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Represent: The Voice of Youth in Care
Writing Contests #99 & 100
$150 First Prize
SECOND PRIZE: $100 THIRD PRIZE: $50

Readers have told us our contest deadlines are too short, so from now on we'll be giving ya'll two extra months to mail in your essays. You can send in essays any time before the deadlines. Feel free to answer both!
 

#99If you were a foster parent, how would you welcome a new foster child into your home? How would you want the child to feel and how would you communicate that in words and actions? Be specific.

Deadline: February 1, 2010

click here to enter online.

#100Is saving money hard for you? Why or why not? Describe three ways you’ve figured out to make your money go further. How did you figure each of these out? Be specific.

Deadline: March 1, 2010

click here to enter online.

Anyone 21 or under who lives in a group home or with a foster family (or who used to be in foster care) can enter.

Mail your essays to:
Represent
224 W. 29th St.—2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
Please print your entry clearly (including your first and last name)

Or FAX your entry to: 212-279-8856 or
e-mail it to
Representmail@youthcomm.org

PS: Please print your first and last names and your address very clearly on your entry.

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