Youth Essay Contest Ends

Final entries for the 2009 youth essay contest sponsored by The Fisherman Magazine and the Long Island Outdoor Communicators Network were received by the extended 10/31/09 deadline. The contest submission period has now ended. Entries will be judged within the next month and winners announced in December. All winners will be notified. The response was outstanding and we thank all those students and schools that participated. And a special thanks goes out to those members who volunteered to judge the entries. We should have all the entries judged by the end of November, winners announced in December and the awards ceremony in January at one of the major shows, most likely the Nassau Coliseum Outdoor Expo. We are still soliciting prizes and have a few interested manufacturers. All winners will be announced first in The Fisherman. Stay tuned.