Welcome to THE THADDEUS REX WRITING CONTEST where American Idol meets Creative Writing!!

Kids, here's your opportunity to become a professional songwriter!

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How the Contest Works

1. Write a lot of poems, the contest starts over each week.
2. Post your poem on this website between 12:00am Monday and 11:59 pm Thursday (EST)
3. Read other kids' poems and vote for your favorites
4. Encourage friends and relatives to vote for your poem.
5. Voting opens at 12am Friday and closes 11:59pm Sunday (EST)
6. There's a new 'semi-finalist' winner announced each Monday, so keep writing!
7. The last week of April (during TV-Turnoff Week) the public reads all the semi-finalist poems and votes for their favorites. The winning poem will be turned into a song by Thaddeus Rex.
8. The winning poem's author will become a professional songwriter and will start receiving royalty checks when their song goes onto Thaddeus Rex's next CD!!!

Contest Rules

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Background

Thaddeus Rex's WRITE LIKE A ROCK STAR Contest was inspired by Lauren Walton, a 4th grader in Lafayette, IN who's poem, 'Frog', impressed Thaddeus so much he put it to music and recorded it for his CD, 'We Wanna Rock'. Now Lauren's a professional songwriter and earns royalty payments each time the song is played on the radio or purchased on CD. The whole process inspired Thaddeus to create this writing contest to give other children a chance to join the writing process.

Nickie Cashdollar, a 3rd grader from Dubuque, IA became the next child to won the first annual 'WRITE LIKE A ROCK STAR' contest in April 2007. Her poem 'The Flowing Stream that Never Stops' will be appearing on Thaddeus Rex's newest CD, due to hit stores in March, 2008.

Who will become America's next Young Professional Songwriter??