Tell Us Your KVC Story and Win a Prize

Your Story Creates a Ripple - KVC's Annual Story Contest

What is the KVC Story Contest?

Each year, we host a Story Contest to celebrate the real stories of hope, healing and connection happening across KVC and Camber Mental Health, KVC’s inpatient mental health hospital network.

Our 2026 Story Contest is open now through August 14! If you have a personal, professional or community connection to KVC or Camber Mental Health, we’d love to hear your story. Submit the form below.

Who Can Enter?

Our Story Contest is open to everyone with a connection to KVC or Camber Mental Health!

That includes children and teens, adults, parents and caregivers, foster and adoptive parents, KVC or Camber Mental Health team members, referral partners, donors, volunteers, and community partners and supporters.

How Can I Enter?

Take 5 minutes to answer one of these prompts and explain how KVC or Camber Mental Health is part of your story:

Tell us about a difficult experience you faced and how you found the strength and support from KVC or Camber Mental Health to overcome it.
Share about when you felt you were making a positive difference in another person’s life.
What does KVC or Camber Mental Health mean to you or why does our mission resonate with you?
If you had a great experience with KVC or Camber Mental Health, tell us about what happened and how it made you feel.
Describe an example of kindness you have experienced or shown to another person, as part of your connection to KVC or Camber Mental Health.
Has someone connected to KVC or Camber Mental Health positively influenced you and how?

You can enter multiple times. Please fill out a separate entry for each story.

Your story doesn’t need to be long or perfectly written. It simply needs to be real… because your story can have a ripple effect, too.

EVERYONE GETS A PRIZE!

Submission Prize: Everyone who enters can request a KVC sticker sheet filled with fun, mission-inspired designs! Image coming soon. Limit one sticker sheet per person/family. Stickers will be mailed after the contest closes on August 14.
Grand Prizes: Multiple Amazon gift cards will be awarded to the top stories.

Any questions? While all stories MUST be entered using the form below, but you can ask questions or send additional photos by contacting Molly Moody at [email protected].

If you do not see the form or have problems, please try using a different web browser like Google Chrome, try on your phone or simply email it to [email protected] if necessary.

Need some inspiration?

Check out past winners for some inspiration!