Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) is pleased to announce the 2024 True to Life Oratory and Film Contests!
High school juniors and seniors across Georgia (homeschoolers included!) are invited to enter the 2024 True to Life Oratory Contest to present compelling speeches highlighting topics related to the sanctity of human life.
We are also seeking high school and college students to create pro-personhood videos to be entered in the 2024 True to Life Film Contest. The winning entry will be featured on the GRTL website.
Students can choose from a variety of personhood topics for their speeches or videos: abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, stem cell research, or emerging technologies. All speeches must be 5-8 minutes long and all videos must be 1-3 minutes long.
True to Life Oratory and Film Contest Sponsors:
We are grateful for our True to Life Oratory and Film Contest Sponsors: Tish Kleindienst with Beauty from Ashes Abortion Recovery Retreat, Steve Gradick, Steve Bowman (In Memory of David S. Bowman, Sr.), anonymous sponsors, and Sheryl Sellaway of Righteous PR.
Here’s what past participants have said regarding the True to Life contest:
2022 Oratory Contest winner Abbey Butte said, “When I first heard about the GRTL contest that my school was hosting I immediately knew that this was something that deserved my highest effort. I spent hours researching Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood, and everything in between. I always knew abortion was wrong, but after researching it, my eyes were opened to the lies that surround it. This is why I wrote my speech with the intention of spreading the truth.”
Katie Welsh, a 2023 state-wide GRTL Oratory Contest participant, stated, “I am really grateful for the opportunity I was given to speak up for the unborn and to uphold the gift of life.”
Watch a recent Oratory Contest winner here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNKA2zxFDqg
Each contest participant will first compete in a local chapter level GRTL competition with its own set of prizes. The local level winners will then advance to the state-level competition in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20, 2024 — where each participant will have the chance to win the following prizes:
Oratory Contest (High School Juniors and Seniors)
- 1st Place state-level contest winners will receive $500, a potential mention in the newspaper, and a letter from the GRTL president.
- 2nd Place state-level contest winners will receive $250 and a trophy.
Film Contest (High School Students)
- 1st Place state-level contest winners will receive $350. Their video will be shown on the GRTL website, and potentially on other GRTL promotions.
- 2nd Place state-level contest winners will receive $200.
Film Contest (College Students)
- 1st Place state-level contest winners will receive $650. Their video will be shown on the GRTL website, and potentially on other GRTL promotions.
- 2nd Place state-level contest winners will receive $300.
Please contact us at stateoffice@grtl.org if you have questions about the contest or would like an application!
“One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.”
Psalm 145:4
Georgia Right to Life
(770) 339-6880
Georgia Right to Life Committee (GRTL) is a faith-based, non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian organization whose fundamental purpose is to engage in actions that will restore respect and effective legal protection for all human beings from the moment of fertilization until natural death.