Collegiate Essays - 2013 Essay Contest

1st Place: $3,000

2nd Place: $1,250

3rd Place: $1,000

31st Private Enterprise Essay Contest for College Students Open to all registered under-graduate college students in the USA.

The year 2013 Private Enterprise Essay Contest for college students is underway, offering cash awards to students and professors totaling $5,250, announced Robert J. Barbera, chairman of Americanism Educational Leaders.

The 2013 contest is the 31th held annually since 1983.

The contest is open to all registered under-graduate college and university students in the United States. First prize is $3,000, second is $1,250, and third is $1,000. Professors/teachers of the top two finishers will each receive a $250 honorarium.

The topics for the 2013 contest are:

Topic 1 - Advantages Vs. Disadvantages of Online Education

A significant higher education leading to a bachelor’s degree may be possible online. What will be the impact to students, teachers, colleges and/or universities?

Topic 2 - The U.S. Election Process VS England’s Election Process

Evaluating cost & efficiency

Consider the huge source of funding available to the candidates and the political time spent by candidates. How is their process compared to England’s election process.

Topic 3 - Does the Media have a Predetermined Biased?

Identify a media interviewer’s bias by how the question is framed and how the follow-up questioning is presented.

Topic 4 - When is a Country Responsible for Its Terrorists?

Identify the difference between a terrorist/insurgent and a nation without a proclamation or declaration of war that is in reality at war.

Guidelines

The contest is open to all registered under-graduate college and university students in the United States. First prize is $3,000, second is $1,250, and third is $1,000. Professors/teachers of the top two finishers will each receive a $250 honorarium.

Deadline for the entries is April 30, 2013. Minimum length is 1,500 words. Maximum length is 2,000 words. Essays must be typed and double spaced. Each essay must be accompanied by an Entry Form, available on our website and a brief biography. Each college instructor may submit an unlimited number of essays. Students may submit essays on more than one topic. All entries become the property of the Americanism Educational Leaders.

Judging and Presentations

The essays will be judged - not on the basis of agreement or disagreement with the views of Americanism Educational Leaders, or on the length of their bibliographies - but on their internal logic, coherence, originality, thoughtfulness, and evidence of sound research.

A panel of prominent Southern California business and education leaders will judge the entries. Winners will be announced in June 2013. All winners will be notified via both email and U.S. mail.

Deadline

Postmarked no later than April 30, 2013.

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