Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission

Annual Project on RacismContest

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Click here => 2025 Project on Racism Contest Guidelines to download a printable copy.

The Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission, in partnership with the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) invites West Virginia students to create original poster, art, music, film or essay submissions to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

Essay, Music and Film Contests
The 2025 Project on Racism is presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission and the YWCA Wheeling. The contest accepts entries for essays, music, and five-minute films.

Any student from grades 1-12 attending public, private, parochial, or home school in West Virginia may enter. Students under the age of 20 enrolled in a high school correspondence / Test Assessing Secondary Completion program also qualify to compete.

The 2025 Project on Racism Contest will be based on the following quote from Dr. King

“The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

Entries may be submitted by U.S. Postal Service, fax, email, or hand delivery. Each entry must be accompanied by a completed contact information form and the original work. All entries in this category must be received before midnight Nov. 18, 2024.

Entry requirements, contest rules, contact form, and submission instructions can be found here.

Winners will be announced before the end of December 2024 and will be invited to participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission Awards Luncheon on January 18, 2025.

Ron Scott, Jr., Program Director
Cultural Diversity and Community Outreach
Telephone: (304) 232-0511 Fax: (304) 232-0513
Email: cdcodirector@ywcawheeling.org

Click here => 2025 Project on Racism Contest Guidelines to download a printable copy.