Subway is sponsoring an essay contest called Every Sandwich Tells a Story. The contest is for school children grades pre-K through 6.
Parents can enter stories written by their child or children based on prompts at the Subway website. An example prompt for "The Race to Red Onion Ranch" is - "Everyone is gathered in the center of town for the race except . . ."
Prizes include a grand prize of $5000 in athletic equipment for the school of the winning child. There are smaller prizes for the winning child and the runner up entrants.
This contest runs July 1, 2008 through August 31, 2008.
The Subway contest is pretty straightforward and is designed, in part, to promote fitness for school aged children.
Parents homeschooling have, however, complained that the contest is open only to children attending traditional schools and the prize will be donated to a school.
Subway has promised to sponsor another contest open to home-school children. They could, of course, forget contests. Subway is not required to host such events. They may wish they had stuck with the $5 sub deals which apparently don't offend anyone . . . so far.
