COX AND RELATED FAMILY ESSAY CONTEST
To discover and document more family stories and create more interest in family history among younger generations, Brandywine is sponsoring an essay contest for young family historians.
(For young family historians who are members of Brandywine Crucible Families)
Age group for essay entries: Junior Division, 13 years and under Senior Division, 14 to 18 years
Essays will be submitted from family members in time to be received by Missy Cox Jones at the address below by Thursday, 22 May 2017. Email submissions are accepted. (The annual reunion in Lampasas, Texas, is held the first weekend of each June.) Specific dates for each year are available in October on the Brandywine Crucible web site.)
Essay entries will be judged Saturday afternoon at the reunion, with winners in the two age groups to be announced at dinner that night. Winners in each age division who are present will be presented with a plaque at the dinner, and the winning entries from each age group will be placed on the Brandywine Crucible website. Winners will also receive a $25 Game Stop gift certificate and will not need to be present for this award.
SUBJECT: COX FAMILY
Essays can be based on a specific family member or on families based on information handed down through written or oral histories.
- Essay length:
- Junior Division, maximum of 300 words,
- Senior Division, maximum of 500 words.
- Must be typewritten
- Each essay must have a cover page
containing:
- Story title
- Your Cox family line
- Your name
- Your age
- Parents’ names
- Mailing address, city and state
- Telephone number
- Email address
If further information is needed, please contact Missy Cox Jones, 205 North Worth, Comanche, TX 76442-2640, Ph. 325-356-3547, missy.jones@tx.nacdnet.net.
Here is our winning essay from 2014 by Marki Jones, The Journey of the Cox Brothers.