You have the power to get other teens to avoid or quit vaping. Create a one-page poster with words and images to convince other kids of the serious health risks of vaping. Your poster should combine persuasive techniques with scientific facts or statistics. Enter for a chance to win great prizes!
Deadline
3/22/21
1 Winner for Grades 6–8
$500 Each for Winning Student & Their Teacher
3 Winners for Grades 6–8
$200 Each for Winning Students & Their Teachers
The Grand Prize–winning entry will also be adapted into posters by the Food and Drug Administration
Online or email entries for grades 6–8 can only be submitted by a student’s teacher or parent.
Vaping’s Not My Thing Contest
Scholastic Inc., 3rd Floor
557 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
Entries must be postmarked by
3/22/21 and received by 3/29/21.
Download Contest Entry Info, Planner, and Rubric.
Each individual student entry MUST contain the student’s name, grade, school name, city/state, and teacher name in order be eligible.
Click for Official Rules.
STUDENT CONTEST: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Void where prohibited. Open only to students in grades 6–12 who are residents of the 50 United States, Washington, DC, or US territories. Teachers/parents/legal guardians who submit an entry must be 18 years or older and reside in the 50 US/DC/US territories. Deadline: March 22, 2021. Entries must be submitted or postmarked between 12:01 a.m. ET on December 17, 2020, and 11:59 p.m. ET on March 22, 2021 (mail-in entries must be received by March 29, 2021). Prize packages: Grand Prize package (two awarded): (ERV: $2,000); Runners-Up (six awarded): (ERV: $2,400). Visit scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks/contest/officialrules for complete Official Rules.
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