Annual Fireplace Writing Contest Deadline Approaching
Elmira, NY (04/07/2020) — The Center for Mark Twain Studies is still accepting submissions for its Annual Fireplace Writing Competition. Students in grades 2-6 are encouraged to access the fireplace tiles on the CMTS website, and create their own stories based on the tile images.
Three winners from three different schools will be chosen by CMTS staff. CMTS has received special permission to give the winners a personal tour inside Quarry Farm, normally only open to Twain Scholars. Providing coronavirus-restrictions are lifted in time, the winning students will be able to read their stories on the Quarry Farm porch, tour Quarry Farm, and enjoy Mark Twain's favorite dessert: gingerbread, vanilla ice cream, and lemonade.
Submissions for the contest should be submitted by Friday, April 24, to the Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira College, 1 Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901. Contest information and high-resolution pictures of the Quarry Farm fireplace tiles can be found online at marktwainstudies.org.
About the Center for Mark Twain Studies
The Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies was founded in January 1983 with the gift of Quarry Farm to Elmira College by Jervis Langdon, the great-grand-nephew of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. The Center offers distinctive programs to foster and support Mark Twain scholarship and to strengthen the teaching of Mark Twain at all academic levels. The Center serves the Elmira College community and regional, national, and international students and scholars of Mark Twain.
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