The Meaning of Home

 Another writing contest. This one is short. 50 to 300 words on The Meaning of Home.  What is special about this contest is that EVERY entry means a $10 donation to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that builds houses for those that have a problem affording a place to live. Here is last year winners for the writing contest

HERE’S A CHECKLIST OF THINGS TO LOOK FOR 

 • Is every paragraph indented at the beginning? 

• Do all sentences begin with a capital letter? 

• Do all the sentences of your story make sense? 

• Does your story have a variety of long and short sentences? 

• Is there a variety of words in your story? 

• Did you use descriptive words? 

• Do you overuse a word? 

• Is the spelling correct? (Be careful of words that sound the same but have different meanings. For example: ‘no’ and ‘know’). 

• Will the reader understand what the meaning of home means to you? 

• Does the story have a good title? 

Feb 19 is when the contest closes.