Chapman University Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education
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Students in grades 9 to 12 view a full-length video testimony from a Holocaust survivor and respond with an original work of art, film, poetry, or prose on the 2026-27 theme, The Courage to Begin Again. Students must be sponsored by a school, and each school may submit three entries, one per student. First prize is $400 and second prize is $200 in each category, and winners must attend the March 19, 2027 awards ceremony in person or virtually.
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