We’re beginning an OB Rag writing contest today — Thursday, June 25th — given that we’re nearing the 250th anniversary of American independence.
The topic: “What the 250th anniversary means today … living under Trump.”
Send 500 to 1,000 word entries to us at our email: obragblog@gmail.com (The best way is to simply paste the essay into the text of an email and send it to us.) All entries will be judged by a panel of citizen journalists and professional writers. The deadline is July 4th.
The winning essay writer will be awarded $100.00 to be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
All entries will be posted in the Rag over the next 10 days — and the winning essay will be announced after the July 4th weekend. The posts published leading up to the deadline will be “anonymous,” that is, readers will not be able to discern the identity of the individual writers until after the contest. Readers can, of course, voice their opinions as to the best essays.
To be valid, an entry must include name and street address of the writer — which will not be disclosed publicly. Applicants must live within the City or County of San Diego.
What America Means to Me
Fifty shining stars
And so many more lighting up the world for 250 years
Inspiration, opportunity, endeavor, exploration, innovation and whatever
Is your pursuit of happiness
Whoever
Welcome to my ancestors
And all the others,
We are beautiful
We are strong,
And our government by the people, for the people will be able to survive one egocentric elected official,
I think we have before, and we will again,
Is this a test of US? Yes!
So, do that thing, go vote
And speak up (nicely) at public meetings,
And join the PTA,
And pick up trash in the park,
And plant a tree,
And resist oppression,
And beware of false prophets,
And eat your vegetables and say thank you to the farmers,
United we stand,
And our soccer team is doing good in the World Cup, at last, so Go USA,
Keep the faith
And thanks to Frank
You are a true patriot rebel, like Benjamin Franklin and Clarence Darrow
Thank you for providing a forum for us to speak
You deserve a really big cake