Here's what you could win!

Here’s what you could win!  

The top 27 student AND teacher winners will receive cash prizes up to $5,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. in the spring 2011 for a educational program hosted by the Bill of Rights Institute. Students will be able to bring one parent to accompany them on the trip, whose travel and lodging will also be a part of the prize and paid for the Bill of Rights Institute.

Cash prizes for Students in each of the nine regions of the 2010-2011 Being an American Essay Contest

To see which region you are in, click here. 

• First place - $5,000
• Second place -$1,000
• Third place - $500
• Honorable Mentions (7 in each of 9 regions) - $100

Cash prizes for Teachers  in each of the nine regions of the 2010-2011 Being an American Essay Contest
If you are the teacher-submitter of a winning essay, you will receive a matching cash prize. To see which region you are in, click here. 

• First place - $5,000
• Second place - $1,000
• Third place - $500
• Honorable Mentions (7 in each of 9 regions) - $100

For more information about prizes, please see our official Rules and Regulations.