Entry is open to students in the United States. You must be between the ages of 18-23 and currently enrolled in your undergraduate or graduate studies at the time of the competition.
Participation in the competition is free of charge.
No, participants will not be notified if their essay has been marked as plagiarized and disqualified.
Your video should not be more than 120 seconds.
No, titles are not included in the word count.
No, essays by more than one author will not be accepted.
Participants are strongly encouraged to use original work, especially considering each submission is a maximum of 1500 words. If you must use facts, be sure to cite your sources.
At the end of your essay you should include a list of references in MLA style.
No, citations will not be counted towards the word limit.
No, each participant will only be able to submit one essay.
Your essay submission must be in a word document .doc or in a pdf document .pdf. The formats accepted for your video submission are MP4, MOV, AVI, WebM, and FLV.
If you submit more than one entry, your first entry will be the only one considered. Please do NOT submit multiple entries.
Yes, as long as it was personally written by you and the piece has not been previously published in any media outlet, social media platform, blog, or other public forum.