The annual Jakob and Sala Kryszek Art & Writing Competition for middle and high school students encourages youth to evaluate history, foster an awareness of the Holocaust, and broaden their minds in the areas of art, history, civics, sociology, and literature. For the competition, students are presented with a prompt that becomes their cue to create a piece of writing or a work of art. 

The prompts for the contest provide an opportunity for students to consider the circumstances in which a situation like the Holocaust can occur. We hope educators will encourage students to participate in the competition by helping them interpret this prompt in a way that is relevant to their classrooms. Entries can reflect a wide range of literary and world history topics, although we ask students to relate their responses in some way to what they’ve learned about the Holocaust.

Grand prize winners will have the opportunity to select their prize.

• A trip to Washington D.C. to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for themselves and a chaperone.
• A trip to Los Angeles to visit the Holocaust Museum for themselves and a chaperone.

Both trips include airfare, three nights lodging, a meal stipend, and ground transportation.

This competition is open to students attending school in Oregon and SW Washington.

Thank you to everyone that entered.

Grand Prize Winners 2023

Writing

ART