ENID, OK - The Mayors Council of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML) invite 8th graders from home, public, and private schools throughout Oklahoma to participate in a statewide essay contest, “If I Were Mayor, I Would ...” to tell others what they would do as Mayor to make their city or town a better place to live.
According to the OML press release, the contest gives students a chance to creatively use cognitive and grade-specific language arts skills and civics/social studies language. Entries will be judged based upon originality and appropriateness to the theme: What the writer would try to accomplish as mayor of their city or town and what they would do to make it happen. Essays must display an understanding of the mayor’s position. Spelling, grammar and legibility also will be considered by the judges. Three finalists will be chosen from the contest entries.
Essays must be received no later than January 31, 2023. Winners will be awarded at the Annual Congress of Mayors on February 10, 2023 in Oklahoma City.
Mayor George Pankonin said, “I know what the curmudgeons that join me at the breakfast club would do if they were the mayor, they tell me almost every day. What I would like to know is how our younger folks would answer that question and here’s your chance! Please consider sharing your great ideas on how we should run our cities!”
For contest rules and more information, please visit https://www.oml.org/if-i-were-mayor.
