hmmmmm.

[swingchickie]

i got a crazy idea yesterday, and i'm thinking it through to see if it'd work.

the superstar hoops have been selling well this year, but i want to do more to raise money for star's memorial scholarship fund... i'm thinking about sponsoring a writing contest through tailspin. it'd be open to high school students in the philadelphia area... and they'd have to write a piece of a certain length (essay? short play? anything?)... topic: zombies? dancing? hula hooping (since i'd be sponsoring it)? essays would be judged by a panel of local philadelphia writers (hopefully some of my local philly peeps), and the winner would get a custom-made hoop and a private lesson from me. a small entrance fee ($10?) from each writer would be donated 100% to star's fund.

gotta think about this for a while. is a hoop and private lesson enough of a prize to get students interested in the contest? (although if someone's really into writing, which is what star's scholarship is about, maybe the hoop doesn't even matter?) how would i get the word out? what would the subject, format, length be? hmmmm.

Comments

[blamedstarlie.livejournal.com]

I would make a cash prize as well. Everyone loves cash. Just budget a part of the entrance fee so that you can give it to the winner. :D Though, with an entrance fee you might not get as many people to do it. :/

dunno

[katehaney.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure an entrance fee would work, with high school kids.

Granted, it's been a looooong frickin' time since I was in high school, but I wouldn't have paid out $1, never mind $10, for something that didn't bring me an immediate return.

Perhaps kids today are more altruistic. Dunno.