Co-Mo Connect Powered by Co-Mo Electric Cooperative will sponsor four students to attend the Youth Tour trip in 2026, a whirlwind adventure in Washington, D.C., with more than 100 fellow Missourians and 1,500 high school juniors from across the country. All high school juniors residing or attending school in Co-Mo’s service territory who are not children or grandchildren of a Co-Mo board member or employee are eligible.

Do you want to win a trip to Washington, D.C.? You can earn your spot by submitting an entry here! For more information, go to www.co-mo.coop/youth-tour and review the prompt PDF.

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* 1. First Name:

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* 2. Last Name:

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* 3. Parent/Guardian Names:

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* 4. Phone Number (Yours or your parent/guardian):

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* 5. Address:

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* 6. School:

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* 7. Teacher:

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* 8. In 2026, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th anniversary. To honor this milestone, this year’s Youth Tour contest invites you to step into the role of America’s Storyteller.

Your challenge is to find a creative way to share what you believe makes America truly special. Storytelling comes in many forms, including writing, art, poetry, music, film, podcasting, and more. Choose the medium that inspires you most, and use it to highlight the qualities, values, moments in history, or the things that you believe make America stand out as a great nation for all.

Select your entry for this submission. Multiple entries are allowed. Scores will not be combined. The highest scored entry will be the one used for the competition.

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* 9. Please upload your entry here. If your entry includes a video or audio file, please include a link in the next question.

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* 10. If your entry is a video, audio file, or "other" that requires a link to view it, please provide the link below. Links should be to YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, or Google Drive. If your link is to a different site, please email pwood@co-mo.coop for more information.

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* 11. If your entry has any additional documents you were not able to upload previously, please include those documents here.

If your entry is an art, poem, song, or "other" type submission, please include the document with a brief written description explaining how your piece reflects and addresses the prompt here.

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If you have any questions, please contact
Patrick Wood at pwood@co-mo.coop.

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