First Prize: $100 – Second Prize: $50 – Third Prize: $25
Please send us a response to the following question:
We want all young people in foster care to feel safe in their foster home. When you feel safe in your home it allows you to feel happier, healthier, do better in school, and reach out for help when you need it. What do your foster parents do to help you feel safe?
(Responses should be 200 words or less.)
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2023
E-mail submissions to [email protected] or mail them to: Fostering Perspectives, Family & Children’s Resource Program, UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC 27599- 3550. Include your name, age, address, and phone number. In addition to receiving the awards listed above, winners will have their work published in the next issue. Runners-up may also have their work published, for which they will also receive an award.
Seeking Other Writing Submissions
Submissions can be on any theme. There is no deadline for non- contest submissions: submit your work at any time.