Type: Music Contest
Eligibility: Open to U.S. Musicians. (Must be a U.S. citizen)
Deadline: 1 April 2008
How to Enter the Contest: Theme: “Sport and Olympism”
E-mail audio files to Robert Zimlich, Curator, or mail a CD to:
USOC Music Competition, One Academy Drive, Daphne, AL, 36526, by 1 April 2008
Contact: 251-626-3303
Prizes: first prize is $15,000
URL Contest: United States Sports Academy
Type: Cartoon Contest
Eligibility: To all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world
Deadline: April 30,2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
Theme: DEATH IN GAZA, PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE DYING, HELP US!
The number of sent cartoons is five.
Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: info@irancartoon.com and they must be of 100 dpi resolution, 1200 Pixel( Horizontal or Vertical) and JPG format.
Prizes:
- First prize - 3000 EURO
- Second prize - 2000 EURO
-Third prize - 1000 EURO
URL Contest: Tabriz Cartoons
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open to amateurs and professionals alike
Deadline and entry fee: April 30th 2008, $50.
How to Enter the Contest:
Prizes: $500
URL Contest: Bartram Gallery
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: The contest is open to the public
Deadline: March 6, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
Your photo must meet the requirements
The entry:
Steps to submit your entry form and photo:
Submit entry by email to nstein@meewasin.com
or snail-mail to:
Meewasin Valley Authority
Attn: Winter White Photo Contest
402 Third Avenue South
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 3G5
Prizes:
The winner will receive a Meewasin canoe tour in a 10 passenger voyager canoe.
URL Contest: Meewasin
Type: Collection Contest
Eligibility: Contestants must be enrolled full or part time at the University of Minnesota.
Deadline: March 5, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
Entries must include an annotated bibliography of 25 or more titles, an essay about the collection (max of 1500 words), and an entry form. Collections must consist of at least twenty-five titles collected and owned by the student. Collections may be defined in any meaningful way. Collections need not consist exclusively of rare or hardcover books. They may contain paperbacks, maps, manuscripts, or other materials.
Prizes:
First Prize - $700
Second Prize - $500
URL Contest: University of Minnesota Libraries
Type: Artwork Contest
Eligibility: Any individual or group, professional or student and over 18 years of age, from any design field, from anywhere in the world except where prohibited by local laws, may enter the competition.
Deadline: February 29th, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
Participants are requested to develop one or more designs with a maximum of three designs per individual or group connected to the universe of one of our targets, free of theme. The design documents are to consist of the following 2 elements:
Authorship and explanation of ideas:
Purpose of proposal : A brief description of your work and explanation your chosen subject (which target?, why this mood?…) within 100 words (English or French) and a declaration of authorship included in the registration form.
As final files are usually too big to send via e-mail, you will be asked to upload the file directly on our ftp server.
Prizes: Prize money is 4.500 euros split between the 5 winning entries.
URL Contest: Salomon
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia, residing in the United States and the District of Columbia, who are (a) 18 years of age or older and (b) the parent or legal guardian of a child that is between 0-48 months of age at the time of entering the Contest.
Deadline: Last day of every month.
How to Enter the Contest: Go online to Great American Website and complete the registration form. Provide all requested information in the fields contained in the entry form in its entirety, including your full name, postal address, phone number, email address (where available), age and gender of the baby that is the subject of the photograph and your relationship to the baby, submit the entry form, and upload up to six current photographs of your child. Submitted photographs may not be digitally, or otherwise, altered. Any winning photograph found to be altered will be disqualified from winning. Entrant must be the owner of the photograph, or otherwise have the right to submit the photograph for consideration in the Contest. Online entries will be accepted on a monthly basis beginning February 1, 2008. All entries must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. EST on the last day of the month in order to be eligible to win the Contest
Prizes: $2,500.00
URL Contest: Great American Website
Type: Writing Contest
Deadline and reading fee: March 15, 2008. 10$
How to Enter the Contest: Submit one story or collection of related short shorts per standard entry. Please do not send excerpts or chapters of novels. Entries may be no more than 10,000 words. All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with author's name and contact information (address, telephone, and email address) as well as the titles and word counts of all entries submitted. The author’s name may not be on the manuscript itself. Manuscript pages should be numbered and should include the title of the piece. Work should be double spaced.
MAIL ENTRIES TO:
2008 Wabash Prize for Fiction
Sycamore Review
Department of English
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette , IN 47907
Prizes: $1,000
URL Contest: Sycamore Review
Type: Poetry Contest
Eligibility: Mss. are eligible for the First Book competition if the author has not published or commited to publish a collection of his or her poetry in a book of 48 more pages with a press run of at least 500 copies. Entry to the Open Competition is limited to authors who have published at least one full-length poetry collection
Deadline and reading fee: March 1, 2008. 25$
How to Enter the Contest:
MAIL ENTRIES TO:
please specify: First Book or Open Competition
Department of English
Prizes: In each category - $1,000
URL Contest: Cleveland State University
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open to both Ametuer and Professional Photographers.
Deadline: April 1, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
TWO SEPARATE EVENTS THIS YEAR
Performance Category
Photographs of dance performance (single or multiple dancers)
Classroom Category
Photographs of dance class (single or multiple dancers)
Only hard copies will be accepted. Only photographic prints or high quality jet laser prints in sizes 8 x 10 or 8 ½x 11 will be judged. Entries may be in black and white or color. Please do not send photo copies, slides or CD’s. Submit your photos to: NDW 2008 Photography Contest, c/o Dance Studio Life,
2150
Prizes:
Performance Winner - $250.00 Cash Award
Classroom Winner - $250.00 Cash Award
URL Contest: National Dance Week
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open to ALL photographers who are at least 13 years of age.
Deadline and entry fees: July 1, 2008, $15.
How to Enter the Contest:
Photographers must enter their images in one of the following divisions.
Pro - Full or part-time professional photographers who receive all or a major part of their income from nature photography.
Amateur - Beginning or amateur photographers at least 18 years of age, and experienced photographers who do not receive a major part of their income from nature photography.
Youth - Young photographers ages 13 to 17. Young photographers 12 and under.
Photographers entering in the Pro and Amateur divisions must enter each image in one of the following categories. Photographers entering the Youth division do not need to specify a category, but images must follow the subject matter of one of the categories. Judges reserve the right to switch images to other categories.
1. Mammals—Portraits and Behavior
2. Birds—Portraits and Behavior
3. Other Wildlife—Portraits and Behavior (includes underwater life, reptiles, amphibians, insects, spiders and more)
4. Backyard Habitats—Wild Creatures, Native Plants and Natural Settings in Your Yard
5. Connecting People and Nature—People Enjoying the Outdoors
6. Landscapes and Plant Life—Scenic Views and Native Plants in Wild Settings
Each participant may submit up to 20 photographs total. All images must be digitally uploaded.
Prizes:
Grand Prize - $5,000
First Place - $1,000
URL Contest: National Wildlife®
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open to anyone 21 years of age or older, from any country. Professional photographers will be judged against other professionals and non-professionals against other non-professionals and students.
Deadline and entry fees: April 30, 2008. Professional Photographers - $35, Non-professional Photographers - $25, Student Photographers - $15.
How to Enter the Contest:
Professionals must submit their work online or via CD. Prints may only be submitted as visual reference. Online submissions must be no longer than 800 pixels on the longest side and saved as Jpegs (.jpg) and not exceed 2MB each file.
Non-professionals may submit prints (color or B/W) and digital files. Prints or mounts may not exceed 11x14 inches in size. Do not submit original slides or negatives. Digital submissions must be no longer than 800 pixels on the longest side and saved as Jpegs (.jpg) and not exceed 2MB each file.
IPA Competition Categories
Address:
International Photography Awards
310.659.0122
info@photoawards.com
Prizes:
Professional Photographers - $10 000
Non-professional Photographers - $5 000
URL Contest: International Photography Competition Awards
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Anyone can participate. Regardless of whether you are a professional or an amateur, a digital shooter or a film lover, an outdoor enthusiastic or a studio photographer, you can enter the contest.
Deadline and entry fees: Last day of every month. 1 Photo - $4.95, 5 Photos - $14,95, 10 Photos - $24,95.
How to Enter the Contest:
Select your entry purchase option. Upload photos into your
Prizes:
Second Place winner receives $500
URL Contest: BetterPhoto.com®
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Any student regularly enrolled in and attending classes at an accredited law school in the
Deadline: June 2, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
Submission of a paper, and 10 copies, with one cover page and the completed entry form constitutes entry. Essays submitted for the 2008 competition must be under the category of “Search and Seizure Arising from Motor Vehicle Stops.” Essays determined not to meet this qualification will not be evaluated. The cover page of the paper shall include the title and the author’s name, current mailing and email addresses and telephone number and shall be attached only to the original essay. The author’s name should appear only on the cover page and the entry form. The title and page number must appear at the top of each page of the paper. Sent to American Judges Association, Law Student Essay Competition,
Prizes:
The first prize for the contest is $3,000; second is $1,500;
and third is $1,000.
URL Contest: AMERICAN JUDGES ASSOCIATION
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Open to Young Lawyers' Division or Law Student Division members of the
Deadline: February 22, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
The 2008 Contest Essay Hypothetical relates to the legal standards controlling legal malpractice claims brought by persons convicted of crimes. Entries should be written as scholarly essays. All entries must be prepared for this contest and not previously published. Each entrant is required to assign to the
Essays should not exceed 3,000 words, including quoted matter and citations. Footnotes are not permitted and citations should be incorporated into the main text.
The essay should be typewritten double-spaced on 8 1/2 " x 11" pages.
If you would like to submit your entry electronically, you will need to fill out and submit the Contest Entry & Agreement Form (Online) with your essay attached. Your essay should not exceed 2.5 MB and should be in one of the following formats: MS Word, Word Perfect, Adobe PDF, TXT, RTF, or HTML. If you would prefer to submit your entry by mail, you will need to download, print, and fill out one of our paper Contest Entry & Agreement Form. The completed form, and two copies of your essay should be mailed first-class, without folding, to:
American Bar Association
LPL Levit Essay Contest
Rochelle Betts
FL 19
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Prizes:
$5,000 prize & a free trip to the Spring 2008 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
URL Contest: American Bar Association
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Open to all students enrolled in a degree-granting program at a university or college at the time of submission.
Deadline: March 17, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
Topic:
The date is November 24th, 2008. You have just started a job as an analyst working on the President-elect's health care transition team. The director of the transition team has asked you to draft a memo to flesh out the health priorities for the new Administration on a major health policy issue. Select an issue area and a candidate (from the list below) and identify the major policies or strategies that the Administration could develop to advance this issue. Issue Areas: Controlling Healthcare Costs, Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Expanding Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Efforts, Improving Women's Health, Improving the Quality of Health Care. Presidential Candidates (as of 1/22/2008):
Democrats
- Hillary Clinton
- John Edwards
- Mike Gravel
- Dennis Kucinich
- Barack Obama
Republicans
- Rudy Giuliani
- Mike Huckabee
- Alan Keyes
- John McCain
- Ron Paul
- Mitt Romney
Essays must not exceed 800 words in length. (References do not count towards 800-word limit.) Entries must be in English. Essays must be double-spaced and no smaller than 11pt font. Each page must be numbered. Do NOT put your name on the essay or on the filename. Your name should only be on the online registration form. Documents should be written in Microsoft Word, Text or PDF. Entries must be submitted ONLINE ONLY. No emails will be accepted.
Prizes:
First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $500
URL Contest: KaiserEDU.org
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Open to all students who are
Deadline: December 31, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
The contest is for an original researched and proven topic written in English. The topic of the essay shall deal with: an event, person, philosophy, or ideal associated with the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, or the framing of the United States Constitution. The essay must have four parts: A) title page, B) essay pages, C) bibliography (works cited), and D) contestant's biography. The title page must include the title of the essay, contestant's name, address, telephone number, and email address (if available). In addition, the title page must include the name, address, and telephone number of the high school in which the contestant is enrolled, and the contestant's grade level.
The essay must have a minimum of 800 words and not exceed 1,200 words (excluding title page, footnotes, bibliography page, and biography page).
The contest is conducted in three phases: local (Chapter), state (State Society) and National. The contest must be entered through a Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution near the student's residence.
Prizes:
First place: $2,000; a winning recognition certificate and medal; airfare and one night hotel stay for the winner and a chaperone at the SAR Annual Congress (in Sacramento, CA in July 2008)
Second Place: $1,000
Third Place: $ 500
URL Contest: Sons of the American Revolution
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Open to individual girls and boys. This year there are three age categories:
Ages 8-11 - 3rd grade to 5th grade
Ages 12-14 - 6th grade to 8th grade
Ages 15-18 - 9th grade to 12th grade
Deadline: March 1, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
Energy fuels our cars, heats our homes, runs our computers and keeps the lights on. We use energy in almost everything we do, but if we aren’t careful there won’t be enough. Engineers have their work cut out for them. The world is counting on them to chart a course to a safe and clean energy future. They will need to come up with useful ways to save energy as well as ways to produce more of it. How can engineers work together to make the world work for the changing needs of people everywhere without damaging the environment? What should they be focusing on, and how will energy shape the future for engineering? Think about how much energy influences your life every day as you prepare your essay to answer the questions above.
Write an essay of no more than 750 words describing how you believe engineers will provide energy for the future. Entries may be submitted as an Email attachment to webcontest@nae.edu.
Prizes:
First-place winners will also receive a check for $500. Second-place entries will be awarded $250. Third-place entries will be awarded $100.
URL Contest: Engineer Girl
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Open to students residing in the
Deadline: March 3, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
Essays applying head and heart to any subject or field of endeavor are welcome. The definition of humanism used to guide the judging of essays appears on the inside front cover of each Humanist. For topic ideas, recent issues of the Humanist may be useful. Essays should be 1,500-2,500 words, written in English, single-spaced. Please provide your name, age, date of birth, mailing address (no post office boxes), telephone number, and email address on the title page of your essay (so we can readily contact you if your are a finalist or winner). Only one essay may be submitted by each entrant. Emailed to contest@theHumanist.org.
Prizes:
1st Prize: $1,000, three-year membership to the AHA and an invitation to present your essay at the Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association, June 6-8, 2008 in Washington, DC (does not include travel expenses)
URL Contest: The Humanist Magazine
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: Open to students worldwide. Entrant must be enrolled in a college degree program at the time of entry. High school students entering college in the fall of 2008 are also eligible.
Deadline: September 17, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
TOPICS
1. Why do Dagny and Rearden oppose the strikers in action?
2. Explain Ragnar Danneskjold’s statement that Robin Hood is the one man he is out to destroy. What is the deeper moral meaning of his claim?
3. For each of the following three passages from Atlas Shrugged, explain its meaning and its relation to the story and theme of the novel.
a. Galt: "In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromiser is the transmitting rubber tube.”
-Part Three, Chapter VII
b. Dagny: “We never had to take any of it seriously, did we?”
Galt: “No, we never had to.”
-Part Three, Chapter I
c. Francisco: “You have a great deal of courage, Dagny. Some day, you’ll have enough of it.”
-Part One, Chapter V
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.
Essay must be no fewer than 800 and no more than 1,600 words in length, and must be typewritten and double-spaced. One entry per student, please.
Submit your essay online or mail your essay with stapled cover sheet to:
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest, Dept. W
The Ayn Rand Institute
P.O. Box 57044
Irvine, CA 92619-7044
Prizes:
FIRST PRIZE: $10,000
3 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000
5 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000
20 FINALISTS: $100
20 SEMIFINALISTS: $50
URL Contest: The Ayn Rand Institute
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open to amateur photographers who are legal residents of the 50
Deadline: March 15, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
One winner will be chosen in each of the following categories:
1. Hero Shot (Hunting)
2. Hero Shot (Fishing)
3. Live Game
4. Nature/Scenic
5. Humor
By Mail
1. Send us your best photograph from the field and the category you are entering.
2. Please be sure to include your Name, Address and Phone Number in your submission.
Submit to the following address:
Outdoor Life, Outdoor Photo Contest 2008
2 Park Ave.,
OR
By E-Mail
1. Name the category you are entering and attach your photograph
(as a jpeg with at least 266 dpi in an email)
2. Be sure to include your Name, Address and Phone Number in your submission.
Submit to the following E-Mail address:
OLphotos@bonniercop.com
Prizes: One grand prize winner will receive $500.
URL Contest: OutdoorLife
