Each year, the Illinois First Amendment Center (IFAC) sponsors a First Amendment Poster Contest. All Illinois high school students are eligible to enter. The poster theme is announced on this website each September. All entries are due by year’s end, and judging takes place in January.

2008 IFAC Poster Contest
Theme: Freedom of Religion
Total cash prizes awarded for 1st through 4th places: $2,500.
Honorable Mentions: $100 each.

Winning Posters Slideshow
Click here to view all fourteen winning posters in the IFAC’s recent First Amendment Poster Contest for Illinois high schools.

1st Place Nick Runyon Huntley High School Huntley, IL	2nd Place Kassandra Clanton Cary Grove High School Cary Grove, IL
3rd Place Juan C. Calderon Elgin High School Elgin, IL	4th Place Maddy Aby Lake Forest High School Lake Forest, IL

2007 Poster Contest Winners
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1st Place John Larson Woodstock High School	2nd Place Pamela Torres Reavis High School, Burbank
3rd Place Seth Kasky Richwoods High School, Peoria	4th Place Devon Hill Olympia High School, Stanford

2006 IFAC Poster Contest
Theme: Freedom of the Press
Total cash prizes awarded for top four winners: $2,000

In December 2006, the Illinois First Amendment Center (IFAC) sponsored a First Amendment Poster Contest.  The theme for the contest was Freedom of the Press.

2006 IFAC Poster Contest Winners
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Richie Degenhardt Heyworth High School	Katie Kindinger Cary-Grove High School
Anthony Selvaggio Williamsville High School	Adrienne M. Strohm Marshall High School

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