Aging Initiative

To enter the contest, you must work as a team with a person from a generation older or younger than yourself.

Please provide all information needed below to enter the contest and send it to the appropriate address below, or include the information requested in an email submission with the team entry.

I.    Contest Category

• Poetry
• Essay
• Photography
• Dance (video)
• Mixed Media (photography and poem or essay)

II.   Intergenerational Team

Team members:

• Related
• Relationship: (i.e. parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, great aunt, etc.)
• Unrelated

III.  Information of Intergenerational Team Members

Please note: One email address per team is sufficient and it is not necessary to have an email address to enter the contest.  These email addresses will not be distributed and are only for EPA staff to notify finalists and winners.

First Team Member
First Name: _______________________
Middle Initial: _____
Last Name: _______________________
Street Address: ____________________
City: ____________________________
State: _______
Zip Code:___________________________
Email Address: ______________________
Phone Number: (_ _ _) (_ _ _ -_ _ _ _)
Age:  _____

Second Team Member
First Name: _______________________
Middle Initial: _____
Last Name: _______________________
Street Address: ____________________
City: ____________________________
State: _______
Zip Code:___________________________
Email Address: ______________________
Phone Number: (_ _ _) (_ _ _ -_ _ _ _)
Age:  _____

NOTE: For additional team members please provide the information for each team member.

Additional Team Member
First Name: _______________________
Middle Initial: _____
Last Name: _______________________
Street Address: ____________________
City: ____________________________
State: _______
Zip Code:___________________________
Email Address: ______________________
Phone Number: (_ _ _) (_ _ _ -_ _ _ _)
Age:  _____

IV. Intergenerational Description of Joint Project (up to 75 words)

Describe how you came to work on this intergeneraational project, the planning process, and how your team created its finished entry. Please be sure to include what made this a special project working as an intergenerational team?

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V. Celebration of Rachel Carson's Sense of Wonder (up to 75 words)

Describtion of how this project brought the intergenerational team in touch with nature.

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One entry per team, per medium (poetry, essay, photo or dance video).

Please email your poem or essay, hard copy by mail or electronic copy by email to

Rachel Carson Intergenerational Contest
U.S. EPA
Attn: Kathy Sykes,
AO-Office of Public Engagement
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Room 2502 ARN,
Washington, DC 20460

If you have further questions please contact Kathy Sykes at (202) 564-3651.

Or send electronic copies to: aging.info@epa.gov

Please include in the Subject box Rachel Carson Contest: Poetry, Essay, Photography, Dance (video), Mixed Media (photography and poem or essay)

Please add Rachel Carson Photo in the subject line of the email.