2024-2025 Theme
"My Voice in America's Democracy?”
Student Entry Deadline: October 31, 2024
Patriotic Written Essay Competition Grand Prize: $5,000 Award
ENTRY APPLICATION: Patriot's Pen
Each year, nearly 68,800 students in sixth through eighth grades enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of nearly $1 million in state and national awards. Each first place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first place winner wins $5,000!
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. Before submitting your essay, download the 2024-2025 entry form here and find your sponsoring local VFW Post as applications must be turned in by midnight, Oct. 31.
Please email vfw.2702.cdr@gmail.com or vfw2702adjutant@gmail.com with any questions or to submit your entry.
