Patriot's Pen Essay Contest
The 2024-2025 theme is “My Voice in America’s Democracy?”
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The 2024-2025 Patriot’s Pen theme is “My Voice in America’s Democracy”
Kelli Kelley (Post 2667) is our Chairperson. You can reach her at patriotspen@georgiavfw.org.
- State Winner of the Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest receives $500 and a plaque. This entry is submitted to VFW National for the national competition.
- Second place receives $200 and a certificate.
- Third place receives $100 and a certificate.
6th, 7th, and 8th grade students properly enrolled in public, private, parochial, or home schools in Georgia are eligible to enter the Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest. Foreign exchange students and former winners that placed at National finals are excluded.
First place winner receives $5,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C.
Look for the Patriot’s Pen in the Scholar’s App as well as VFW.org/PatriotsPen
- Entry to Post by October 31
- Post judging completed by November 15
- Post updates to Program Dashboard by November 15
- District Judging completed by December 1
- District approves Post reports on Programs Dashboard by December 1
- State Judging completed by December 31
- State winners to National by January 15