PATRIOTS PEN

 

2022-2023 Theme

"My Pledge to Our Veterans.”

Student Entry Deadline:October 31, 2022

PatrioticWritten Essay Competition Grand Prize: $5,000Award


 
ENTRY APPLICATION:  https://vfworg-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/VFWSite/Files/Community/Youth-and-Education/Patriots-Pen-Entry-Form-Fillable.pdf?v=1&d=20210408T214837Z&la=en


Each year more than 132,000 students in grades 6-8 enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest. The national first-place winner wins $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. 

 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.