Seven Fulton County middle school students submitted essays to our contest which our judges declared were EXEMPLARY efforts.
Congratulations to these students from Webb Bridge Middle School:
Derek M. Baek Vihaan P. Bendigiri Scarlett S. Chen Aanvi Gupta
Devika S Kulkarni Ethan T. Manson Anvesha V Shinde
Exemplary essays are linked in a folder you may access here.
Additional middle and high school students submitted essays evaluated as merit and participant level work; congratulations as well to those students, who received certificates via their schools.
Merit certificates were earned by elementary students Brianna Saldivar Chavero and Aurora Corrales Sanches of DeKalb County's Montclair Elementary School.
2023 Essay Contest Details
Contest essay prompts by levels (click on correct link and choose a prompt to develop for your essay):
Links to our pages on news and opinions on censorship - local, regional, national, and international - may help you expand your own ideas and opinions.
Visit our YouTube Channel to see people you may recognize - or learn of - who promote students' reading rights AND encourage you to share your story! (Channel will be updated with more videos soon - stay tuned!)
Jarrett Lerner has generously allowed us to use his artwork to promote our campaign to encourage you to share your story.
Resources linked below provide background information & position statements on reader's rights and the First Amendment: