{"id":3092,"date":"2012-04-17T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T18:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2012-05-04T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T19:38:52","slug":"vrgs-annual-essay-contest-due-may-1st-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/17\/vrgs-annual-essay-contest-due-may-1st-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VRG&#8217;s Annual Essay Contest &#8211; Due May 1st!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>**1st prize is a $50 savings bond**<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SUBJECT:<\/b> 2-3 page essay on any aspect of vegetarianism. Vegetarianism is not eating meat, fish, and birds (for example, chicken or duck). Among the many reasons for being a vegetarian are beliefs about ethics, culture, health, aesthetics, religion, world peace, economics, world hunger, and the environment. <\/p>\n<p>Entrants should base their paper on interviewing, research, and\/or personal opinion. You need not be a vegetarian to enter. All essays become the property of The Vegetarian Resource Group. <\/p>\n<p><b>ENTRY CATEGORIES:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A. Age 14-18. <\/li>\n<li>B. Age 9-13. <\/li>\n<li>C. Age 8 and under. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PRIZES:<\/b> A $50 savings bond will be awarded in each category. <\/p>\n<p><b>DEADLINE:<\/b> Must be postmarked by May 1 for each current year of judging. <\/p>\n<p><b>SEND ENTRIES TO:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:vrg@vrg.org\">The Vegetarian Resource Group<\/a>, PO Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.<br \/>\n<br \/>FAX: (410) 366-8804. Include your name, address, telephone number, age, grade, school, and teacher&#8217;s name. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/essay\/\">Click here<\/a> to read essays from past winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**1st prize is a $50 savings bond** SUBJECT: 2-3 page essay on any aspect of vegetarianism. Vegetarianism is not eating meat, fish, and birds (for example, chicken or duck). Among the many reasons for being a vegetarian are beliefs about ethics, culture, health, aesthetics, religion, world peace, economics, world hunger, and the environment. Entrants should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-materials","category-kids","category-students","category-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3174,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092\/revisions\/3174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}