The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor and The Catholic Register are proud to present the 2013 Student Writing Award.

The theme for the 2013 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity comes from cf. Micah 6:6-8 "What does God require of us?"

Students are invited to carefully reflect on the Scripture passage: cf. Micah 6: 6-8 and submit a 500-word essay that identifies: "Three areas which should be addressed as we work to achieve full and visible Christian unity."

1st Place Prize: An iPad mini, 16GB

2nd Place Prize: A Kobo Arc

The best essays will be edited by professional journalists and published in The Catholic Register and here at catholicregister.org.

Contest Rules:

All submissions will be read by a panel including professional journalists, and judge on over all merit. Contestants must be 14-18 years of age, and currently enrolled in an Ontario secondary school or equivalent program. Essays must be no longer than 500 words in length and submitted before contest closing date.

Deadline for entries is January 18, 2013

For further information please contact: (416) 934-3400 x344 or (416) 934-3410 x404

Please send all submissions to:

The Catholic Register
1155 Yonge St. Suite 401
Toronto, ON
M4T 1W2

or email:

Attn: "Writing Award" to editor@catholicregister.org

or fax:

(416) 934-3409