Fourth Annual Keep the Drive High School Journalism Awards

Use your journalism skills to make a difference and create awareness about the No. 1 killer of teens: motor vehicle crashes. An average of 11 teens die everyday in preventable car crashes. You can make a difference and help save young lives through the Keep the Drive High School Journalism Awards.

About the contest

The Allstate Foundation sponsors the annual Keep the Drive High School Journalism Awards to encourage teens to educate their peers about the importance of stronger driving laws at the state or national level.

Student journalists may enter either the Print Category or Broadcast Category, but not both. Print Category submissions are articles written and published by students in high school newspapers. Broadcast Category submissions are video segments in journalistic style written and produced by students and aired within the high school.

During the 2011-2012 school year, the Keep the Drive Journalism Awards asks that teens specifically address the importance of stronger teen driving laws at the state or national level. All stories and news segments incorporated this topic and include the website www.KeeptheDrive.com. Keep the Drive is a great resource for you and your friends to learn more about smart driving and ways to get involved.

We will be rewarding teens with a total of $7,500 through six awards (three in each category)!

Need more information? View the 2011-2012 rules and judging criteria and check out answers to frequently asked questions. If that doesn't do it, contact us.

To help you get started, we've collected some additional resources for you:

How to enter

Click the print or broadcast links below to access the online application. Begin by creating an account, and then complete the online application entirely. For print category submissions, upload a legible, scanned version of your published article when prompted in the application. For broadcast category submissions, upload your video to YouTube and be sure to include your unique YouTube link when prompted by the application. Good luck!