2023 NCW Illustrated Poem Contest

The Healing Power of Chemistry

The New Haven Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Contest Deadline: Sunday, October 29 by 11:59 PM ET.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places: ACS Glass Beaker Mug, Stainless Steel Tumbler, and more. Local first-place winners advance to the national contest for a chance to win cash prizes. ACS will award $300 to first place and $150 to second-place national contest winners in each grade category!

Write and illustrate a poem using the NCW theme, “The Healing Power of Chemistry.”

Your poem must be no more than 40 words and in the following styles to be considered:

 HAIKU - LIMERICK - ODE - ABC POEM - FREE VERSE - END RHYME - BLANK VERSE

Fill out this form to participate: https://tinyurl.com/NCW23Poem

Possible topics related to the theme include:

· Skin anatomy and care      

· Vaccines

·       Wound healing

·       Antibiotics

·       Medications

Entries will be judged based upon:

·   Artistic Merit - use of color, quality of drawing, design, and layout

·   Poem Message - fun, motivational, inspiring about yearly theme

·   Originality Creativity - unique, clever and/or creative design

·   Neatness - free of spelling and grammatical errors

Contest rules: