contest winners

Muse, Mar 2005

YOU ON PARADE

In our October 2004 issue, we asked you to design a parade float that best represented your achievements or dreams. Here are some of the winning entries. We are particularly fond of the procrastinator float since we have succumbed to that vice ourselves (in the deep pre-Muse past, of course). There are more entries on our Web site, www.cricketmag.com. (Hit the "For Kids" button when you get there.)

There are a couple of things you need to know about my Urania float. First, I'll tell you about how this float came to be.

Every year the people of Uranialand (named after you-know-who) had a parade in honor of their founder, Urania. There were marching bands, clowns, dancers, and best of all . . . Urania! Usually she would ride in a big fire truck, but the people of Uranialand thought she deserved something better such as . . . the URANASCOPE FLOAT! The telescope on the Uranascope Float can see black holes (it doesn't just see swirling lights), look at the sun without harming your eyes, and outline the constellations.

The Uranascope Float is powered solely by math problems.

Harper A., age 12

Maine

I started in my school band this year with my instrument of choice: ALTO SAXOPHONE. I love my sax so much that it even has a name, JoJo (or Joelle Angela Melissa R. if you want to get fancy-schmancy). Since I cherish my Czechoslovokian alto sax like a newborn baby, I think that she would be the perfect subject for a float.

Gillian (Gillie) R., age 10

West Virginia

muse contest

FAKE US OUT

In this issue we've told you how Rembrandt's students had to copy his paintings as homework assignments, sometimes adding a dog on the floor or a feather in the cap. For this month's contest, we'd like you to be an art student for a day and copy a famous painting. It doesn't have to be an Old Master, like Rembrandt. It can be something newer and more colorful like a Matisse. Anything famous will do-except van Gogh's sunflowers. We draw the line at sunflowers. Identify the painting on the opposite side of the page or some other hidden place so we have to guess before we find out for sure what you were copying. We'll reproduce the winners and maybe some of the originals in the September 2005 issue of Muse. The very best paintings, however, we plan to sell at Sotheby's, the famous art auction house.

Contest Rules

1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.

2. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.

3. Only one entry per person, please.

4. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

5. All entries must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, saying it's your own work and that no help was given. For detailed information about our compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, visit the Policy page at www.cricketmag.com.

6. Your entry must be received by March 31, 2005. We will publish the winning entries in the September 2005 issue of Muse.

7. Send entries to Muse Contest, 140 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60603. No faxes, please, but entries may be e-mailed to muse@caruspub.com.

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