People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has partnered with Helium to bring you the PETA Citizen Journalism Awards. Help raise awareness on animal rights by writing unique, compelling articles. You could be recognized as the winning citizen journalist, and your article could be featured on PETA’s blog, the PETA Files. Winning writers will receive a gift certificate to PETACatalog.com and a PETA Citizen Journalist Award.
About the awards
The assignment: PETA will feature one new title each month. Follow PETA’s article guidelines, research the featured topic and write a compelling article for your chance to win.
The awards: PETA will pick one winning article each month. The winning writer will receive a $50 gift certificate to PETACatalog.com and a customized PETA Citizen Journalism Award. PETA will feature the winning articles on its homepage blog, the PETA Files.
Get started
- Pick a title: See PETA’s current contest title below. You can also visit PETA’s partner page at Helium to learn more about its mission and to write to more (noncontest) titles.
- Research: Follow PETA’s article guidelines. Learn more about factory farming by visiting PETA’s vegetarian website, Go Veg.com. You may use material available on PETA’s website or from other reputable sources. Please attribute all sources used.
- Write: Write a unique and persuasive article in 1,000 words or less.
Current contest title
There are no current contest titles at this time. Please check back soon!
Previous contest title
These titles are no longer open to the contest, but you may still write to them.
- The effect of factory farming on the environment
- Would you eat animal stem cell grown “clean meat” to protect animals and the environment?
Be sure to check out the winners from all of our Citizen Journalism contests!.
