The Community Foundation is conducting an Essay Contest in memory of Toni Morrison, who was a great writer; the contest welcomes students from kindergarten to college. The contest is based on two themes and has been divided into two groups of grades. Students from elementary, middle school, high school, and colleges who know Toni Morrison and have read her novels have to write the essay based on her characters, challenges, and the environment by applying it to themselves and sharing their experiences and thoughts about it.

Participants who will be a part of this contest has to give their best and win prizes offered by the organizers; awards will be given for each group category divided as an elementary school from grade kindergarten to 5^th, middle school from 6^th to 8^th grade, high school from 9^th to 12^th grade, and college students. The prizes for each group category will be given as 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners, and the award will be $75, $50, and $25 gift card. This will help students to learn and gather knowledge and lessons from her personality and novels. Also, the gifts will cheer up students to bring out the best in themselves and write about it.

The Community Foundation of Lorain County was established in the year 1980 and is a public foundation. Their mission and vision are to connect people who care with causes that matter and to make Lorain’s country a thriving community through giving. Their core values are Excellence, Integrity, Inclusion, Collaboration, and Leadership.

Brief Description

Check out the table, which provides brief information about the contest:

Organization	Community Foundation of Lorain County
Education Level	All
Subjects	All
Amount	$25-$75 gift card
Access Mode	Online
Number of Awards	12
City	Lorain
Nationality	Domestic
Country	USA
Contest Deadline	February 03, 2022
Application Fees	Not required
Requirements	Varies

Who is Eligible?

• Students from kindergarten to college are eligible to apply.

How to Apply?

The students who are interested and willing to take part in this contest should submit their entries and essay’s, the elementary school, which includes grades from kindergarten to 5^th, should write an essay on how has their environment made them who they are, and other school categories including middle school, high school, and college should write on, reflect on how their physical and virtual environment has shaped their identity in 700words or less. The essays are written must be original and unpublished, as plagiarized essays will not be accepted. With this, a cover letter must be attached, including participants’ name, category, address, email (student or guardian), phone number, school name. The students should submit in their respective category, and entries must be mailed to:

Community Foundation of Lorain Country
ATTN: Toni Morrison Essay Contest
9080 Leavitt Rd. Elyria, OH 44035

Or can also email to:

Email: essay@peoplewhocare.org

Benefits

The participants who will get selected on the basis of their essay its originality, clarity, and other judging points will be awarded as 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners, and the amount received will be $75, $50, and $25 gift card for each grade category group. The contest will let participants and people know about the characters, challenges, and environment that Toni Morrison described in her novel. Also, students will bring out their related incidents and environment that made them who they are, and with this, they will also surround the society, and physical and virtual environment has helped them shape their identity. The prizes will encourage students to participate in this contest and share their experiences and thoughts, which reflect on their personality

Application Deadline

The eligible and intrigued students who want to be a participant in this interesting contest can send their entries before the deadline of February 03, 2022. Participants who will send their entries after this date will not be able to participate and will lose the opportunity to win gift cards.

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