Fourth through 12th-graders from across the state have the chance to embrace their Oklahoma heritage by participating in the Oklahoma Heritage Association's annual Heritage Week Competitions.?They could even win some cash while they're at it.

The OHA has hosted the Heritage Week Competitions since 1977.?Fourth through sixth graders compete in the poster competition in which they must depict an Oklahoman through art.?Seventh through ninth-graders compete in the essay competition in which they relate the importance of an individual from their county to their county's history.?

Tenth through 12th-graders compete in the poster/essay competition in which they use both art and the written word to depict a native Oklahoman's impact on the state.

Cash awards, ranging from $50 to $350, are presented to the first, second and third place statewide winners in each competition.? One winning student from each region will also earn additional cash awards.

Entries for each of the competitions are due 5 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum at NW 13th Street and Shartel Avenue in Oklahoma City.

For detailed competition rules and entry forms, visit www.oklahomaheritage.com or call Gini Moore Campbell, director of publications and scholarship, at 523-3202.? Entries can be mailed or delivered to 1400 Classen Drive, Oklahoma City, 73106.