Writing Contest – First Prize:$100 Second Prize:$50 Third Prize:$25

If you are under 18 and are or have been in foster care, please send us a letter or short essay in response to the following question:

Who has tried to maintain your connection to your parents and other family members while you’ve been in foster care? What has been helpful? What has been less helpful?

Deadline: August 4, 2015

E-mail submissions to [email protected] or mail them to: Fostering Perspectives, Family & Children’s Resource Program, CB#3550, UNC-CH School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550. Include your name, age, address, and phone number. In addition to receiving the awards specified 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 a cash award.

Seeking Artwork and Other Writing Submissions

Submissions can be on any theme. There is no deadline for non-contest submissions: submit your work at any time. If sent via U.S. Mail, artwork should be sent flat (unfolded) on white, unlined paper.