We're looking forward to the 2020 essay submissions!

Deadline to submit essays: Feb. 15.

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2020 High School Essay Contest

VERY IMPORTANT!!

We are receiving essays with GENERIC titles. We need you to state the actual TITLE of your essay in your Word Download Document (if you are using an online storage service). If your TITLE is generic, PLEASE create a UNIQUE TITLE!! Thank you.

If you upload your essay to an online storage vault we have NO WAY OF KNOWING WHO YOU ARE!!

You must also email your contact info to us, and it is MUCH EASIER for us if you will simply attach your document/file to that email. Below is the information we need, and thank you so much!! Please email the below information with your essay, or after you send a link to it, to newsbulletin@krla.org. THANK YOU. We know this was not initially made clear online, and we apologize.

Title of essay

Your name

Your email address

Your grade

Your school

Sponsor name

Sponsor email

Sponsor or parent phone

Your address

CONTEST RULES

• Eligibility: All Kentucky high school and home-schooled students, 9^th–12^th grades
• Essay shall be between 750-1000 words, typed and double-spaced, 12 pt. type.
• Pro-life essays shall be submitted on topic scope: abortion, assisted suicide/ euthanasia, destructive embryonic human life research or the intrinsic value of human life.
• Upload a .doc, .docx or .pdf document (We prefer no .page files) Form not yet online for file upload.
• Do NOT identify your name on your essay. All entrants are assigned numbers to assure anonymity as judges evaluate entries.
• Two Divisions: 9^th–10^th grades; 11^th–12^th grades.
• Please retain a copy of your essay.
• Essays shall be submitted no later than Feb. 15, 2020. EMAIL your essay to: NewsBulletin@krla.org
• Essays shall be judged based on:
  • content - 25 points
  • quality of arguments - 25 points
  • grammar and spelling - 25 points
  • creativity of approach - 25 points
• Prizes: $250 first prize, $150 second prize, $100 third prize (in each division)

Awarding of Prizes

• The three highest scores from each division will be determined to be the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
• Essay winners will be notified by mail. Winners from each division will be published on the KRLA website.
• Decisions of the judges are final.