ATM Writing Contest Question: "Prom and alcohol - an avoidable teen tradition?"
Essay Title: When submitting your essay, title it as follows:
"Arkansas Prom: ______" [insert your unique title in the blank without the quotation marks]. Ex) Arkansas Prom: I Drink Because My Friends Do.
Free Contest: This is a FREE writing contest in conjunction with KARK. There is no submission fee.
Details: Please read the details for this contest further below and the rules further above.
Contest Deadline: April 30th, 2011 at Midnight PST [StageofLife.com is an international project so the site clock is set to GMT but the contest ends on US Pacific Time].
Winner: The winner and semi-finalists will be announced after May 1st, 2011.
Prizes: Offer to appear with your friends in a May filming of a KARK news broadcast for the Arkansas Teens Matter series, KARK SWAG (Hoodie Sweatshirt), StageofLife.com SWAG (T-Shirt, Pen, Letter from the CEO), and Featured Writer status on StageofLife.com. The winner and semi-finalists will be contacted by a StageofLife.com editor via email after May 1st with information on receiving the prizes. IMPORTANT: MENTION THE DATE OF YOUR PROM IN YOUR ESSAY.
Writing Contest Details/Background: Each year, teens across the state engage in alcohol use or face invitations, temptations or even peer pressure to use alcohol as part of the prom experience. Is this true for you? What role, if any, does alcohol play in your prom outing? We're interested in real, honest feedback with these essays. Our hope is that your experiences, insights, advice, stories or wisdom creates a dialogue for your peers, parents and community leaders to engage in about this topic...all thanks to your candid essays.
NOTE: If your prom is coming up in May, will alcohol play a part? Why or why not?
When you think about your response to the question, ask yourself some of these questions to get ideas for your essay:
- Do you think most students at your school attending prom use or don't use alcohol at prom?
- How do students get alcohol for prom in the first place?
- Why do students use alcohol at prom?
- Has this topic caused problems between you and your friends?
- Do you know anyone who has driven drunk? Did you ride in the car with him/her?
- Does your school do drug or alcohol awareness programs during prom season to attempt to curb alcohol or drug use during prom? If so, do you think these programs work?
Did You Know: Here are links to statistics about the underage teen drinking. Feel free to incorporate information you learned from these other sites into your 500 word contest essay, use them for inspiration, or find others to back up your argument:
- Keeping Teens Safe and Sober on Prom Night
- 12 Tips for Driving on Prom Night Every Parent and Teen Should Read
- Risky Business on Prom Night
Format: This teen and college student writing contest should be in the form of a personal, essay, letter, diary, blog, or memoir format. The KARK and Stage of Life editors, staff, and featured writer/blogger community is excited to read your original point of view to this month's writing contest.
Post Comments: We'd like to encourage all participants and readers to make comments on these writing contest essays. Please just remember to keep all comments/posts/discussions civil and in good taste in each of the essay-blog threads.
Last Words: This is a collaborative project by KARK and StageofLife.com. Whether you win the essay contest, use it for college essay writing practice, or just want to add your voice to the topic, our hope is that maybe your essay and thoughts will help impact Arkansas and inspire someone to think differently.
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