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Baby Shoes, Too Holocaust Related Art and Writing Contests

Thank you for your interest in the May Family National Art & Writing Contest. After nearly a decade of offering this contest and setting a standard of excellence for this type of educational programming, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to report that many local and regionally-based Holocaust organizations now sponsor similar educational opportunities for students. If you would like to participate in an art or writing contest on the Holocaust, we encourage you to contact an Association of Holocaust Organizations member near you. Please see the chart below for more information.


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List by Organizations
State Organization Contest Additional Information
AL Alabama Holocaust Commission Poetry & Essay Contest Sponsors the contest through the English Dept. of Jacksonville State University. Held annually.
PA Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education (ACAJE) and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) The Mordechai Anielewicz Creative Arts Contest Program for high school students; draws from all schools in the Delaware Valley area of Pennsylvania.
NY B'nai B'rith Schenectady, Unit 879 Essay Annual Holocaust Essay Contest for Middle School and High School students in Schenectady County, New York and neighboring counties. Significant monetary prizes.
22 Knolls Road
Schenectady, NY 12309
(518) 346-8797
NJ Center for Holocaust Studies, Brookdale Community College Art & Writing Open to students in grades 5 -12. Also offers free writing and art workshops to the students several months before the contest.
SC Charleston Jewish Federation The T-Bonz Writing Contest $1,000 college scholarship per year for four years.
CA Congregation Beth Ami The Susy Raful Prize High school essay contest for students who are residents of Sonoma County.
OH Dayton Holocaust Resource Center The Max May Memorial Holocaust Art & Writing Contest Has been going on for past 15 years. Winner’s artwork is exhibited at the Dayton Art Institute for 2 months.
GA Georgia Holocaust Commission Art & Writing Middle and high school students.
National Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation
Holocaust Remembrance Project
Writing contest open to high school students Trips to Washington, D.C. scholarships up to $5,000.
http://holocaust.hklaw.com/
PA Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh Art & Writing Committee chooses a theme for the contest. There are high school and middle school divisions.
VA Holocaust Commission for the Virginia Peninsula Middle and high school writing contest Holocaust Education Foundation, Inc. takes part in this contest.
FL Holocaust Documentation and Education Center Writing and Visual Arts Elementary, middle and senior high school, Grades 4 - 12.
http://www.hdec.org/
visual_arts_contest.htm
ME Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine Outstanding Student of the Year Award for grades k-4, 5-8, and 9-12 in Art and Writing. $1,000 scholarship for student writing of essay. http://www.hhrc.org/
NY Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County Art & Writing Held yearly. The literary competition consists of 2 categories: prose and poetry.
IL Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Alternating art & writing and essay contest Art & Writing is open to students in grades 5 through 12. Essay contest is open to high school students.
MO Holocaust Museum and Learning Center/St. Louis Art & Writing http://www.hmlc.org/
For middle & high school students.
NY Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo Art & Writing Sponsors the Western New York Art & Writing Contest for students in grades 8-12.
PA Holocaust Resource Center of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley Alice Eckardt Contest for Holocaust Writing and Visual Arts Annual contest open to area students in grades 6-12; prizes include savings bonds, a group trip to the USHMM in Washington, DC, and awards ceremony. Contest begins in October and ends in March annually; www.jflv.org for details.
NE Institute for Holocaust Education Essay Also an ADL contest and co-sponsored by Dana College. Titled “Tribute to the Rescuers”.
MN Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas Dr. A.L. and Rose Greenberg Holocaust Essay Contest Open to students in grade 6-12; winners receive a one day trip to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
CA Jewish Federation of the Palm Springs Area Writing Contest Open to public and parochial schools.
NH Keene State College - Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies The Charles Hildebrandt Holocaust Studies Award Open to secondary and college students and members of the local community.
KS Midwest Center for Holocaust Education The White Rose Student Essay Contest Open to 8th-12th graders throughout the Greater Kansas City area.
MO Midwest Center for Holocaust Education The White Rose Student Essay Contest Open to 8th-12th graders throughout the Greater Kansas City area.
AL Mobile Area Holocaust Committee Poetry and essay School students.
OR Oregon Holocaust Resource Center The Sala Kryszek Writing & Art Competition School students.
NJ Raritan Valley Community College Art & Writing For middle and high school students.
RI Rhode Island Holocaust Museum Art & Writing School students. Annual. Deadline mid-April. Grades 6-12; award ceremony and ice cream party at Warwick Mall in mid-May. Selected entries put on display at the mall.
NJ Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Holocaust Resource Center Holocaust Awareness Awards for grades 5-12 in the categories of Writing, Fine Arts, and Performing Arts Theme: Using Holocaust Survivors as a resource for studying the Holocaust
Information: gail.rosenthal@stockton.edu
CA The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Annual Art & Writing http://www.chapman.edu/
holocaustEducation/events/contest.asp
TX Texas Coalition for Holocaust Education Art & Writing Includes Houston, Dallas & El Paso Museums, San Antonio Holocaust Memorial, Dallas & Houston ADL and Ft. Worth Jewish Federation.
British Columbia Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Student Writing Contest fmiller@vhec.org
WA Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center The Jacob Friedman Holocaust Creative Writing Contest School students.
http://www.wsherc.org/
WV West Virginia Holocaust Education Center and Foundation Art and Writing Contest (arts, poetry, and prose) Middle and high school students; theme changes annually