2020 Award 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
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
Billboard / Bumper Sticker, Creative Writing and Video Contests!
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2019/2020 Billboard / Bumper Sticker Contest For Students Ages 12-22 Ohio Resident Bumper Sticker / Billboard should address a specific pro-life theme. Entries must be received by April 3, 2020 2019/2020 Video Contest
For Students Age 12-22 Ohio Resident Videos can be from 230 seconds to 3 minutes in length Each film should address a specific pro-life theme. Entries must be received by April 3, 2020 |
2019/2020 Pro-Life Creative Writing Contest For Students Ages 12-22 Ohio Resident Writings should address a specific pro-life theme. Entries must be received by April 3, 2020 |
Contest Guidelines
2019/2020 Billboard / Bumper Sticker Contest
• The contest is open to any student Ages 12-22, Ohio Resident.
• The Bumper Sticker / Billboard should address a specific pro-life theme
• Entries should be submitted by April 3, 2020.
• Entries should be sent to: Ed Sitter, 5726 Southwyck Blvd, Suite 120, Toledo, OH 43614 or Email to ed@fflnwo.org
• Include a cover letter that includes: full name, full address, phone number, grade level, student date of birth,
and parent’s name(s)
• By submitting an entry the contestant and parent agree:
- To allow Foundation for Life to reprint the winning entry, and
- That the Bumper Sticker or Billboard idea is original, but not copyrighted
• Foundation for Life will select a winner from among the entries.
• The winning entry will be featured on the Foundation for Life website or on the 2021 Awareness Campaign.
• Foundation for Life winners will receive: $200 for 1st Place / $125 for 2nd Place / $75 for 3rd Place
2018 / 2019 Pro-Life Creative Writing Contest
• The contest is open to any student Ages 12-22, Ohio Resident.
• The creative writing should address a specific pro-life theme
• Entries should be submitted by April 2, 2019.
• Entries should be sent to: Ed Sitter, 5726 Southwyck Blvd, Suite 120, Toledo, OH 43614 or Email to ed@fflnwo.org
• Writings shall be a maximum of 500 words in length
• Writings must be double spaced and pages numbered
• In a Microsoft Word format using 12 point font
• Include a cover letter that includes: full name, full address, phone number, grade level, student date of birth,
parent’s name(s) and word count
• By submitting an entry the contestant and parent agree:
- To allow Foundation for Life to reprint the winning entry
- That the creative writing is original, but not copyrighted
• Foundation for Life will select a winner from among the entries.
• The winning entry will be featured on the Foundation for Life website and/or presented at our 2020 Legislative Briefing Breakfast if submitted in time. (usually heald mid-March)
• Foundation for Life winners will receive: $200 for 1st Place / $125 for 2nd Place / $75 for 3rd Place
2019/2020 Video Contest
• The contest is open to any amateur filmmaker or student ages 12-22, Ohio Resident. (You do not need to be a film studies major to submit an entry)
• The film can be from 30 seconds to 3 minutes in length. Each film must address a specific pro-life theme in a creative way.
• Entries accepted by April 3, 2019. Entries should be submitted to Ed Sitter at ed@fflnwo.org
• Foundation for Life will select a winner from among the entries.
• The winning film will be featured on the Foundation for Life website or used at the Benefit for Life.
• Foundation for Life winners will receive: $200 for 1st Place / $125 for 2nd Place / $75 for 3rd Place
Some Past Entries
"what if" by Caroline Reinhart, College freshman
"pro-life" by Michael Payne
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Bumper Sticker - Levi Johnson, 11th grade
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Creative Writing - by Hannah Urquhart, 11th grade
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Why I Am Pro-Life, Maria Connelly
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.
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.
