Do you have a champion in your life? A family member, friend, or mentor who has inspired you with their extraordinary amount of compassion, courage, and leadership? We want to hear about them!
Essay Competition Topic
DM Injury Law has teamed up with Debate KC to give middle school and high school students across the Kansas City Metro the opportunity to share about someone in their lives who has consistently shown up and shown out for them. That could be a parent, sibling, teacher, coach, or tutor—the list goes on and on.
The “Mike’s Got This” Essay Contest encourages students to write a creative essay or submit a video describing an understanding of true leadership, championship, courage, and excellence.
For Print Essays:
- Tells a compelling story (70%)
- Completeness (15%) – Did you fully answer the prompt?
- Writing quality and grammar (15%)
For Video Essays:
- Tells a compelling story (70%)
- Completeness (15%) – Did you fully answer the prompt?
- Speaking Ability (15%) – Were you persuasive and confident, clear, concise, knowledgeable, and logically explain the story?
Contest Prizes
The contest is divided into two categories: high school and middle school. Missouri and Kansas high school students have a chance to win a $2,000 scholarship.
The prizes are as follows:
High School Prizes:
- 1st Place: $2,000 scholarship
- 2nd Place: Laptop computer (approx. value $1,500)
- 3rd Place: $500 gift card
Middle School Prizes:
- 1st Place: Laptop computer (approx. value $400)
- 2nd Place: $250 gift card
- 3rd Place: $100 gift card
Ready to tell us who’s “Got This” in your life? Click on the link to submit your essay or video to the “Mike’s Got This” Essay Contest.
All submissions must adhere to contest rules.