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Rules and guidelines for
The Provident Bank's 170th Anniversary
Essay Contest
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About the contest:
The Provident Bank is sponsoring an essay
contest for New Jersey students to commemorate its 170th anniversary. Provident is challenging students to pick their favorite
president or invention and write an essay about why. The president has to have
held office or the invention must have been made within the last 170 years.
Click here to view The Provident's Bank's 170th essay contest flyer.
How to enter:
In addition to submitting an essay,
participants complete and submit the entry form, found in the following links:
Entry Form (Adobe Acrobat)
Entry Form (Microsoft Word)
The entries must be submitted either through
email or regular mail. Emailed entries must be sent to ProvidentEssay@providentnj.com
with the essay and entry form attached. Entries sent via regular mail must be
addressed to The Provident Bank, Attn: Jean Quinn, Vice President, Corporate
Communications, 830 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306. Only one entry per
person.
All entries must be received by Tuesday,
April 28, 2009.
Criteria:
- All essays must be
about a President of the United States that held office or an invention that
was created in or after 1839.
- The essay must
provide thoughtful reasoning as to why the topic was selected.
- Entries will be
divided into two groups (grades 5-8 and 9-12) for judging:
- Participants in
grades 5, 6, 7 or 8 must submit a 400 word essay with their entry form.
- Participants in
grades 9, 10, 11 or 12 must submit a 500 word essay with their entry form.
- Participants
must comply with these rules in order to be eligible to win.
Judging:
Essays will be reviewed and judged by
employees of The Provident Bank. They will be judged based on the topic and
reasons why it was selected.
If the essay topic took place before 1839 or
exceeds the word limit, the essay will be withdrawn from consideration.
Entries will be sorted into two judging
groups, grades 5-8 and grades 9-12. One winner from each group and topic will
be chosen, with a total of four first place winners, four second place winners
and eight third place winners.
Winners will be announced by the end of May
and notified by the contact information provided in the entry form.
Prizes:
The four first place winners will each
receive an 8GB iPod Touch and a $500 donation to their school's media center or
library. Additionally, their essays will be posted on www.ProvidentNJ.com. The four second
place winners will each receive an iPod Shuffle and a $50 savings bond. The
eight third place winners will each receive a $50 savings bond. Employees of
The Provident Bank and its subsidiaries, members of their immediate family and
suppliers of The Provident Bank are not eligible to enter.
Additional Information:
If you have any questions, please email ProvidentEssay@providentnj.com.