The Akron-Summit Council on Holocaust & Genocide Education will coordinate the 35th year of the Akron-Summit Holocaust Arts and Writing Contest. The theme this year is “Lest We Forget: Preserving the Record of the Holocaust.” Contest entry deadline will be on February 3rd, 2023. The contest is for students in Summit County in grades 6-12.
Winners will be chosen in two Divisions for three categories, Writing-Non-Fiction, Writing-Historical Fiction and Visual Arts. Entries for students in grades 6-8 will be judged as Division I and entries for students in grades 9-12 will be judged in Division II.
Winners will be chosen based on interpretation of the contest theme, rooted in Holocaust, technique, originality, and use of factual sources. Winning pieces will be displayed in an exhibit at the Akron-Summit County Public Library in the spring and online at AkronSummitHolocaustEducation.org.
- First, Second, Third and Fourth Place winners in each of the six entry groups will receive a prize as will the teacher of each first-place winner. Both the Arts and the Writing Contest have a Division I (6th-8th grade) and Division II (9th-12th grade). The entry deadline is February 3rd, 2023. In Jewish Culture giving money in multiples of $18 is symbolic of giving “chai” or life.
- 1st place- $234
- 2nd place- $180
- 3rd place- $90
- 4th place- $36
- Teachers of the 1st place winners will have $200 credit or comparable gift to purchase books from a suggested resource list created by the Akron-Summit County Public Library
Prize winning art will be displayed at Akron-Summit County Public Library, Main Library, from March 27th, 2023 to April 24th, 2023.
For more information or to learn how to submit an entry please see AkronSummitHolocaustEducation.org/entry
On April 18th, 2023 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, Main Library, the Akron-Summit Council on Holocaust & Genocide Education will host a Holocaust Commemoration and Awards Ceremony. This ceremony will commemorate and remember the lives of the 6 million Jewish people and 11 million others that were killed by the Nazi regime and its collaborators during the Holocaust. The ceremony will also recognize the students who created the prize-winning artwork.
The Akron-Summit Council on Holocaust & Genocide Education is supported by Summit County, the City of Akron, the Akron-Summit County Public Library, Jewish Community Board of Akron and donations from the community. To help continue Holocaust awareness and educate the youth in our community, donations can be made at AkronSummitHolocaustEducation.org/donate.
