Wabash Valley Right to Life
Pro-Life Oratory Contest
You can use your voice on behalf of the voiceless at The Wabash Valley Right to Life Oratory contest. 2025 date coming soon. Open to 10th, 11th and 12th grade high school students, the WVRTL Oratory Contest is your chance to share your pro-life views with others. The winner receives $1,000 prize money, plus a $200 grant for their school, church, or sponsoring organization. In addition, the winner of our contest goes on to represent WVRTL at the state oratory contest and possibly the National Right to Life Oratory contest. Only juniors and seniors may advance to the state contest.
Register to join the Oratory Contest by clicking the link below.
2024 Winner
Congratulations to Kayla MacDonald our 2024 Oratory contest winner and recipient of the $1,000 prize.
2023 Winners
Congratulations to the top four contestants in our 2023 state oratory contest (left right): Marek Kiser (representing RTL of Northeast Indiana), Aubrie Smith (representing RTL of Indianapolis), Kinsey Collins (representing Lake County RTL), and Hadessah McNeil (representing Wabash Valley Right to Life). Kinsey will advance to national competition.
2022 Winners
Winning speaker prizes will be awarded by the WVRTL on the day of the contest: FIRST PLACE – $1,000.00, SECOND PLACE –$500.00, and THIRD PLACE – $250.00. The First Place winner’s sponsoring school or church (as specified on the contestant’s entry form) will also be awarded $200.00. Sophomores are allowed to compete for prize money but are not eligible to advance to the State and National Contests.
State Oratory Contest Prizes:
Grand prize will be paid travel, hotel and meals for the contestant and a parent to the NRLC 2024 national contest.
More information about the contest…
Opportunity for High School students from Indiana and Illinois to present Pro-Life Speeches
The Wabash Valley Right to Life sponsors a Pro-Life Youth Oratory Contest following the guidelines of the National Right to Life Committee and Indiana Right to Life. The top three winners of the WVRTL Oratory Contest receive cash prizes, and the top winner is eligible to compete in the Indiana Right to Life Oratory Contest. The winner of the IN RTL contest receives a fully paid trip to attend and compete in the NRTLC’s Oratory Contest the same year.
Statement of Purpose: The National Right to Life Oratory Contest strives to promote the ability of high school juniors and seniors to share their pro-life views with others. Although speaking ability is important, this contest also seeks to help teens organize and express their pro-life views. We also strive to give the contestants an opportunity to meet other pro-life teens.
The WVRTL Oratory Contest allows sophomores to compete and receive prizes, but they do not advance to the state or national contests.
Contest Rules (in brief): High school juniors and seniors in that grade February 1 of the year of the national contest are eligible to compete. In case of advanced students, non-traditional students, or home schooled students, the school must recognize the student as a junior or senior. Contestants are to research, write, and present an original pro-life speech on abortion, infanticide, euthanasia or stem cell research. The speech should address one of these topics directly. The speech is to be 5 – 7 minutes in length. No entry fee.
See information for Life Defenders Training: excellent training to prepare speeches.
