Cablevision’s Optimum Community and Olympusat Inc. will sponsor the seventh annual Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest in recognition of the rich heritage of Hispanic Americans.
Open to middle school and high school students, this year’s contest asks students to name a Latino, past or present, with whom they would choose to spend a day, and to explain why.
All essays must be submitted in English through the Optimum Community website at www.optimum.net/community, emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Cablevision: Attention Optimum Community, 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, N.Y. Entries cannot exceed 500 words. They will be accepted through Nov. 1.
Four winners in both the middle and high school categories will be selected and announced in December. Prizes include the grand prize of a $2,500 cash scholarship, an Apple iPad for the first-place winner, a laptop computer for the second-place winner and a Kindle Fire for the third-place winner.