{"id":446,"date":"2016-07-06T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:48:32","slug":"curious-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/contests\/curious-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1409 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1-1024x311.png 1024w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1-768x233.png 768w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1-1536x467.png 1536w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/NEW-Curious-Questions-banner-cartoon-Copy-1-600x182.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px\">We are curious about your student&#8217;s &#8220;Curious Questions&#8221;!<\/span><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve run this contest for over\u00a0<strong>ten years<\/strong>\u2014it&#8217;s the contest that began it all\u2014and it&#8217;s one of our favorites! It&#8217;s a <strong>very simple event<\/strong>: you send us some of <strong>your student&#8217;s most profound, humorous, or thought-provoking questions<\/strong> from Section 1 of <em>The Remarkable Journal of Professor Gunther von Steuben<\/em>, and we will announce contest results via our e-newsletter. (Winners will receive an additional email from us with their prize.)<\/p>\n<p>We aren&#8217;t merely curious to read the unusual and funny questions students come up with; we are truly passionate about nurturing your student&#8217;s curiosity. The ability to ask good questions and to look at the world with wonder is foundational to strong writing. This event is one way we can help students enjoy being curious!<\/p>\n<h1>How Your Student Can Enter<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Any student <strong>using <em>Cover Story<\/em> this school year<\/strong> is eligible to submit up to 5 &#8220;Curious Questions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The questions must be submitted by the parent\/teacher of the student.<\/li>\n<li>To be eligible for prizes, the questions must come <strong>from the student&#8217;s own mind<\/strong>, with no outside input from family, friends, or teachers.<\/li>\n<li>The questions must be accompanied by the student&#8217;s <strong>first name, age, and state\/province of residence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #277edb;font-size: 24px\"><strong>Submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on October 15, 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/contact-us\/curious-questions-contest-entry-form\/\" title=\"Submit-questions\" class=\"vcex-button theme-button flat aa0000 large align-left inline animate-on-hover\"><span class=\"theme-button-inner\">Submit Your Student&#8217;s Curious Questions <em><strong>\u00bb<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1526451696518{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h1>Prizes<\/h1>\n<p>For the 2025-2026 school year, we are offering specially designed certificates for 1st &#8211; 3rd place, plus a $15 gift certificate for Bookshop.org (or similar bookseller).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Some example past and present prizes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>\u2022An autographed copy of one the novels from that series:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/shop\/runt-the-brave-daniel-schwabauer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Runt the Brave<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/shop\/runt-the-hunted-daniel-schwabauer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Runt the Hunted<\/em><\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/shop\/the-curse-of-the-seer-daniel-schwabauer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Curse of the Seer<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u2022A special prize certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>\u2022A wooden mouse, hand-carved in honor of Mr. S&#8217;s Legends of Tira-Nor series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>\u2022A piece of steampunk memorabilia, like a magnifying glass, a compass, or a pair of tricked-out goggles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-450 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/CuriousQprizes2014-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/CuriousQprizes2014-2.jpg 599w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/coverstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/CuriousQprizes2014-2-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;26px&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1526451696518{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h1>Announcement of Winners<\/h1>\n<p>We will anounce the winners of the contest <strong>via our e-newsletter<\/strong>, so make sure you are signed up!<\/p>\n<p>You can expect the announcement<strong> by <\/strong><strong>Wednesday, October 29, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE NOTE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will only share your student&#8217;s submission using their <strong>first name, age, and state\/province of residence.<\/strong> No last names will be mentioned.<\/li>\n<li>Parents\/family members: <strong>Only students are eligible to win prizes.<\/strong> Please make sure that entries credited to students originated with the students themselves without input from the parent or other outside sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are curious about your student&#8217;s &#8220;Curious Questions&#8221;! We&#8217;ve run this contest for over\u00a0ten years\u2014it&#8217;s the contest that began it all\u2014and it&#8217;s one of our favorites! It&#8217;s a very simple event: you send us some of your student&#8217;s most profound, humorous, or thought-provoking questions from Section 1 of The Remarkable Journal of Professor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11870,"featured_media":900,"parent":173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-446","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Curious Questions Contest | Cover Story Language Arts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We are curious about your student\u2019s \u201cCurious Questions\u201d from unit 1! 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