PATRIOTS PEN

Patriot's Pen - Middle School Students

 

Each year more than 132,000 students in grades 6-8 enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest. The national first-place winner wins $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. The first-place winner from each state competes for national awards totaling $55,000, with each first-place state winner receiving a minimum of $500 at the national level.

 

The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief.

 

Want to apply? Read the rules and eligibility requirements, then download and complete the entry form. All student entries must be submitted to a sponsoring local VFW Post by midnight, Oct. 31.

 

The 2024-25 theme is: 
"Is America Today Our Forefathers' Vision?""

The essays can be mailed to --VFW Essay, PO Box 1123, Tracy, Ca 95376
or you may bring in person to the VFW Post 1537 meeting @ 6:45pm, every 3rd Thursday in Civic Center Building, by the War Memorial.
      
 950 East St, Tracy, CA 95376
   
Please proof read the essay to make sure any rules are not advertently broken. If an essay is submitted ahead of time & we see something wrong, we will contact & give the chance to correct but Oct.31st midnight is the deadline. 
 
For questions please contact Don Burnett at don_burnett1943@yahoo.com