Voices Young Writers
Attention teachers, parents, students...
WOMEN FOR FAITH & FAMILY announces the Voices Young Writers Award, to be given to the best essay written by any Catholic student ages 12-18.
The paper, to be submitted by the instructor, school official, or student's parent, is to be between 1,000 and 2,500 words in length, typewritten (or word-processed), and may be on any aspect of the Catholic faith and morals. The essay must be faithful to Catholic teachings.
Each entry must include a brief biography of the student, including the name, address, age, and photograph. If applicable, this statement should also include a description of the school or home-school the student attends and the class for which it was written.
The essays will be judged by members of the Voices editorial board. Winning entries will be published in Voices and on the WFF web site. The author of the winning essay will receive an award of $100.
Mail entries to
Voices Young Writers Award
PO Box 300411
Saint Louis, MO 63130
USA
or e-mail to Voices
Questions: e-mail us
Submission deadlines for 2008
- Pentecost issue: April 1, 2008
- Michaelmas issue: August 15, 2008
- Advent-Christmas issue: October 15, 2008
Please note: if an entry is received after the deadline for the current issue, we will hold it and consider it for the following issue's competition.
Past and Present Winners:Pentecost 2002 winning essay, Whether Christ Changed the Role of Woman by Elizabeth Ruth Cheffers.
Michaelmas 2002 winning essay, The Little Lily of Purity by Katherine Buckmaster.
Pentecost 2003 winning essay, Seat of Wisdom, Help of Students by Allannah Karas.
Michaelmas 2003 winning essay, The REAL Presence by Claire Cote.
Michaelmas 2003 winning essay, Temptation and Sin by Emma Olwell.
Eastertide 2004 winning essay, The Price of Their Faith by Margueritte McKenzie.
Pentecost 2004 winning essay, A Life Lived with Faith and Reason by Anna Maria Mendell.
Eastertide 2005 winning essay, Saint Teresa of Avila — A Paragon of Faith & Virtue by Alex Macey.
Michaelmas 2005 winning essay, Can the Existence of God Be Proven? by Derek Remus.
Christmas 2005 - Epiphany 2006 winning essay, Mary, Our Mother, by Miceala Shocklee
Lent-Easter 2006 winning essay, Pope John Paul the Great: Holiness, His Life, by Sarah Halbur
Pentecost 2006 winning essay, Take my Hand, not my Life, by Alleman High School Students
Michaelmas 2006 winning essay, A Forest of Eight Hundred Thousand Trees, by RoseMary Johnson
Pentecost 2007 winning essay, Augustine of Hippo’s Diary, by Renold Sossong
Michaelmas 2007 winning essay, Thomas More: A Saint for Today, by Bernadette Pfang
Eastertide 2008 winning essay, Lessons of Faith in Glass — Stained Glass Windows: Decoration or Inspiration?, by Megan Oliver
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