Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest

The Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest is open to undergraduate students. To participate, you must read the novel and write an essay on a selected topic that can be found on the Web site. Essays are judged on both style and content. The winning essay must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of the book "Atlas Shrugged." Complete contest guidelines are available on the Web site.

http://www.aynrand.org/contests/atlas.html

Akademos / TextbookX.com Spring 2006 Scholarship Contest

The Akademos / TextbookX.com Spring 2006 Scholarship Contest is available to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in good standing at an accredited college or university in the U.S. You must be a legal resident of the U.S. or an international student with a valid visa to be eligible. To apply for this scholarship, you must write a 250 to 750 word essay on the following topic: How, if at all, would American society change if the current legal right to abortion is either severely restricted or eliminated?

http://www.textbookx.com/scholarship/

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Dear friends!

Your notifications about most interesting contests very much appreciated! Let me know also about your successful participation in contests and competition.

Feel free to contact me via e-mail allcontests@gmail.com

Thanks!
Yahor Shumski

Monday, April 17, 2006

Goi Peace Foundation Contest

The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World." Not only should young people benefit from this global movement, but they should be empowered to play a leading role in the creation of a culture of peace. The theme of this year's International Essay Contest is "Learning to live together: promoting tolerance and diversity in globalized societies." Young people from around the world are invited to submit their creative ideas on this theme.

Youth Category

"Learning to live together: promoting tolerance and diversity in globalized societies" -- Ignorance, exclusion, discrimination, and a lack of social integration of foreigners and immigrants within the main society may become causes of deep frustration and explosive violent clashes among young people as seen in different parts of the world. How can peoples of diverse cultures and backgrounds live together peacefully? How can young people contribute to the creation of dynamic and harmonious multicultural societies? Formulate your ideas for a project or initiative to achieve this goal.

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Saturday, April 08, 2006

IFAJ Agricultural Photo Star Prize

Description: The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) invites eligible agricultural journalists to enter their photographs in a contest for the best agricultural photograph of 2005. The prize is called The IFAJ Agricultural Photo Star Prize.

Who is eligible to enter?

  • Any journalist who is a member in good standing of a national association or guild that is a member of IFAJ may enter one published photograph.
  • National agricultural journalist associations and guilds that are members of IFAJ may each enter up to three photos each. A national association may enter a photo taken by a journalist who is not a member of their association, however there is a fee for such entries (see Entry Fee).
  • Under no circumstance may one person have more than one photograph entered in the contest.

Entry Fee

  • There is no entry fee for any agricultural journalist who is a member in good standing of a national association that is a member of IFAJ.
  • There is also no fee for any agricultural journalist who is not a member of a IFAJ-member national association, but who holds individual membership in IFAJ.
  • Fee of 25 Euros for the entry by an IFAJ-member national association of a photo taken by a journalist who is not a member of their association or guild, nor is an IFAJ individual member.

What photographs are eligible to be entered?

To be eligible for entry, a photograph must:

  • Be on an on-farm production subject.
  • Photographs in this contest should enhance the editorial message of the technical copy. A photograph that was part of a photo story may also be entered, but only one photo from the photo story may be entered.
  • Have been published as editorial material between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005.
  • May be either color or black & white.

All entries will be posted on the IFAJ Web site (www.ifaj.org) for public viewing both prior to and after the contest. All photojournalists entering photos agree to give IFAJ free rights to publish their photos on the IFAJ Web site, in official IFAJ publications, in IFAJ publicity about the photo contest and to display their photos during the 2006 IFAJ Congress in Norway, 12-16 August 2006.

Entry Deadline: 15 June 2006

Award:

  • The prize winner will be awarded a crystal trophy and a 500 Euro cash prize.
  • The second place winner will be awarded a crystal trophy.
  • The awards will be presented during the 2006 IFAJ Congress in Norway, 12-16 August 2006. Entrants need not be present.
Contest's website

International photo contest "An Answer for Everything"

Moscow, 11 March 2006 - International Confederation of Journalists’ Unions and Eurasia Media Center announce competition for print photo correspondents. The competition is financed by UNESCO.

The competition called “An Answer for Everything” is dedicated to social topics; professional photo journalists, news agencies and media organizations whose photos reflect reality are eligible for participation.

In May 2006 the photos sent to competition will be exhibited in Moscow. Deadline for applications is April 10, 2006.

The candidates must send their works and contact information to Eurasia Media Center, Moscow, 119992, 4 Zubovski Boulevard (the envelope should be titled “Photo-competition”), the abovementioned documents can be sent via email as well - info@eurasia-media.ru.

IDRC's Expose Urban Solutions Photo Contest

In June 2006, Canada plays host to the World Urban Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia. Participants from all over the globe will discuss solutions to the challenges facing their cities and communities. But we want to do more than just talk — we want to show delegates how people are making their cities better places to live.
What it's all about: In a word, innovation. We want you to show us the thousands of creative ways people living in cities of the South or the developed world are tackling the challenges of urban living. We are looking for the best digital photos that fit under these four themes:
  • Cities Feeding People (growing food in urban and peri-urban areas);
  • Liquid Gold (productive uses of water);
  • Waste Not, Want Not (recycling processes); and
  • Avoiding Disaster (risk-proofing the urban environment).
Awards: One of three cash prizes and all-expenses paid trips to Vancouver, Canada, including airfare and three nights' hotel accommodation to attend the photo awards ceremony at the World Urban Forum, 20 June 2006

Who can enter:
This competition is open to all professional and/or amateur photographers, 18 years or older. Submissions are limited to one digital photo entry per person. Multiple entries will not be accepted.
Closing date for entry is Thursday, 20 April 2006.

Contest's website

Annual Student Writing Competition

The Review is currently accepting articles for its 2006 Student Writing Competition. The Competition is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. The author of the winning article will receive US$.500 and will have his or her article published in an upcoming issue of the Review. The entry deadline is November 22, 2006.

Rules

1. Entries should be double-spaced with 1" margins and no longer than 45 pages including footnotes,

2. Each entry must be the sole work of the student. Works previously published or with publication commitments from other journals will not be accepted.

3. Entries should include the following:

• Title page with the descriptive title of the article, the name of author and his or her academic institution, the author's full address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address;

• Full body of the article, without reference to the author's name; and

• All figures and/or tables used in their original file format, e.g., Microsoft Excel, even if embedded in the body.

4. Text and citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005), copyright by the Columbia Law Review Association, the Harvard Law Review Association, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal.

How to Enter

The Review must receive all entries via e-mail by November 22, 2006 at 5 p.m. Authors will receive a notice of receipt via e-mail no later than five working days after article submission. Follow the steps below to submit an entry electronically:

1. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format and sent as an e-mail attachment.

2. In the subject line of the e-mail, include the phrase "Writing Competition Entry."

3. In the body of the e-mail, include the following:

• Author's name;

• Title of the article;

• Author's preferred e-mail address;

• Author's phone and fax numbers.

4. Entries should be e-mailed to: submissions@ilmreview.org.

Annual Student Writing Competition

The Review is currently accepting articles for its 2006 Student Writing Competition. The Competition is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. The author of the winning article will receive US$.500 and will have his or her article published in an upcoming issue of the Review. The entry deadline is November 22, 2006.

Rules

1. Entries should be double-spaced with 1" margins and no longer than 45 pages including footnotes,

2. Each entry must be the sole work of the student. Works previously published or with publication commitments from other journals will not be accepted.

3. Entries should include the following:

• Title page with the descriptive title of the article, the name of author and his or her academic institution, the author's full address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address;

• Full body of the article, without reference to the author's name; and

• All figures and/or tables used in their original file format, e.g., Microsoft Excel, even if embedded in the body.

4. Text and citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005), copyright by the Columbia Law Review Association, the Harvard Law Review Association, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal.

How to Enter

The Review must receive all entries via e-mail by November 22, 2006 at 5 p.m. Authors will receive a notice of receipt via e-mail no later than five working days after article submission. Follow the steps below to submit an entry electronically:

1. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format and sent as an e-mail attachment.

2. In the subject line of the e-mail, include the phrase "Writing Competition Entry."

3. In the body of the e-mail, include the following:

• Author's name;

• Title of the article;

• Author's preferred e-mail address;

• Author's phone and fax numbers.

4. Entries should be e-mailed to: submissions@ilmreview.org.

IADC ANNOUNCES 2006 LEGAL WRITING CONTEST

The International Association of Defense Counsel announces its 2006 Legal Writing Contest, which is open to all J.D. candidates currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to submit articles. The IADC has been serving a distinguished memberhship of corporate and insurance defense attorneys since 1920.

Entrants must write on subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation. The contest will be judged by a committee of the IADC.

Prizes

First Place

US$2,000 and plaque

Second Place

US$1,000 and plaque

Third Place

US$500 and plaque

Honorable Mention

Plaque

Winning and honorable mention entries will be considered for publication in the IADC's quarterly academic publication, the Defense Counsel Journal. The judges also may award honorable mentions. All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to the Defense Counsel Journal.

The contest rules, writing guidelines, and entry form are available on this Web site.

Past experience has shown that teachers of litigation-related subjects are in an ideal position to stimulate student interest in legal writing and to encourage participation in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Each year a number of the entries appear to have been prepared initially for various courses or seminars, and the caliber of the papers has been high. These faculty members are in an excellent position to encourage their students to enter the IADC contest.

Deans, professors and law review editors are urged to publicize the IADC contest and to encourage participation in it.