"The River of Words Project is an international environmental poetry and art contest designed to nurture respect and understanding of the natural world by encouraging children to learn their "ecological address' and to describe through poetry and art their own 'place in space.' Co-sponsored by International Rivers Network, The Library of Congress Center for the Book and United States Poet Laureate (1995-1997) Robert Hass, the project hopes to foster responsibility, imagination and action in young people and to publicly acknowledge their creativity and concerns. Thousands of American schoolchildren in kindergarten through 12th grade have participated in River of Words, drawn by the challenge of exploring and interpreting their local watersheds through the arts. THe theme is 'watersheds.' One international winner plus eight national grand prize winners and their parents will win trips to Washington and will be honored during a program at the Library of Congress. Deadline for submissions is February 15, 1999." Visit their website at <www.irn.org > for further information. FREDERIC C. PACHMAN PACHMAN_at_auhs.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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