Submissions will be accepted for Americans United’s annual Student Contest through May 8, 2023.
The contest is open to high school and college students and accepts essay and video submissions. This year, students are invited to respond to the following prompt: What is your vision for church-state separation? What would happen if we secured separation of church and state in the United States, and all people were able to live as themselves and believe as they choose?
Students who wish to enter should keep in mind the following:
- The contest is open to high school students and undergraduate students attending any 2- or 4-year college or university, including trade and technical schools. Students must live in the United States including the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories.
- The strongest submissions will weave together personal experience/perspective and well-researched information.
- Submissions might describe what your future (or the future of people you care about) might hold, or what your communities would look and feel like — including your family, school or neighborhood.
- Submissions can include researched factual information, personal narrative or a combination; they may also be fictional.
- Submissions can reference historical events, legal cases, U.S. history, primary sources, personal experience and other sources.
- Creativity is encouraged!
- Submissions must be received no later than 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, on Monday, May 8. Students who submit winning essays and videos — with separate prize categories for high school and college students — will win between $500-$1,500. Winners also have the chance to be published in Church & State and online at au.org.
For more information about the contest, visit: www.au.org/studentcontest.
Get creative! AU Student Contest now has video component (Getty Images)
