News Review Sponsors Essay Contest on First Amendment

Attention high school juniors and seniors:
What does freedom mean to you?

Students invited to compete for $10,000 top prize--

(November 2007) Students in 11th and 12th grades are invited to enter the New York Press Association Foundation's First Amendment Essay Contest, sponsored locally by the newspapers in the Times/Review group: The Suffolk Times, The News-Review, Shelter Island Reporter and The North Shore Sun. Enter the contest by submitting a 500-word essay about one or more of the freedoms protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to Times/Review co-publisher Denise Civiletti [dciviletti@timesreview.com] by Dec. 4. Your essay must be accompanied by an official entry form. [Download PDF of Official Entry Form]

The Times/Review editorial board will select one finalist from each of the local high schools in our newspapers' coverage areas: Greenport, Southold, Mattituck, Shelter Island, McGann-Mercy, Riverhead, Shoreham-Wading River, Rocky Point, Longwood, Miller Place and Mount Sinai. Each finalist will receive a $100 cash prize and an award certificate.

Times/Review will then select from among the finalists one winning essay for each of our newspapers. The four winners will be entered in the statewide contest. Each of the four winning authors will receive an additional $250 cash prize. Winning essays will be printed in the newspaper and all submissions will be posted on the newspaper's Web site.

The state press association foundation will judge the statewide contest. The first place winner will receive a grand prize of $10,000 prize. Visit our Freedom Blog to join a discussion of what the First Amendment means to Americans today. Participate in this dialogue to get and develop ideas for your essay!

View the official contest rules [Download a PDF of Contest Rules] Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

For more information, see NEWS REVIEW article.

OR contact Denise Civiletti:
Denise Civiletti
Co-Publisher/Executive Editor
Times/Review Newspapers
7785 Main Road
P.O. Box 1500
Mattituck, New York 11952
Office: 631-298-3200

www.timesreview.com
Times/Review is a proud local sponsor of the N.Y. Press Association Foundation First Amendment Essay Contest.

FIRST AMENDMENT: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.