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Contest Guidelines:
1. Students Ages 12-22 Ohio Resident & SE Michigan 2. Entries must be received by Feb 28, 2022 3. Cash prizes awarded at SEAL Team movie night: $200 first place, $125 second and $75 third. 4. Entries should be submitted to: Ed Sitter, 5726 Southwyck Blvd, Suite 120, Toledo, OH 43614 or Email to ed@fflnwo.org 5. Include a cover letter that includes: full name, full address, phone number, grade level, student date of birth, and parent’s name(s) Categories: Right to Life Action Coalition Logo Design
*Design should reflect the mission of this pro-life without exceptions organization. *Winning entry may be adopted as the official Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio logo and will be featured on the Foundation website. Pro-Life Boot Camp t-shirt Design
*Advertise the pro-life movement with an original design for this student event. Do Not use copyrighted material. *Winning entry featured on our website and may be the 2022 SEAL Team Boot Camp official t-shirt Each film should address a specific pro-life theme. |
Pro-Life Creative Writing Contest Winning entry will be featured on our website. Writings should address a specific pro-life theme. Writings shall be a maximum of 500 words in length • Writings must be double spaced and pages numbered and in a Microsoft Word format using 12 point font |
NOTE:
• By submitting an entry the contestant and parent agree:
• All contestants grant FFL the right to use their names, photographs, video submissions for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes without notification or compensation.
• By submitting an entry the contestant and parent agree:
- To allow Foundation for Life to reprint the winning entry, and
- That the idea is original and not copyrighted nor plagiarized.
• All contestants grant FFL the right to use their names, photographs, video submissions for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes without notification or compensation.
Past Winners
Video Winner 2017 "what if" by Caroline Reinhart, College freshman
Video Winner 2017 - "pro-life" by Michael Payne
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Bumper Sticker Winner 2017 - Levi Johnson, 11th grade
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Creative Writing winner 2017 - by Hannah Urquhart, 11th grade
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2019/20 Pro-life Contest Winners
Click the links to see how these creative students put their talents to work in defense of life. From hand drawn art, to sharpened words and even a lego city, these youth put time and energy into expressing their pro-life beliefs. Come see them receive their rewards at the June 2 SEAL Team Movie Night at the Maumee Theater, 7pm, showing Unplanned.
Billboard/Bumper Sticker
Due to the Executive Directors administrative oversight in 2020 we have two sets of first prize and third prize winners this year. (second prize winner was the same with both sets of judges)
First Prize Recipients = $200 each Lexi Joy Godfrey – Entry: Heartbeat = Life and Katherine Shanks – Entry: Life Meant to Have Purpose
Second Prize Recipient = $125 Tae’ Llewellyn – Entry: Abortion Breaks Hearts
Third Prize Recipients = $75 each Evelyn Herzog – Entry: Fight for Me and Lexi Joy Godfrey – Entry: Life Begins
Creative Writing
First Prize Recipient = $200 Connor Williams – Entry: The Wages of War
Second Prize Recipient = $125 Hannah Kate Utic – Entry: Our Modern Day Holocaust
Third Prize Recipient = $75 each Anne Marie Supanick – Entry: Abortion is Not Just a Religious Problem
Video
First Prize Recipient = $200 Katherine Shanks – Entry: It’s A Wonderful Life https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n4M-N8CYTKaNklHU2nCtcAVr_103nIWL/view
Second Prize Recipient = $125 Cole Herzog – Entry: Lego City Abortion Interviews https://youtu.be/FYXmovtfEyU
Third Prize Recipient = $75 each Connor Williams – Entry: Abortion Deaths 2019 https://youtu.be/ts0dc-MTENk
Click the links to see how these creative students put their talents to work in defense of life. From hand drawn art, to sharpened words and even a lego city, these youth put time and energy into expressing their pro-life beliefs. Come see them receive their rewards at the June 2 SEAL Team Movie Night at the Maumee Theater, 7pm, showing Unplanned.
Billboard/Bumper Sticker
Due to the Executive Directors administrative oversight in 2020 we have two sets of first prize and third prize winners this year. (second prize winner was the same with both sets of judges)
First Prize Recipients = $200 each Lexi Joy Godfrey – Entry: Heartbeat = Life and Katherine Shanks – Entry: Life Meant to Have Purpose
Second Prize Recipient = $125 Tae’ Llewellyn – Entry: Abortion Breaks Hearts
Third Prize Recipients = $75 each Evelyn Herzog – Entry: Fight for Me and Lexi Joy Godfrey – Entry: Life Begins
Creative Writing
First Prize Recipient = $200 Connor Williams – Entry: The Wages of War
Second Prize Recipient = $125 Hannah Kate Utic – Entry: Our Modern Day Holocaust
Third Prize Recipient = $75 each Anne Marie Supanick – Entry: Abortion is Not Just a Religious Problem
Video
First Prize Recipient = $200 Katherine Shanks – Entry: It’s A Wonderful Life https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n4M-N8CYTKaNklHU2nCtcAVr_103nIWL/view
Second Prize Recipient = $125 Cole Herzog – Entry: Lego City Abortion Interviews https://youtu.be/FYXmovtfEyU
Third Prize Recipient = $75 each Connor Williams – Entry: Abortion Deaths 2019 https://youtu.be/ts0dc-MTENk
2017 / 2018 Contest Winners!
Creative Writing
First Prize Winner: Never Again - Annie Cherry
Second Prize Winner: There's Blood on my Hands - Amanda Morrison
Third Prize Winner: A Dream for Life - Elizabeth Anne Ghareeb
SEAL Team Logo
First Prize Winner: Finger Print Heart - Veronica Gonzales
Second Prize Winner: Baby in the Womb - Bronagh McGahan
Third Prize Winner: From Conception Until Natural Death - Tae' Llewellyn
Bumper Sticker/Billboard sign
First Place Winner: Abortion Empowers Women? - Annie Cherry
Second Prize Winner: Babies Heart Beat - Veronica Gonzales
Video
First Place Winner: It Might Have Been - Veronica Gonzales
Second Place Winner: Excuses - Michael Payne
First Prize Winner: Never Again - Annie Cherry
Second Prize Winner: There's Blood on my Hands - Amanda Morrison
Third Prize Winner: A Dream for Life - Elizabeth Anne Ghareeb
SEAL Team Logo
First Prize Winner: Finger Print Heart - Veronica Gonzales
Second Prize Winner: Baby in the Womb - Bronagh McGahan
Third Prize Winner: From Conception Until Natural Death - Tae' Llewellyn
Bumper Sticker/Billboard sign
First Place Winner: Abortion Empowers Women? - Annie Cherry
Second Prize Winner: Babies Heart Beat - Veronica Gonzales
Video
First Place Winner: It Might Have Been - Veronica Gonzales
Second Place Winner: Excuses - Michael Payne
Maria Connelly
Why I Am Pro-Life
By studying the Declaration of Independence, we can clearly deduce the importance and meaning our founding fathers have stressed upon the three unalienable rights given to us by our Creator. Human life itself is the first right entrusted to us, therefore it is intended that no mortal being take this precious gift from us. People are appalled when hearing of a murder and instinctively do everything in their power to have the person guilty of the crime arrested. Why then do people allow, accept, and in some cases promote, innocent and unborn babies to be murdered?
It is hard to understand how somebody that has witnessed birth or held a baby can be a supporter of abortion. Unfortunately, many people are ill informed and given faulty information about abortion to drive them away from guilt and convince them that abortion is not a bad thing. Some arguments may try to stress that the babies killed in abortion are not yet humans; my belief is that a human life is formed at the point of conception. Terms such as “fetus” are used to replace the word baby so as not to trigger the emotions that the word baby brings. Abortions take place throughout different stages in the pregnancy; while some are performed during the first three months into the pregnancy, others are performed as late as the last three months. At eight weeks all of the vital organs of the baby have formed and by twelve weeks every detail of the baby’s basic structure is developed. Amazingly, at just three weeks, the baby’s heart begins beating, a process that will take place the rest of his or her life. By knowing these facts, how can we believe that abortion is not murder?
Still, some continue to argue that it is the choice of the woman pregnant with the child since it is the woman’s body; however, a person’s rights end when another’s begin. Stating in other words, a person has no right to take away the gift of life from another human. In committing abortion, the person is affecting all of the lives that would intertwine with the unborn human in both significant and small ways. Women who become pregnant must take responsibility and fully understand the consequences before becoming pregnant. If, in rare case, a parent is unable to care for their child, adoption is an option which would give the child the opportunity at the life he or she deserves.
I strongly believe in protecting and ensuring the birth of babies because no matter what protagonists for abortion say to cover up the wrongs of abortion, the process truly commits murder and ends the sacred life of a human being. It is our duty as those who advocate pro life to inform those around us of the truths of abortion and promote adoption and other options besides abortion. Most importantly, we must explain the importance every human life brings into the world.
Why I Am Pro-Life
By studying the Declaration of Independence, we can clearly deduce the importance and meaning our founding fathers have stressed upon the three unalienable rights given to us by our Creator. Human life itself is the first right entrusted to us, therefore it is intended that no mortal being take this precious gift from us. People are appalled when hearing of a murder and instinctively do everything in their power to have the person guilty of the crime arrested. Why then do people allow, accept, and in some cases promote, innocent and unborn babies to be murdered?
It is hard to understand how somebody that has witnessed birth or held a baby can be a supporter of abortion. Unfortunately, many people are ill informed and given faulty information about abortion to drive them away from guilt and convince them that abortion is not a bad thing. Some arguments may try to stress that the babies killed in abortion are not yet humans; my belief is that a human life is formed at the point of conception. Terms such as “fetus” are used to replace the word baby so as not to trigger the emotions that the word baby brings. Abortions take place throughout different stages in the pregnancy; while some are performed during the first three months into the pregnancy, others are performed as late as the last three months. At eight weeks all of the vital organs of the baby have formed and by twelve weeks every detail of the baby’s basic structure is developed. Amazingly, at just three weeks, the baby’s heart begins beating, a process that will take place the rest of his or her life. By knowing these facts, how can we believe that abortion is not murder?
Still, some continue to argue that it is the choice of the woman pregnant with the child since it is the woman’s body; however, a person’s rights end when another’s begin. Stating in other words, a person has no right to take away the gift of life from another human. In committing abortion, the person is affecting all of the lives that would intertwine with the unborn human in both significant and small ways. Women who become pregnant must take responsibility and fully understand the consequences before becoming pregnant. If, in rare case, a parent is unable to care for their child, adoption is an option which would give the child the opportunity at the life he or she deserves.
I strongly believe in protecting and ensuring the birth of babies because no matter what protagonists for abortion say to cover up the wrongs of abortion, the process truly commits murder and ends the sacred life of a human being. It is our duty as those who advocate pro life to inform those around us of the truths of abortion and promote adoption and other options besides abortion. Most importantly, we must explain the importance every human life brings into the world.
