Apply for the Lake Oswego "If I Were Mayor" Contest

Mayor Joe Buck is once again asking local kids what they would do if they found themselves in his shoes.

The annual “If I Were Mayor” contest, sponsored by Buck and the Oregon Mayors Association, is calling for kids in grades four through 12 to enter the contest.

Entries for all categories are all due by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 15.

First-, second- and third-place winners will be chosen in three categories: posters, essays and digital media presentations. The three categories are divided by age.

First-place winners in each category win a $150 gift card to a local business of their choice. Second-place winners receive $100 and third-place winners earn $50. The three local first-place winners will be entered in the statewide “If I Were Mayor” competition for the chance to win $500 at the Oregon Mayors Association summer conference.

Last year’s middle school essay contest winner Sophia Lu went on to win the statewide essay competition.

The poster contest is for fourth and fifth grade students. The poster size must be a minimum of 17” and a maximum of 28” in height and width.

The essay contest is for Lake Oswego middle schoolers. The essays must be typed and between 500 and 1,000 words.

The high school students digital media presentation competition should be kept between one and three minutes long and submitted as an MP4 or online video format like Vimeo or YouTube.

For all three categories, the students should include their name and a good daytime phone number or email address for their parent or guardian. For more information about the technical details of the three contests visit: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/citymanager/if-i-were-mayor.

To complete the application for the “If I Were Mayor” contest go to https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/formslf/ifiweremayor.