In 2021, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ Trailblazer Committee is hosting an inaugural Writing Competition for Texas second graders. This competition was developed to encourage literacy and writing skills in Texas students, which falls in line with the Trailblazer Committee’s ongoing efforts to promote reading and literacy in school children, year-round. The Writing Competition is an opportunity for students to display their creativity, imagination and writing skills in either an essay or poem with the theme of “Why I Am Proud To Live In Texas.”