We’re looking for personal film reviews from teens and college students that answers the question: “What movie has made the biggest difference in your life?”  We’re giving away movie passes from our sponsor, Regal Theaters, and more.  We thought your visitors might be interested in sharing this with your readers.

Here’s the link to the movie writing contest page:  
http://www.stageoflife.com/StageHighSchool/OtherResources/WeeklyHighSchoolWritingContest.aspx

Writing Contest – Real World Teen Issues

Welcome to StageofLife.com‘s free Writing Contest for High School Students.  From this page you’ll be able to enter the monthly teen writing contest and help inspire, educate or illuminate your peers (and older generations) with your experiences and thoughts.  Because we do this monthly, feel free to bookmark this page and revisit next month to enter a new essay.  

Enter current writing contest (see below)

Past writing contests

National media exposure for our past student essay writers:  TIME.com, Mint Education, more

Writing Contest Topic:  “What do you attribute to the decline of teen pregnancies?”

Details:  According to the latest teen pregnancy statistics from the CDC, U.S. teen birth rates are at an all time low.  But the last report still showed a total of 367,752 babies were born to teen girls aged 15–19.  In honor of May being National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, we want to hear from teens and college students about why they think teen pregnancies are dropping.

What’s the reason?  What’s happening at your school or with your friends or in your community?

Whether it’s practicing abstinence, having access to more health education at school, getting scared by shows like MTV’s Teen Mom Series, using contraceptives, waiting for marriage, finding other activities and friends outside of a relationship, or knowing a friend, sibling, or parent who had a baby at a young age and then seeing the challenges those loved ones faced first hand with caring for a baby as teenager…we want to know what experiences or resources are encouraging teens to be smarter about controlling their futures as this trend of lower teen birth rates continues.

So tell us…

Submit a 500 word essay about this writing contest topic on teen pregnancy trends.  Share your thoughts with the world – your Stage of Life essay may just inspire someone (over 125,000 teens submit essays and/or read the submitted stories here on StageofLife.com every year).

Prize Package:  The winning essay will receive…

A spot as a Featured Writer on StageofLife.com

Stage of Life SWAG package

Link to their submitted essay will be featured in Stage of Life’s national press release in June from MarketWire

A $30 Gift Card from Fibers.com

Visit the website for rules & guidelines: http://www.stageoflife.com/StageHighSchool/OtherResources/WeeklyHighSchoolWritingContest.aspx