ORATORY CONTEST

First Place Prize: $500

• First-place state-level contest winners will receive $500 and a letter from the GRTL president.

• Second-place state-level winner will receive $250 and a trophy. 

COLLEGE FILM

First Place Prize: $650

• First-place state-level winner will receive $650.

• Winning video will be shown on the GRTL website, and other GRTL promotions.

• Second-place state-level winner will receive $300.

HIGH SCHOOL FILM

First Place Prize: $350

• First-place state-level winner will receive $350.

• Winning video will be shown on the GRTL website, and other GRTL promotions.

• Second-place state-level winner will receive $200.

Georgia Right to Life is seeking creative high school juniors and seniors in Georgia to deliver compelling speeches regarding the sanctity of human life made in God’s image.

We are also seeking high school and college students in Georgia to create pro-personhood videos to be featured on the GRTL website.

Students can choose from a variety of personhood topics for their speeches or videos: abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, stem cell research, or emerging technologies. All speeches must be 5-8 minutes long and all videos must be 1-3 minutes.

Abbey Butte, a past Oratory Contest winner from 2022, said the following about the contest:

“When I first heard about the GRTL contest that my school was hosting I immediately knew this was something that deserved my highest effort.

I spent hours researching Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood, and everything in between. I always knew abortion was wrong, but after researching it, my eyes were opened to the lies that surround it. This is why I wrote my speech with the intention of spreading the truth.”

Each contest participant will compete first in a local GRTL competition with its own set of prizes. The local level winners will then advance to the state-level competition in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 20, 2024 -- where each participant will have the chance to win the prizes noted above. 

CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS:

• The oratory contest is for all public, private, hybrid and homeschool high school level juniors and seniors in Georgia presenting 5–8-minute speeches.

• The film contest is for all public, private, hybrid and homeschool high school, and college students, in Georgia presenting 1–3-minute videos.

• Speeches and videos must be on personhood topics including abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, stem cell research, or emerging technology.

• Applications are officially due by December 1, 2023 but will be accepted through January 19, 2024.

• Students can receive the application and rules by email to stateoffice@GRTL.ORG / brooke@grtl.org or (770) 339-6880. 

TO REGISTER: For more information about how to register for a local contest, contact Georgia Right to Life at (770) 339-6880 or stateoffice@grtl.org.