design sketches, storyboard, materials list and any completed pages. Maximum of 2 pdf files allowed for upload.
March 2024 - updated 12/2/23
This is an Early Entry Event!
Portfolios are due March 1, by 5:00 pm!
Students will submit their books on Wednesday evening of the conference.
Semifinalist list will be posted on Friday afternoon. Semifinalists will read their story to the judges, explain their design process, and roles, and answer interview questions.
Washington TSA Rules
To compete, students must belong to an affiliated TSA chapter, register for competition by December 15, 2023, and pay the $30 competition fee. Participants must also meet the January 11 event deadlines (see above) to “qualify” for the Washington TSA State Conference in March.
To compete at the WTSA State Conference, students must have been registered in December, met the Jan. 11 deadline, and then register in February for the State Conference ($420/$500 per student package price (4 or 2 students per room)).
At the state level, 3 teams (may be a team of 1) per chapter may compete.
Additional Information
Event Coordinator: Craig Nielsen, cnielsen@be.wednet.edu
Event Manager: Kari Potter, kpotter@washingtontsa.org