Essay Contest

How Optimism
Has Paved My Road to
Success

Oratorical Contest

How Optimism Has Guided me Through Trying Times

1st Place: Olivia Huang
       Sacramento Breakfast, CA
       Zone 3


2nd Place: Haley Evans
       Redwood City, CA
       Zone 12


3rd Place: Hannah Haas
       Reno, NV
       Zone 8

District participation award recipients (listed alphabetically by club).  These were Essay Winners from their respective Zones and Clubs:

Tyler Ly, Castro Valley

Evienne Lai, Elk Grove

Edward Galusi, Greater Fresno

Zayna Ansari, Newark

Kyllian Seneka, Oroville

1st Place, Evana Yiwen Lan
      Reno Club Zone 8, Reno High School

2nd Place, Ali Lugo,
      Oroville Club, Zone 4,
      Pleasant Valley High School

3rd Place Kylin Crawford,
      Oroville Club, Zone 4,
      Paradise High School


Thank you to our outstanding leaders

Chuck Zanetti
District Oratorical Contest Chair 

Irene Kimura-Kern
District Essay Contest Chair

Special Thanks to our Super Judges!

District Contest Helpers
Rick Frewert - Live Streaming
April Cooke - Microphone
Alanna Martin - Camera
Sergent of Arms - Peter Kassel, Edgar Martinez

Optimist Youth Contests
Opportunity, Scholarships, Representation

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The Optimist International Oratorical & Essay Contests take place between January and May.

Important Oratorical Deadlines:
Club Contests Feb- March 2025
District Contest April 12th, 2025, 2p
Hyatt House, Davis, CA

World Championships July 17-18, 2025
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Oratorical Contest Entry Forms

Essay Contest Forms

Thank you to all the Club Contest Chairs!

Cupertino- De Anza

Prime Club of Elk Grove

Sacramento Breakfast

Elk Grove Optimist Club

Oroville

Greater Fresno

Optimist Club of Reno

Redwood City

Sacramento Inc.

San Leandro Optimist Club

Newark

Castro Valley

Past Winners

The Pacific Central District awards scholarships for communications.  Special congratulations goes to the 2024 Oratorical Contest.

Abhinav Deshpande, 1st place
Sacramento, Inc

Eliza Philip, 2nd place

Euana Lan, 3rd place
Optimist Club of Reno