The Healthy and Sustainable School Food Journalism Competition is designed to bring the hard facts about school food to entire school communities – in the students’ own words.

What could I win?

First prize: $1,500. Second prize: $1,000. Third prize $500. Fourth Prize (x3): $300

…Plus, $200 for your journalism class and the opportunity to have your work publicized on Earth Day Network websites and through their extensive networks.

What is it?

A competition for student journalists. Articles submitted for consideration must be about the need for healthy, sustainable school food and must have been published in a school newspaper.

Who can enter?

U.S. high school students ages 13 to 18.

Who’s judging?

Best-selling author and food activist Michael Pollan will judge the finalists and select the winners!

Contest ends February 28, 2013. Winners will be announced on Earth Day – April 22, 2013.

Questions?

Learn more about the competition and find out how to enter at http://www.earthday.org/journalismaward