Bad Ad Contest

Find a bad ad in a magazine, internet, or other print source.  Write an essay about why it's bad and how it could be better.

Winners in each category (middle school & high school) receive $100.  Runners-up receive $50.

See Sample Essay, Contest Rules, Entry Form and Scoring Guidelines attached below.

Deadline for entries by mail is January 16th, 2012

Winners will be announced in late April 2012

 

Check out our past winners for an idea of what works:

2011 High School Runner Up

2011 Middle School Winner

2009 Winner

2009 Runner-up

2008 High School Winner

2008 Middle School Winner

2007 High School Winner

2007 Middle School Winner 1

2007 Middle School Winner 2

2006 High School Winner

2006 Middle School Winner

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Sampla Bad Ad Essay.pdf100.37 KB
Bad Ad Contest Rules.pdf316.01 KB
Bad Ad Entry form11-12.pdf266.03 KB
Bad Ad Scoring Guidelines.pdf283 KB