Queer Foundation offers to the winners of the 2007 high school English essay contest $1,000 scholarships to attend the college or university of their choice in the 2007–08 academic year to study queer theory or related fields.

The theme of the 2007 high school English essay contest is pink ink (“We write not only about different things; we also write differently”—Brecht).

Suggested approaches:

1. We’re Here and We’re Queer: Interviews with Queer Teenagers and Their Friends
2. Living Healthy as Queer Teenagers
3. Getting Smart: Education Issues of Queer Teenagers

Click here for contest rules, judging criteria, and to find out how to submit an essay.

You can find Maria on MySpace here and read her current call for essays on femme identity here. Pick up Queer Shorts, her new anthology, at MergePress.com.