Patriots Pen

Patriot’s Pen, a youth-essay writing contest, is a nationwide competition that gives students in grades 6, 7, and 8 the opportunity to write essays expressing their opinions on a patriotic theme and improve their writing skills. Annually, more than 115,000 students participate in the contest. Contestants submit a 300-400 word written essay based on an annual patriotic theme chosen by our National Commander.

The 2011-2012 theme will be “Are You Proud of Your Country?”

The I.P. “Sarge” Bell Memorial Post 3377 Post judges all essays submitted to us and choose our Post winners. We award the first place winner(s), a $100 Savings Bond; second place, a $75 Savings Bond; and third place, a $50 Savings Bond. The Post 3377 first place winner(s) compete in the VFW District 28 competition. The VFW District 28 winner competes in the VFW Department of Texas contest against all other District winners and the Department winner competes against all other state winners for $91,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds at the national level. The top national winners each receive a savings bond anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000. The first-place National winner receives a $10,000 savings bond and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington D.C.

VFW Post 3377 strongly supports the Patriots Pen program. For additional information, the Post Patriot Pen Chairman Comrade Jim Linville may be contacted via email or by calling (512) 282-5664.

More information can be found here and an official entry form and contest rules can be downloaded from here.