https://doublehelixshop.csiro.au/Competitions/Periodic-TablePoems from the periodic table
Is there a chemical element you love the most? Here’s your opportunity to write a poem all about it! To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table in 2019, Double Helix is running a poetry competition for school-aged students with support from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI).
Each winner will receive RACI’s Periodic Table on Show poster, as well as a science kit (Primary prize: Galt Science Lab, Secondary prize: CHEM C1000). Winners will be published in Double Helix magazine and in Chemistry in Australia.
Send us a poem you have written about how one or more elements of the periodic table are relevant to your everyday life. It could be a limerick, haiku, sonnet or in any other poem format you like.
You could write about how it would be hard to ride your bike to school without iron, or you might have had sulfur in your eggs for breakfast. A pool would be a swamp without chlorine, and there’s no life without carbon!
GALT Science Lab chemistry kit for kids Thames & Kosmos C1000 Chemistry kit for kids
How to enter
To be in the running to win these fantastic prizes, send us your poem (up to 200 words in length) with your name, email address, age, and whether you are a primary school student or a secondary school student. Get a parent’s permission, and email your entry to
helixassist@csiro.au by 31 August 2019.
Terms and conditions of entry
1. To be valid, all entries must include name, email address, age of entrant, and note whether the student is at primary or secondary school. 2. Poems must be equal to or less than 200 words in length and include information on one or more chemical elements. 3. Entering the competition assigns copyright to CSIRO. 4. Entries will be judged on creative merit, not by chance. 5. Age will be taken into consideration when judging. 6. All decisions on competitions are final and will not be discussed further. 7. Winners will be notified by email, within six weeks of submissions closing. 8. Winning entries may be published in Double Helix magazine, and/or on the Double Helix website (
www.doublehelix.csiro.au), as well as the Chemistry in Australia magazine and/or its website (
https://chemaust.raci.org.au), and will include the winner’s name. 9. CSIRO shall not be liable for any damage or loss suffered in connection with any of the prizes. 10. Any change in value of the prize between the publishing date and the delivery date is not the responsibility of CSIRO. 11. In the case that prizes become unavailable after the publishing date, CSIRO will send an alternative prize. 12. The closing dates for entries is 31 August 2019. 13. Competition entries must be the entrant’s own work. 14. It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure copyright of their entry is not assigned elsewhere. 15. Winners should allow six weeks for prize delivery.
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