{"id":1850,"date":"2020-10-11T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:09:23","slug":"lets-get-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/2020\/10\/11\/lets-get-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Get Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Contest 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altice USA, the parent company of Suddenlink, today announces its annual Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest in partnership with Univision. Presented by&nbsp;<strong>Alejandra<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Espinoza, Univision On-Air Personality and TV host<\/strong>, the essay contest invites middle and high school students to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by submitting an essay that describes a Hispanic person whom they consider to be a hero and why. The full essay prompt can be found below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We all have a hero. Someone we look up to. Someone who inspires us. Whether it is a civil rights activist, pop culture icon, or someone you know personally, heroes bring us hope when we need it the most. In 500 words or less, tell us about a Hispanic person, past or present, who you consider to be a hero and explain why.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong>&nbsp;Suddenlink\u2019s Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest in partnership with Univision<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest for middle and high school students about a Hispanic person who they consider to be a hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Students must be in grades 6-12 in the Optimum\/Suddenlink footprint<\/li><li>You do not have to be Hispanic to apply<\/li><li>Essays must be in English<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp;More information can be found at Suddenlink.com\/HHM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;Essay submissions must be received by 11:59 pm EDT on October 31, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why:&nbsp;<\/strong>Grand prize finalists will receive a $1,500 scholarship. Additional three finalists will receive an iPad. Separate prizes for middle and high school categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any questions, please contact <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curt Allison<\/strong>, Market Engagement Specialist (C) 979-219-7302.    <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:Curt.Allison@alticeusa.com\" target=\"_blank\">Curt.Allison@alticeusa.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1h-MyCxLsiMqngsifY-Ymsl0vcp1awOI2\/view?usp=sharing\">Flier Attached Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Contest 2020 Altice USA, the parent company of Suddenlink, today announces its annual Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest in partnership with Univision. Presented by&nbsp;Alejandra&nbsp;Espinoza, Univision On-Air &#8230;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/2020\/10\/11\/lets-get-writing\/\" class=\"read-more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\"Let&#8217;s Get Writing\"<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":1851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-did-you-know","category-upcoming-events","penguin-post"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2020\/10\/Essay-Contest.png","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1854,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850\/revisions\/1854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}