TNF Youth Summer Essay Contest 2021

Eligibility:

• For upcoming grade school children
  • 3 tiers – Upcoming Elementary, Middle, and High school
  • Tier will be based on your upcoming grade – grade you will attend after summer break (for example, if you just finished 8th grade and are heading to 9th, you will be put in the high school pool)
• No submission fee

Format: 

• Double spaced, any legible font (nothing fancy please)
• Word Count
  • Upcoming elementary schoolers: 250-500 words
  • Upcoming middle schoolers: max of around 500
  • Upcoming high schoolers: max of around 650
  • Can go over but not by too much (use your best logic and common sense)

Prompts

• All essays should be relevant to giving back to the community – does not have to be about TNF (Essays can cover more than one prompt, when submitting choose the one most fitting):
  • Importance of staying connected to your root
  • How to become a role model
  • Service, the impact it has on both the ones receiving and giving it
  • Describe a direct experience with TNF and its effects on you and others

Prizes: 1st- $100, 2nd – $50, 3rd – $25 for each tier

• Prizes will be delivered electronically, if chosen as a winner, we will contact you!

Submissions will close August 31st, prizes awarded max 2 weeks later (September 17th). Submissions: email yyp@tnfusa.org with these details:

• Name and upcoming school year
• Essay attached in a word or pdf format
• Preferred method of contact