Every year, the National English Honor Society, the ELA Honor Society (for students in grades 6-9), and Sigma Tau Delta (the university English honor society) compete together in the Banned Books Week social media contest.
This contest asks student and faculty members of all three societies to create thoughtful and well-designed social media posts highlighting a favorite book that has been banned and giving at least one reason why it has been contested.
This year’s Grand Prize was won by students at the NEHS chapter at Leesville Road High School, who submitted a beautiful photo explaining why their favorite text, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman had been challenged for containing LGBTQIA+ content.
Check out all of this year’s winning submissions on the NEHS Facebook and Instagram accounts.
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