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| The Anthem Essay Contest | Updated December 02nd, 2009 |
 The Ayn Rand Institute ANTHEM Essay Contest is For 9th and 10th Graders only. Select ONE of the following three topics: 1. Why do you think the Council of Vocations assigns Equality the job of Street Sweeper? Is it due to error, incompetence or a more sinister motivation? Explain. 2. The old locks and lack of guards in the Palace of Corrective Detention indicate that prisoners never tried to escape. Why do you think they did not? Explain. 3. In a single, unified essay, explain the meaning and wider significance of EACH of the following quotes in the story: a. “To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.” (Ch. 12) b. “It is the mind which thinks, and the judgment of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth.” (Ch. 11) c. “And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being.” (Ch. 8) Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of ANTHEM. Contest is open to students worldwide. To avoid disqualification, a stapled cover sheet MUST include: your name and address; your e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from list above); your current grade level and (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit. Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 2010. FIRST PRIZE: $2,000 5 SECOND PRIZES: $500 10 THIRD PRIZES: $200 45 FINALISTS: $50 Cash Awards 175 SEMIFINALISTS: $30 Cash Awards You MUST include a stapled cover sheet with the following information: your name; mailing address; e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from the list above); your current grade level and (if applicable) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay. send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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| ALTA National Translation Award | Updated May 20th, 2009 |
 Each year, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) invites publishers to nominate book-length translations, published in the preceding calendar year, for the ALTA National Translation Award. The award-winning book and translator are announced and featured at the annual ALTA conference held each fall, and a press release is distributed to selected major publications. The translator selected for this award receives a cash gift, currently set at $2500. To be eligible for the award, a translation must have been published during the preceding calendar year by a U.S. or Canadian publisher and must be a book-length work, in English, of fiction, poetry, drama, or creative non-fiction (literary criticism and philosophy are not eligible). For nominated books selected as finalists, publishers will be asked to provide an original-language version of the text; any finalist for which no original-language version is provided will be excluded from further consideration. The criteria for judging the award are: (1) the significance of the literary contribution of the original as well as of the translation; and (2) the success of the translation in recreating the artistry of the original. Translations of contemporary works will receive preference, although important retranslations or first-time translations of older works will also be considered to the degree that they make significant contributions to literature. The deadline for nominating books published in the preceding calendar year is March 31. For each nominated book, send a letter of nomination, four copies of the book, and a $25 entry fee send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Translation |
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| The Fountainhead Essay Contest | Updated December 02nd, 2009 |
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THE FOUNTAINHEAD essay contest is open for 11th and 12th Graders only. The contest is open to students worldwide. Select ONE of the following three topics: 1. Howard Roark refuses a major contract when he most needs it, claiming that his action was “the most selfish thing you’ve ever seen a man do.” (Part I, Chapter 15) Why does he call his action selfish? And why do other people call it selfless? 2. Gail Wynand is a brilliant individual who rose out of the slums by means of his own talent and effort. But despite his reverence for man’s noblest achievements, his newspaper, The Banner, presents the most lurid and loathsome values. Why does Wynand pander in this manner? And why doesn’t Howard Roark? 3. Choose the scene in The Fountainhead that is most meaningful to you. Analyze that scene in terms of the wider themes in the book. Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic and psychological meaning of The Fountainhead. To avoid disqualification, a stapled cover sheet MUST include: your name and address; your e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from list above); your current grade level and (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit. Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 2010. FIRST PRIZE: $10,000 5 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000 10 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000 45 FINALISTS: $100 175 SEMIFINALISTS: $50 send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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| The Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest | Updated December 02nd, 2009 |
 For The Ayn Rand Institute's ATLAS SHRUGGED essay contest is now open to all 12th graders and college students. Entrant must be enrolled in college/university or 12th grade at the time of entry. The contest is open to students worldwide. ATLAS SHRUGGED— Select ONE of the following three topics: 1. According to John Galt, selfishness is both moral and practical. Explain what he means by this and how events of the story illustrate and dramatize his point. 2. Explain the meaning and wider significance of the following quote: “The words ‘to make money’ hold the essence of human morality.” According to the story of Atlas Shrugged, what ideas underlie the opposing maxims that “money is the root of all evil” and that “money is the root of all good”? 3. Capitalism’s defenders usually appeal to the “public good.” Contrast their approach to capitalism to Ayn Rand’s approach in Atlas Shrugged. Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of Atlas Shrugged. A stapled cover sheet MUST include: name and address of entrant; entrant's e-mail address (if available); name and address of entrant's university; topic selected (1, 2 or 3 from list above); and your declared major. FIRST PRIZE: $10,000 3 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000 5 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000 25 FINALISTS: $100 50 SEMIFINALISTS: $50 You MUST include a stapled cover sheet with the following information: your name; mailing address; e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from the list above); your current grade level and (if applicable) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay. send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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