All 6th-12th grade students in Tennessee and the Mid-South are invited to participate in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 15th Annual Holocaust Art & Essay Competition.
Students in grades 6-8 are invited to submit artwork and students in grades 9-12 are invited to submit essays, on this year’s theme of From Generation to Generation.
Cash prizes for top winners in each category are provided by the Kaethe Mela Family Memorial Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis. Kaethe, her husband Paul, and their 17-year-old daughter Doris were murdered in Auschwitz.
All entries are due by the close of business, Monday, April 1, 2024.
For more information, please contact Carrie Richardson: crichardson@jcpmemphis.org
2023 Art & Essay Winners
Art
1st Place: Kayla Lam, Colonial Middle School
2nd Place: Lucy Underwood, Riverdale
3rd Place: Willem Dorros, CPA Nashville TN
Honorable Mentions: Lulu King-Wilson, University of Memphis Middle School
Essay
First Place: Nadav Lowell, MHA
Second Place: Phoebe Jo Fuerst, White Station
Second Place: Lea Thomas, St. Mary's