Winners (up to 4): $75 cash prize

Honorable Mentions (up to 4): $50 cash prize

Winners will be recognized at the Feb. 20, 2024, City Council meeting. In addition, winners and honorable mentions will be featured on the City's website and social media platforms.

Cash prizes are made possible by the generous support of the Eden Prairie Community Foundation.

Submissions are considered in two categories:

Grades K–8
Grades 9–12

• Only one submission per individual. Participants may submit one of the following for consideration: writing, artwork or audio/video work. This includes, but is not limited to, an essay, poem, painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, video art, sound art, etc.
• Participants must reside or attend school in Eden Prairie
• If you are unable to submit the work electronically or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Paja Xiong at 952-949-8394
• Written submissions should be uploaded as PDFs. Artwork as high-quality .jpg files not to exceed 5 MB each. Video files must be .mov files, audio files must be .mp3 files and no longer than 5 minutes in length

• “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied by a single garment of destiny. What affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
  Martin Luther King Jr.
  April 16, 1963; letter from Birmingham City Jail
  
  
• “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
  James Baldwin
  Jan 14, 1962; As Much Truth as One Can Bear
  
  
• "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
  Martin Luther King Jr.
  1957; speech in Montgomery, Alabama
  
  
• “Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.”
  Thurgood Marshall
  May 21, 1978; University of Virginia commencement address
  
  
• "Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”
  Maya Angelou
  
  
• Other quote by a Black American civil rights leader: Students may also select a quote not listed above and will need to include the exact quote, speaker, date and location with their submission.