The Calvin Prize for Vermont Youth is a prize named after President Calvin Coolidge and his son, Calvin Coolidge Jr. It is for writers ages 13 to 19 currently living or attending school in the state of Vermont. The first place prize of $1,500 and the runner up prize of $500 are awarded for the article, essay, or poem under 800 words that best answers the prompt of this year's prize. The winners will be invited to attend and be honored at the Coolidge Foundation's annual summer gala in Plymouth Notch, VT, on July 1, 2017. The Coolidge Foundation is grateful to the Young Writers Project for its partnership in the Calvin Prize Contest. For more information regarding this writing contest, please click
HERE. Applications are completed on-line at:
https://coolidgefoundation.org/blog/2017-calvin-prize-for-vermont-youth/. Deadline to submit is May 19, 2017.
