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LOST ACROSTIC CONTEST

The Lost Acrostic Contest is sponsored by the Bidwell Mansion Association.

In June 1879 John and Annie Bidwell drove up Butte Creek Canyon in their carriage. On the way they stopped at the cabin of Pres Longley, a miner and a poet. Longley gave Mrs. Bidwell the gift of an acrostic poem. The poem is lost – no one knows what happened to it!
Congratulations to our 2017 winners:
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Contest winners, left to right: Audrey Schwartz, BMA board president Adrienne Glatz, Aubrey Kopping, the mother of winner Zeeya Faisal, John Rudderow, and Liam Thomas.
THIRD GRADE WINNERS
1st Prize
An amateur botanist
Named Bidwell’s knotweed
Native American (Mechoopda) activist
Involved in National Indian Association
Entertained prominent figures.
     By Zeeya Faisal
     Notre Dame School, Chico​
3rd Prize - Tie
A wonderful woman
Not a miner
Now famous
In everyone’s heart
Everyone loves Annie.
     By Aaron Hernandez
     Paradise Elementary School, Paradise
2nd Prize 
An interesting life story
Not a believer in alcohol
Nice and respectful
Intelligent piano player
Excellent French reader and writer.
     By Aaliyah Jurado
     Manzanita School, Live Oak
3rd Prize - Tie
Amazing Annie
Not an Amazon
Nice she was
Itsy-bitsy too
Extraordinary lady.
     By Audrey Schwartz
     Notre Dame School, Chico


FOURTH GRADE WINNERS
1st Prize
Always wanting to help out others
Nice and caring and oh so sweet
Never failing to fulfill her deeds
Interesting in a way like no one other
Excellent at playing sweet songs on her piano.
     By Aubrey Kopping
     Blue Oak Charter School, Chico
2nd Prize
Ambitious young woman
Nice to people and animals
Novaturient person
Intelligent in women’s suffrage and clearly inspiring
Exploding with beauty.
     By Kabrey Cooper
     Sierra View Elementary School, Chico
3rd Prize
Annie, a beloved wife
New home she traveled to
Now she farms with John
In Chico she gave us the park
Enjoyable park we all love.
     By Liam Thomas
     Sierra View Elementary School, Chico

Can you write an acrostic for Annie?
In an acrostic each line of the poem begins with a letter of the person’s name. 


Contest Rules (click HERE to download)
  • You may use the back of this sheet or a separate sheet for your entry.
  • Contest is open to all 3rd and 4th grade students in Butte County and surrounding counties.
  • Poems should be submitted by hand or by mail to BMA c/o Bidwell Mansion SHP 525 The Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926
  • Deadline is Monday, June 5, 2017.
  • Entries must include student’s name, grade, school and contact information.
  • Please type or write your entry neatly.
  • Poems will be judged on the basis of originality and quality of execution. Poems may be rhymed or unrhymed. Lines may be of any length.
  • Poems must be in the form of an acrostic, with the initial letters of each line spelling out the name ANNIE.
  • Only one submission per student will be accepted.
  • Prizes will be awarded during the BMA Summer Event (date to be announced.) Winners will be notified before the event. Prizes will be awarded as follows:
    • 3rd grade
      • First Prize: $50
      • Second Prize: $25
      • Third Prize: $15
    • 4th grade
      • First Prize: $50
      • Second Prize: $25
      • Third Prize: $15
​Here are two examples of acrostic poems about John Bidwell, based on the name JOHN: 
Journeyed far
Owner of Rancho Chico
Honorable congressman
Never discouraged. 
Joined with his sweetheart to bless a fair town
On Rancho Chico a man of renown
Honest and true, he stands straight and tall,
Noted for fairness to one and to all. 
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