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Providing opportunities for students to compete and be recognized for their achievements makes a huge impact on student motivation and confidence. Below are the guidelines for two writing contests for students. The first is the MTA’s Words on Wheel’s poetry contest open to Baltimore City Public School students in middle school. Entries are due DECEMBER 15th so act fast. The winning poems are illustrated by MICA students and hung on buses and lightrails. The second contest is open to Maryland students in grades 3-12 and is due February 1st. The contest is presented by Baltimore’s Child and CityLit Project. The winning students receive a scholarship to attend the Maryland Writing Project’s Student Writers’ Workshop in the summer.