ARS Essay Contest

Geographic Scope: Eastern United States

Focus Areas: Armenian identity, heritage, history, and cultural awareness

Eligibility:

• Students attending Armenian everyday schools or one-day schools in the Eastern Region
• Judged within their own grade level

Award Type: Essay contest with prizes for best submissions

Program Details:

• Over 150 students participate annually
• Winning essays are published in Armenian newspapers
• Prizes awarded for best essays
• As of 2020, contest expanded to accept submissions in multiple formats: essay, art, PowerPoint, video, and other visual presentations

Essay Contest Topics by Year:

• 2021-2022: How do you see your role as a young member in the Diaspora?
• 2018-2019: Imagine a family with kids your age just moved from Armenia to your neighborhood. What would you tell them to maintain Armenian identity?
• 2017-2018: Why is it important to you that Armenia be a free and independent country?
• 2016-2017: What it means to be Armenian past, present, and future? How did ancestors keep identity? How is it different today?
• 2015-2016: Motherland: If you had the chance of visiting your motherland, what would you like to see? Or share what impressed you most if you've already visited.
• 2013-2014: If you had the chance to visit Armenia during summer vacation, what historical site would you want to visit and why?
• 2012-2013: If you could "go back in time," which historic Armenian figure would you want to meet, and why?

Contact Information:

• Website: arseastusa.org/our-programs/youth-education/
• Federal Tax ID: 04-2684459

Organization Background: The Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to youth education and Armenian cultural preservation.