ESSAY COMPETITION : The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity invites applications from the Undergraduate juniors or seniors for participating

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Deadline : 2010, 8th January.

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity invites applications from the Undergraduate juniors or seniors for participating in the 2010 Essay Competition

The Contest is only open to undergraduate juniors or seniors registered full-time at an accredited college or university in the United States during the fall 2009 semester.

Award Details:

1. First Prize – $ 5,000
2. Third Prize – $ 1,500
3. Second Prize – $ 2,500
4. Two Honorable Mentions – $ 500 each

Eligibility:

Registered undergraduate full-time juniors or seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the United States during the fall 2009 semester.

Essay Topics:

1. What does your own experience tell you about the relationship between politics and ethics and, in particular, what could be done to make politics more ethical?
2. Articulate with clarity an ethical issue that you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself.
3. From a personal viewpoint, how does globalization impact your view of the Other in society and in the world?
4. Clearly analyze the relationship between religion and ethics in today’s world.
5. Examine the ethical implications of a decision, dilemma, or situation related to the current economic crisis.

Essay Format:

1. In 3,000 to 4,000 words, students are encouraged to raise questions, single out issues and identify dilemmas.
2. Essays may be written in the formal or informal voice, but most importantly, an individual voice should be evident in the essay.
3. The essay should be developed from the student’s point of view and may take the form of an analysis that is biographical, historical, literary, philosophical, psychological, sociological or theological.
4. Essay must be the original, unpublished work of one student. Only one essay per student per year may be submitted.
5. All essays must have a title.
6. Essay should be titled, typed in 12-point font in English, double-spaced with 1″ margins and numbered pages.
7. Submissions will be judged anonymously. Hence, no name or identifying references (i.e. your name, school, or professor) should appear on the title page or in the manuscript. Our office will put a code on your essay.

Submission material:

Please submit three (3) copies of your essay (one (1) copy paper-clipped and two (2) stapled).
In addition, be sure to enclose a completed Entry Form (signed by both you and your faculty sponsor).
Include a letter on school stationery from the Registrar’s Office, verifying your eligibility (see above).
Entries must be postmarked on or before January 8, 2010. No faxed or e-mailed entries will be accepted.
Please note that due to the volume of entries, no materials will be critiqued or returned.

Please complete the submission checklist on the Entry Form and send all materials together to:
THE ELIE WIESEL PRIZE IN ETHICS
THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY
555 MADISON AVENUE – 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022
TELEPHONE: 212-490-7788
www.eliewieselfoundation.org

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