by Hiro Foye
$100 Cash Prize Contest in Recognition of National Homeless
Youth Awareness Month
With October already coming to end in just a few weeks, the month of November is upon us. However, November is an important month, and it’s not just because of Thanksgiving.
The month of November is known as “National Homeless Youth Awareness Month.”
Unfortunately, many children, teens, and adults in our community and around the world are forced to live without a home and oftentimes without basic needs such as food, water, and clean clothing. It is easy to take what we have for granted, but when we remember even the smallest things such as the food on our plates or the clean water we have to drink, we realize that there is much to be grateful for, even if it doesn’t seem like it.
To keep this in mind, an event is being planned in collaboration with But Still I Am One to host a contest in which the winner will win a cash prize of $100 as well as a feature in the newspaper. In this contest, you must create and submit either an essay, poem, or an art piece with the central theme of homelessness and how you would feel if you did not have a home. Submissions for the contest will be displayed at the Soup Kitchen throughout the week of the event. If you decide to submit an essay or poem, it must be in 14 point font, double-spaced, and be a maximum of two pages. As for the art submissions, there is no required size. If you would like to enter, remember to sign your work with either your name or a pen name of your choosing.
All submissions must be completed and ready to be picked up on October 31st.
The winner of the contest will be announced on November 19th during the Conversation event at the Belfast Soup Kitchen, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
If you plan on submitting work for the contest, let us know, and contact Neva Allen by email or number if you have any questions.
(butstilliamone.org@gmail.com)
(207) 200-4232
Organizations involved in this event: Belfast Soup Kitchen, But Still I Am One