Find Articles in:
All
Business
Reference
Technology
News
Lifestyle

The Olive Garden awards student essay contest winners

Nation's Restaurant News, May 21, 2001

ORLANDO, FLA. -- The Olive Garden chose 11 winners from more than 10,000 students who entered its Pasta Tales national essay writing contest, awarding a total of $3,500 and 44 dinners for four in prizes.

The grand prize winner was 16-year-old Californian Godfrey Plata with an essay on The Smile Act." Prizes were awarded in 10 age categories.

Judged by the Quill and Scroll Society, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Iowa, the annual Pasta Tales contest rates students on creativity, organization, grammar, punctuation and spelling.

COPYRIGHT 2001 Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

The following tags are supported in BNET comments:
<b></b> <i></i> <u></u> <pre></pre>

Leave a Reply

  1. You are currently a guest | Login?
Go
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement

Content provided in partnership with Thompson Gale