Eligibility: Bergen County Resident Students & YCFL Members

Contest open until May 7, 2026

Grade Divisions: 7th – 9th grade / 10th – 12th grade

Please don’t forget to visit our Comfort Women Memorial page to learn about the YCFL’s Comfort Women Rememberance project.

• Poster First Place – $500 gift & Borough of Fort Lee Certificate
• Poster Runner-ups – $200 gift & Borough of Fort Lee Certificate
• Essay First Place – $300 gift & Borough of Fort Lee Certificate
• Essay Runner-ups – $100 gift & Borough of Fort Lee Certificate
• Posters must be on or mounted on poster board, any size between the minimum dimention of 16″ × 20″ to the maximum dimention of 20″ × 24″.
• The submitted posters and essays should convey an understanding of the sacrifices and suffering of Comfort Women during World War II.
• All submitted posters will be displayed, and the essay first-place winners will give speeches at the YCFL Comfort Women Memorial Commemoration during the first week of June 2026 at Fort Lee Constitution Park – the exact date and time will be announced in May 2026.