Monday, April 09, 2007

The Nation: Student Writing Contest (Deadline May 31)

The Nation

We're pleased to announce the second annual Nation Student Writing Contest and hope you can help us spread the word. Sponsored by the BIL Charitable Trust to recognize and reward the best in student writing and thinking, the contest's deadline is May 31, 2007: Student Writing Contest

We're looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices to tell us what is the most important issue for young people in the 2008 presidential campaign. Essays should not exceed 800 words and should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates fresh, clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

We'll select five finalists (including at least one high-schooler) and one winner, who will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and a Nation subscription. The winning essay will be published in the magazine and featured on our website. The five finalists will be awarded $200 each and subscriptions, and their entries will be published online. The contest is open to students at American high schools and to undergraduates at American colleges and universities. Entries (only one per student) will be accepted through May 31. A winner will be announced by September 4. Please send entries to

studentprize@thenation.com.

For last year's inaugural contest, we received more than 700 submissions from high school and college students in forty-one states. The entries arrived from north, south, east and west, from big public institutions and tiny liberal arts colleges, from rural high schools and penitentiary writing programs, from Indian reservations and large urban centers. Read Sarah Stillman's winning essay, Project Corpus Callosum, as well as the five finalists--by Brie Cubelic, Zaid Jilani, Nikolas Bowie, Lianne Yim and Camila Domonske.

The Nation: Student Resources

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The good thing is that it can be published in magazine which is also the best way to capture the interest of other students in this writing contest. Another good thing is that the magazine subscription is available in cheaper and more reasonable price suitable for students!

Michael said...

above commenter is a spammer seeking to get you to their subscription site