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The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics -- Link to Website
We are pleased to announce The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics
Essay Contest 2007! This annual contest -now in its 17th year -was created
to challenge college students to contemplate ethical issues facing them
in today's complex society and to analyze their own perception and thoughts
on ethics. We hope you will encourage full-time juniors and seniors
at your institution to compete in this contest for awards of up to $5,000.
The deadline for the contest is December 8, 2006. A distinguished panel
of readers will evaluate all entries and a jury, including Elie Wiesel,
will choose the winners.
Students entering the contest are required to complete
an entry form along with their Faculty Sponsor. Any interested professor
may act as a Faculty Sponsor and verify the quality and authenticity
of the student's essay. A maximum of four entries per professor per
contest year will be accepted. We hope you will inform your faculty
of this worthwhile competition and urge them to encourage their students
to explore ethical issues and consider entering our Prize in Ethics
Essay Contest. To ensure that your campus is represented by essays of
the highest caliber, faculty members should only endorse thought-provoking,
well-written essays that fall within the contest guidelines.
AWARDS:
ELIGIBILITY:
Registered undergraduate full-time juniors or seniors
at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the United States
during the fall 2005 semester.
SUGGESTED ESSAY TOPICS:
Reflect on the most profound moral dilemma that you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself.
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Examine the ethical aspects or implications of a major literary work, a film or a significant piece of art.
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What is the relation between religion and ethics in today's world?
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How can ethics transform for the better a community, institution, or nation?
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What is the relationship between genocide and ethics?
WHAT THE READERS LOOK FOR:
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Adherence to design format and carefully proofread
essays
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Originality and imagination
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Well thought out essays which do not stray from
the topic
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Eloquence of writing style
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Depth of feeling genuine grappling with a moral
dilemma
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Intensity and unity in the essay
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Essays may be written in the formal or informal
voice, but most importantly, an individual voice should be represented
within the essay.
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In 3,000 to 4,000 words, students are encouraged
to raise questions, single out issues and identify dilemmas.
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The essay may be developed from any point of view
and may take the form of an analysis that is biographical, historical.
literary, philosophical. psychological. sociological or theological.
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Essays must be the original. unpublished work of
the student. Only one essay per student per year may be submitted.
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Essay should be in English. typed in 12-point font,
double-spaced with 1" margins and the pages numbered.
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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.
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Any interested professor at the student's school
may act as a Faculty Sponsor.
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Students entering the contest are required to have
a Faculty Sponsor review their essay and sign the Entry Form.
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Faculty members should only endorse thought-provoking.
well-written essays that fall within the contest guidelines.
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A maximum of four entries per professor per contest
year will be accepted.
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Please submit three (3) copies of your essay (one
copy paper-clipped and two stapled).
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In addition, be sure to enclose a completed Entry
Form (signed by both you and your faculty sponsor) (form available
in the Career Services Office, Room 202, Student Center)
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Include a letter on school stationery from the Registrar's
Office, verifying your eligibility (see above).
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Entries must be postmarked on or before December 9th 2005
. No faxed or e-mailed entries will be accepted.
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Please note that due to the volume of entries, no
materials will be critiqued or returned.
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