{"id":103072,"date":"2024-01-23T07:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=103072"},"modified":"2024-01-22T20:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:00:23","slug":"10th-annual-cursive-is-cool-contest-launches-for-students-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/10th-annual-cursive-is-cool-contest-launches-for-students-in-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual Cursive is Cool Contest Launches for Students in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The American Handwriting Analysis Foundation announced that their annual \u201cCursive is Cool\u201d\u00ae contest is now open to North American students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. The contest dates are January 23 through April 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0123-s2p-cursive-is-cool-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Cursive is Cool 2024 Contest\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0123-s2p-cursive-is-cool-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0123-s2p-cursive-is-cool-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0123-s2p-cursive-is-cool-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>Annual &#8220;Cursive is Cool&#8221; contest is now open to North American students from Kindergarten to Grade 6.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Students are encouraged to enter early. Prizes will be awarded for First Place, Second Place, and Third Place based on legibility and neatness. One of each prize per grade will be awarded. There will also be a prize awarded for each grade for the most Creative Content and a random drawing will be held at the conclusion of the contest, so every entry has the chance to win a prize!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are helping young writers find their voices. Every entry has an equal chance to win. Our judges are excited and look forward to reading the kids\u2019 points of view. The entries are enlightening and often entertaining,\u201d remarked Lauren Mooney Bear CG, Campaign for Cursive Chair and President of the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The annual cursive contest has many supporters. The North American contest supporters continue to grow, with Holistic Health Counseling Center, Blind Pig Press, Amsterdam Printing, CursiveLogic, Sheila Lowe Author, Dixon Ticonderoga, Fahrney\u2019s Pens, Itoya, Louise Borden Author, Caran D\u2019ache, Gary\u2019s RV Repair in AZ, Christy Zwenger Author, New American Cursive, J6R6, Mirthos Paper, PEN World, Profolio, Sakura, and Writing Academy. People and businesses from the four corners of North America are enthusiastic about supporting the Cursive Is Cool contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Write don\u2019t type! Cursive is creative and it&#8217;s fun to try different kinds of pens to write with,&#8221; says Dr. Marion Rollings, Vice-President of the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The contest dates are January 23 through April 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Lauren Mooney Bear: CursiveIsCool@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/ahafhandwriting.org\/AHAF_s_Campaign_for_Cursive\">https:\/\/ahafhandwriting.org\/AHAF_s_Campaign_for_Cursive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be the best writer this year<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To win a prize that will bring you cheer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Entering is the main thing to do<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To win a prize to be sent to you!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Foundation is a 501-(c)6 non-profit organization, chartered and incorporated in California, and are the sponsors of Campaign for Cursive\u00ae, and will graciously accept donations.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahafhandwriting.org\/\">https:\/\/www.ahafhandwriting.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The American Handwriting Analysis Foundation announced that their annual &#8220;Cursive is Cool&#8221;&#xae; contest is now open to North American students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. The contest dates are January 23 through April 15, 2024. Students are encouraged to enter early. Prizes will be awarded for First Place, Second Place, and Third Place based on legibility and neatness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6951,"featured_media":103052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,12804,10,307,134,187,56],"tags":[8515,17574],"class_list":["post-103072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news","category-ap","category-california-news","category-family-parenting-news","category-general-editorial-news","category-los-angeles-news","category-non-profit-news","tag-cursive-is-cool","tag-handwriting-analysis","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":5171,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}