Teacher's Choice Category
We are excited to offer a new category this year to honor the relationships between high school teachers and their students!
For the Teacher's Choice Award: Did someone blow you away with an essay written for your class that doesn’t quite fit into one of our other categories or topics this year? To allow for differences in teaching styles and subject matter, teachers are invited to recommend two student essays to the writing contest. For this category, you will submit the application and essay, poem, short story, or other piece of writing to the Barbara Ann Williford Memorial High School Writing Contest. If the submission is chosen as one of the finalists, we will reach out to both you and the student, inviting you to attend the awards ceremony, this year on March 29, 2025.
The winners will receive cash prizes: 1st place - $200; 2nd place - $125; 3rd place - $75 and Teacher's Choice - $100.
Application and Essays are due February 28, 2025.
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