Friday, January 7. Submission deadline for the Scholastic Writing Awards competition This competition is open to junior high and high school students in in Bolivar, DeSoto, Forrest, Harrison, Hinds, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lee, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Oktibbeha, and Rankin counties. The regional competition is made possible by the partnership between the Eudora Welty Foundation and the Eudora Welty House Museum. For more information, call Meemie Jackson at 601-353-7762 or go to www.artandwriting.org.