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Art Contest: February Stories

With cold February winds blowing through Cricket Country, everybuggy wanted to stay inside, all cozy and warm by the fire in Old Cricket’s library. While Muffin made cocoa, Cricket suggested that everybuggy would have fun creating art inspired by Cricket stories. Even Ladybug thought it was a great idea!

So, for the contest, we’d like you to create a work of art inspired by one of the stories in this month’s issue. Will you draw a scene of ancient China, inspired by “The Princess and the Golden Fish”? Or a lively street in Paris, inspired by “Surprise Pets”? Perhaps your art will tend toward the Roman setting of “The Dog of Pompeii.” Will you travel in your imagination to the dense African forest of “Magotu and the Leopard”; join a camel caravan crossing the vast Sahara, as in “The Drums Speak”; or will you find inspiration in the wise poetry of Lao Tse?

Whatever you chose, please send us you best work of art--just one, please--and title your artwork on the back, so that everybuggy will know which Cricket story most inspired you.

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    1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.
    2. If you're 14 years old or younger, your entry must be signed by your parent or guardian, saying it is your own original work, that no help was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish prizewinning entries in the May/June 2011 issue or on our Web site. If you're older than 14, you must sign your own work, verifying that it is original.
    3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.
    4. Only one entry per person, please.
    5. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
    6. Incomplete entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you forget to include your age or a signature verifying that your work is original.
    7. Your entry must be received by February 25, 2011.
    8. Send entries to:
      Cricket League
      P.O. Box 300
      Peru, IL 61354