We invite you to participate in the 11th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest, presented by Chapman University and The "1939" Club, one of the largest and most active Holocaust survivor organizations in the United States. This contest is supported by a grant from the Samueli Foundation and a gift from Yossie and Dana Hollander. 

Please review this year's contest information to learn more about this significat student learning experience.  We hope you will involve as many of your students as possible.

Schools are invited to submit the work of three students, a total of three entries, consisting of either prose, poetry, works of art or a combination thereof.  These school respresentatives will be eligible to win the fist prize of $500 and the second prize of $250.  The first prize recipient in each category, the recipient's parent/guardian, and the recipient's teacher are invited to participate in an expense-paid study trip on June 27-July 1, 2010, to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and other sites in Washington, D.C.  Students must be in attendance at the awards ceremony to be eligible for these prizes. 

School representatives in attendance at the awards ceremony will receive certificates and a copy of The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures, a unique one-volume history of the Holocaust. First and second prize winners will receive their cash prizes at the ceremony. Additional prizes will be awarded to schools and school representatives in attendance at the awards ceremony.

The three student representatives from each school, with their teacher and/or principal (depending on seat availability), are invited to the awards ceremony on Friday,March 5, 2009 at 11 a.m. in Chapman Auditorium,Memorial Hall at Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866.