The annual Alex and Geline B. Williams Oratory Contest, sponsored by the Virginia Society for Human Life Educational Fund, encourages high school juniors and seniors to prepare and present a short speech on one of these topics: abortion, infanticide or euthanasia. The contest is open to high school juniors and seniors in the 11th and 12th grades as of February 1, 2022. Contestants must be Virginia residents, or full-time students of Virginia ...

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2020 Alex & Geline Williams Oratory Contest Winner

Every year VSHL holds the Alex and Geline Williams Oratory contest for High School Juniors and Seniors. With the Coronavirus shutdown we were not able to hold our normal local and statewide in-person contests. So this year we had a virtual contest where students submitted their speech via video. I am pleased to announce that the winner of this year's contest is Juliette Orr.  Juliette was a Senior at Seton School in ...

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UPDATE:  Due to the Covid-19 state-wide lock-down the annual Alex and Geline B. Williams Pro-Life Oratory Contest is now virtual.   All contestants will submit videos of their speeches.  The deadline for submission has been extended to May 27, 2020.  All local contests have been cancelled. The annual Alex and Geline B. Williams Oratory Contest, sponsored by the Virginia Society for Human Life Educational Fund, encourages high school juniors and seniors to ...

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