2023 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest
ASSIGNMENT:
Jesus teaches us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. How can we, as followers of Jesus, stand up for peace and against the growing violence in our country?
Highschool

1st Place Prize:
$1,000 per division

2nd Place Prize:
$700 per division

3rd Place Prize:
$250 per division
Middle School

1st Place Prize:
$500 per division

2nd Place Prize:
$300 per division

3rd Place Prize:
$150 per division
ASSIGNMENT
Jesus teaches us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. How can we, as followers of Jesus, stand up for peace and against the growing violence in our country? Write an essay responding to that question.
ENTRY
Entries should be 500–750 words. Essays should include your name and division typed on each page.
Note: Spelling and grammar count.
Students may
1) submit essays online OR
2) mail essays to the address below. Mailed essays should be typed and stapled, each attached to an ENTRY COVER SHEET
ELIGIBILITY
Students in grades 6-8 (Division I) and grades 9-12 (Division II) who are currently enrolled in a Catholic school, Catholic religious education program, or Catholic youth ministry program are eligible.
DEADLINE
Entries must be submitted online or postmarked by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023. First-place essays will appear in the summer 2024 Maryknoll magazine. All winning entries will be published online at MaryknollSociety.org/Winners by April 15, 2024.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call 1-914-570-4118 or email Walter Hidalgo at whidalgo@maryknoll.org for more information.
For more educational and catechetical resources, please visit: discoveryourneighbor.org
MAIL TO
MAIL TO: 2022 Student Essay Contest, Division, P.O. Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302
Call: 1-914-570-4118, ext. 2487
Mailed essays should be typed or neatly handwritten in ink and stapled, each attached to an ENTRY COVER SHEET available here.