The Howard County Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission encourages all eligible students to participate in its annual essay contest, poster contest and oratory contest.

The event theme this year is: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

Essay Contest Rules and Application

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Poster Contest Rules and Application

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Oratory Contest Rules and Application

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Living the Dream Award Contest Rules and Application

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2021 Contest Winners

Elementary Poster Contest

• 1^st Place - Neil Deepak - Ilchest