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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

Deadlines for 2010:
Lent-Easter issue: January 11, 2010
Pentecost issue: April 26, 2010
Michaelmas issue: August 30, 2010
Advent-Christmas issue: October 22, 2010

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
Michaelmas 2008 winning essay, The Four Marks of the Church, by Anna Garies
Michaelmas 2008 winning essay, How to Decide the Moral Issues in Voting, by Joseph Ruwe
Advent-Christmas 2008 winning essay,
God Is With Me by Roland Rebuyon
Advent-Christmas 2008 winning essay,
Stand up for Life: A Call to Action! by Sarah Sheehan
Advent-Christmas 2008 winning essay,
Whether Tolerance is a Virtue by Elizabeth McFadden
Eastertide 2009 winning essay, Writings of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Mira Ebersole
Michalemas 2009 winning essay,
Year of the Priest by Clare Jensen
Advent Christmas 2009 winning essay, Gregorian Chant: Sacred, Precious, Beautiful by Kara Gordon


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