This essay contest is not being held this year. Instead, the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation is sponsoring along with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum a 20th Anniversary National Tour and Tribute.

The Holocaust Remembrance Project is a writing contest about the Holocaust.  Participants should study the holocaust and then, in an essay of no more than 1,200 words: (a) analyze why it is so vital that the remembrance, history and lessons of the Holocaust be passed to a new generation; and (b) suggest what they, as students, can do to combat and prevent prejudice, discrimination and violence in our world today.

Eligibility:

This contest is open to all students age 19 and under who meet the following criteria: 1) are currently enrolled as a high school student in grades 9-12 (including home schooled students), or who are high school seniors who may graduate high school any time in 2012, or who are enrolled in a high school equivalency program; and

(2) are residents of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, or are U.S. citizens living abroad.

Check out other essay contests for which you may be eligible.