Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: All students in grades nine through 12 attending a public, private, parochial school, home school or participating in a high school correspondence program in any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or U.S. territories, or, if they are U.S. citizens attending schools overseas, are eligible.
Timing: April 15, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
In 750 to 1,000 words, discuss the following topic:
Analyze and explain what you think will be the Challenges Facing the American Foreign Service in the 21 st Century
In writing your essay, use the following as your guideline:
* Select one or several specific international issues that you think will be major challenges to the American Foreign Service in carrying out a successful U.S. foreign policy in the new century, and explain why you have chosen these issues.
* Describe and analyze the role of members of the United States Foreign Service in conducting diplomacy to resolve one or more of these particular issues and discuss the immediate consequences.
* Keep in mind the
Submit four collated copies of your essay, with title page, numbered and including sources. Attach and staple one registration form to your completed essay. All submissions must include a word count, excluding the list of sources and the registration form. Entries must be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or an equivalent font with a one-inch margin on all sides of the page. Standards of content and style from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., will be expected for (1) documentation of sources in the text of your essay (see chapter 5); (2) the format of the list of works cited (see sample page at end of the MLA Handbook); and (3) margins and indentation (see sample page also of Handbook). You must include your name, home address, phone number, an e-mail address and the name and address of your school and/or sponsor. Attach and staple one registration form to your completed essay. You and your teacher must sign this registration form.
Mail four legible, collated copies of your essay, with a title and pages numbered, all attached to one copy of your registration form, to:
Ms. Perri Green
National High School Essay Contest
American Foreign Service Association
2101 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Prizes:
$2500 TO WINNER
$500 TO WINNER’S SCHOOL
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