A Voice for Animals

A Voice for Animals Contest

Each January, the Humane Education Network holds its annual A Voice for Animals contest for high school students.

The contest is co-sponsored again in part this year by the Animal Welfare Institute, the Palo Alto Humane Society and PETA.

Congratulations to our 2011 contest winners!

H.E.N. does not condone any form of animal suffering. We strive to discover solutions to mitigate animal suffering. Small steps are often necessary to achieve the ideal goal of ending pain and distress altogether.

Best Personal & Active Involvement	Nicolas Simon	Lessons From the Temple Dogs
1st Prize	Clara Monsma	Georgia's Lost Gazelles
2nd prize	Anita Lo	Bitter Bile: Torture of Moon Bears in Asia
3rd Prize	Hanqing Chen	The Moon Bear's Plight
3rd Prize	Madeleine Villanueva	The Effects of Plastic on Marine Animals
1st Prize (15-16 year old)	Sneha Ayyagari	Behind the Scenes: The Shocking Lives of Chimpanzees in Entertainment
2nd Prize (15-16 year old)	Molly Chirunomula	The Plight of the Parrots: Solutions to Unethical Industry and Ownership
3rd Prize (15-16 year old)	Amanda Kowalczyk	A Dying Legacy: Thoroughbred Racing
3rd Prize (15-16 year old)	Kevin Pope	"Gobble Gobble?"
Best Essay by a 14 Year Old	Keertana Srinivasan	The Terrifying Truth Behind Thanksgiving Day Turkeys
Overseas Prize	Robyn Faulkner	Save a Turtle
Overseas Prize	Gunhwan Kim	Consumption of Man's Best Friends Dogs
Overseas Prize	Jessee Kuhar	Brazil, the Bill, and the Will - To Change
An Essay We Couldn't Ignore	Josie Benson	Good Intentions Gone Awry: The Sad Case of Animal Hoarding
An Essay We Couldn't Ignore	Melina Figueroa	Fashion fau pas
An Essay We Couldn't Ignore	Allison Hall	Muzzled Out of Life
An Essay We Couldn't Ignore	Casey Reynolds	Breaking the Bit
Africa Prize	Katherine Grunder	The Cost Is Extinction: African Elephants and the Ivory Trade
Honorable Mention (Involvement)	Kendra Baum	Strays - The Cats of the Street
Honorable Mention (Involvement)	Sean Bernatowicz	BE A VOICE
Honorable Mention	Julie Fink	The Last Performance of the Circus Bear
Honorable Mention	Chloe Gui	The Slaughter of Australia's Icon
Honorable Mention (15-16 year old)	Hyun Kim	The Loss of the Gem of the Yangtze: the Baiji Dolphin
Honorable Mention (15-16 year old)	Joyce Squillante	More than Just That Crazy Cat Lady: Animal Hoarding
Honorable Mention (15-16 year old)	Jennifer Tran	Cute, Cuddly and Homeless
Honorable Mention (14 Year Old)	Cianna Chavez	Animal Hoarding: Dangerous to Both Human and Animal
Honorable Mention (14 Year Old)	Haritha Jupudy	Meet your Meat: Cows are Friends, not Food

Previous winners

Select a winning essay and click the Read Essay button. The essay will open as a PDF file in another window.
(Essays shown in gray are not currently available online.)

Contest FAQ

No. This is an contest with a set of rules and cash prizes. We advertise the contest on scholarship web sites to reach the largest number of eligible high school students.

The dates are usually announced on our web site mid-December after the judges have finalized the rules. The contest usually opens for entries in January and closes in March with results being announced in May.

The rules and requirements for each contest may vary from year to year. The rules for the 2012 contest will appear on this page when the contest dates are announced in December.

Entries are accepted only between the contest opening and closing dates. The online form for submitting entries does not appear on this page until the contest opens.

Your entry must be submitted online using a form which appears on this page only while the contest is open for entries. Entries sent to us in any other way (e.g. e-mail or via the postal service) will simply be discarded.

Questions about the A Voice for Animals contest may be sent to contest@hennet.org. E-mail to any other address will not necessarily receive a response.