FORT BRAGG, CA., 3/5/25 — The Fort Bragg-based nonprofit Change Our Name, which advocates changing the name of Fort Bragg to disassociate the city from Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is sponsoring its third annual essay contest as well as its first-ever video contest. The contests are open to high school students living in Fort Bragg, including students at Fort Bragg and Noyo high schools.
Each contest offers a $2,000 first prize and a $1,000 second prize. Both contests ask essayists or video artists to respond to the prompt: “The Name of Fort Bragg Should be Changed” or “The Name of Fort Bragg Should Not be Changed.”
Submissions must be received before 5 p.m. Mar. 31. Submissions will be judged in April and prizes awarded in May.
The board of Change Our Name has enlisted three judges for each contest who are either writers or video critics and are unaffiliated with the nonprofit. The intent of the contest is to get students thinking about and researching the city’s name and its history. Submissions will be graded on criteria of creativity, research, and genre skills and not on the argument they choose to pursue.
These contests are solely projects of Change Our Name Fort Bragg, and are neither sponsored by nor affiliated with the Fort Bragg Unified School District nor with Fort Bragg High School or Noyo High School.
More information can be found at changeournamefortbragg.com/hs-contest
just keep the name the same only change who its named after like they did to fort bragg north carolina