Essay Contest-- please read and share!
Daniel C. Burton (dan@autobahn.org)
24 Feb 98 04:17:23 GMT
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>From: Sunni Maravillosa <sunni-snake@utah-inter.net>
>Subject: Essay Contest-- please read and share!
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>Hello,
>
>I am the web mistress for the Liberty Round Table, a voluntary organization
>of friends whose purpose is to educate others about the value of freedom
>and to live free, responsible lives ourselves. One of our most successful
>projects is our annual essay contest for young people, and it's because I
>think you might be interested in it--or know people who would be--that I'm
>writing you today. First place prizes in each category are: $750 for 18-21;
>$500 for 13-17; and $150 for anyone writing on his/her own up to age 12.
>There are also second place prizes and other prizes.
>
>I have included our contest rules below, along with some hints for you;
>more information on the contest is available at the Liberty Round Table web
>site, http://home.lrt.org . Last year's winning essays are available for
>perusal as well, to give entrants an idea of what's likely to be
>successful. If you have any questions about the contest, please write me at
>sunni-snake@utah-inter.net; I'm happy to be of help.
>
>Please forward a copy of this announcement (in its entirety) to everyone
>you know who might be interested in entering! The deadline for entering is
>March 1!
>
>Thank you very much for your time. Good luck in the contest!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Sunni Maravillosa
>
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>
> CONTEST RULES
>
>For the second annual Liberty Round Table essay contest: "Defending My
>Individual Rights!"
>
>All entrants agree to the following rules at the moment of entry to this
>contest (by means of their electronic submission of essays to:
>don-tiggre@utah-inter.net).
>
>1] The prizes to be awarded on July 4, 1998 are:
>
>First Place:
>$750 for the best essay from a "young adult" (age 18 to 21);
>$500 for the best essay from a "teenager" (age 13 to 17);
>$150 for the best essay from a "child" (writing on his/her own to age 12).
>
>Second Place:
>$200 for "young adult" (age 18 to 21);
>$150 for "teenager" (age 13 to 17);
>$75 for "child" (writing on his/her own to age 12).
>
>Honorable Mentions: $25 each category.
>
>"Hobbit" Kudos (single most humorous entry of all essays submitted in all
>categories):
>$100
>
>"DLT" Kudos (personal favorites): recognition only — no cash prize.
>
>2] Prizes will be paid in U.S. currency, or in gold and silver coin when
>and if mutually agreeable arrangements can be made between contest donors
>and winners.
>
>3] The deadline for entries: March 1, 1998. Entries must be received (not
>merely sent or postmarked) by the end of this day.
>
>4] The winners will be announced on 07/04/98 (Independence Day) and
>contacted immediately regarding payment of the prize.
>
>5] Contestants for the "Young Adult" prize must fall within the age bracket
>of 18-21 years (from their 18th birthday up to and including the day before
>their 22nd birthday) at the time they submit their entry or entries to this
>contest.
>
>6] Contestants for the "Teenager" prize must fall within the age bracket of
>13-17 years (from their 13th birthday up to and including the day before
>their 18th birthday) at the time they submit their entry or entries to this
>contest.
>
>7] Contestants for the "Child" prize must be able to write on their own at
>the time they submit their entry or entries to this contest but NOT older
>than 12 (up to and including the day before their 13th birthday). Crayon
>originals with peanut butter & jelly fingerprints are acceptable, but
>someone must transcribe the entry into e-mail and send it, as well as send
>the original hard copy to the LRT address below for the entry to qualify.
>
>8] There is no ideological, philosophical purity, or any other personal
>requirement besides age for entry, and there is no entry fee. The contest
>is open to foreign students, or American students overseas, and they are
>encouraged to write essays about the challenges facing their age group and
>defending their rights wherever they happen to be. Students living in the
>households of persons serving as judges in this competition are not
>eligible for participation (however, they are eligible if the judge proxies
>his or her votes to another judge who does not reside with any contest
>entrants).
>
>9] All entries must be written in English. The quality of the entrant’s use
>of the English language will DEFINITELY be a factor in the judging of the
>"teenager" and "Young Adult" categories; great ideas poorly expressed are
>not very useful. (Hint: misspelling "freedom" would not be a good move!)
>
>10] Entries must be NO more than 1500 words in length. Greater length will
>not impress the judges; if you can clearly express your idea in 500 words,
>GREAT! To be fair to those who make the effort to be brief, entries of more
>than 1500 words WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
>
>11] All submissions must include an electronic copy. The preferred method
>is to send an e-mail WITH THE ESSAY IN THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE (not as an
>enclosure) to don-tiggre@utah-inter.net. If a prospective entrant does not
>have e-mail, they should try to find someone who will let him or her use
>their e-mail to submit entries and receive correspondence relating to the
>contest. Failing this, they may send a computer diskette with their entries
>(MS-Word preferred, or plain ASCII text-only) to the mailing address below.
>We’ll let you know if we can’t read your document. Any hard copy submitted
>will NOT be returned.
>
>12] The submission of entries signifies an agreement to sell all rights
>with respect to the winning essay(s) to all Friends and Knights of the
>Liberty Round Table, including the use of the name or pseudonym of the
>entrant, and the winners are bound to so do. All rights, including but not
>limited to WWW publication of the submitted essays reside with the judges
>of the contest until the winners are announced on 07/04/98, after which
>time all rights for non-winning entries return to the respective entrants.
>The winners cede all rights permanently to all Friends and Knights of the
>Liberty Round Table. This transaction is a purchase arrangement between the
>winners and Friends and Knights of the Liberty Round Table. As such it is
>not to be construed as an employment contract of any kind.
>
>13] The judges of this contest are those Friends and Knights of the Liberty
>Round Table who have funded the prizes and advertisement of this effort, as
>of June 1, 1998. (Pledges for funding received after this date will be
>applied toward the next round of this contest.)
>
>14] The judges reserve the right to judge all entries on whatever basis
>pleases them most, without any regard for the gender, race, creed,
>socioeconomic status, or any other attribute of the entrant. The judges
>also reserve the right to revise the agreed-upon judging procedure, based
>on the agreement of a 3/4 majority of the judges, in the case of there
>being too many entries for all judges to read, or other such circumstances.
>The motives of judges in casting their votes or requesting a change of
>procedure will not be questioned; it will be assumed that all judges will
>act with the utmost sincerity and integrity. The decisions of the judges
>are final and not subject to appeal. Judges may delegate (proxy) their
>right to judge entries to any individual of their choosing, so long as this
>does not result in a situation where people judging and entering the
>contest reside together.
>
>15] The judging will proceed by vote of simple majority for each of the
>prize categories, with each judge (or his or her proxy) casting weighted
>votes in each category. The votes will be weighted so as to produce a
>"proportional representation" kind of result, by assigning a value of 3 to
>votes for first place, a value of 2 for votes for second place, and a value
>of 1 for honorable mention. Thus, only a single round of voting in each
>category, including "Hobbit Kudos," will be required, with the top three
>additive scores getting the cash prizes for the three main categories and
>the top single vote-getter winning the "Hobbit Kudos." The remaining essays
>that receive votes will get "DLT Kudos."
>
>16] Submission of an entry will be construed as consent to arbitration. All
>disputes over matters pertaining to this contest will be settled by
>arbitration through a panel of three arbiters, one chosen by the disputant,
>one from the Round Table Arbitration Association chosen by the judges, and
>a third to be agreed upon by these first two. If the disputant chooses to
>simplify matters by accepting arbitration by a representative of Round
>Table Arbitration Association, the judges will agree to proceed by this
>simplified procedure. For questions, please contact:
>
> ROUND TABLE ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION
> Ray Price, Ph.D., Manager
> 9906 E. Cinnabar Avenue
> Scottsdale, AZ 85258.4738
> Tel: 602.661.1143
> FAX: 602.661.1143
> E-mail: drray@goodnet.com
>
>17] Multiple entries by the same entrant are allowed and winners of last
>year’s contest are eligible for entry.
>
>18] All entries must include a bona-fide mailing address and e-mail
>address. Persons who do not have e-mail of their own and/or cannot be
>reliably reached through e-mail must provide a phone number where they can
>be reached. Persons wishing to write under a pseudonym must provide this
>information for a representative who can cash a money order (unfortunately,
>this means they must have ID to match the name on the prize money order).
>Failure to provide adequate contact information will result in
>disqualification of the entrant.
>
>For more information, send e-mail to don-tiggre@utah-inter.net or
>sunni-snake@utah-inter.net. For hard-copy information, send a
>self-addressed 5" x 9" envelope with a 78 cent stamp to:
>
> Don L. Tiggre/Sunni Maravillosa
> The Liberty Round Table
> 1101 Main St., #104-254
> Evanston, WY 82930
>
>This is also the address for hard-copy entries—but remember that an entry
>must be
>submitted in electronic form to be accepted into the competition. If you
>are thinking of entering, we suggest you to check out some of the things on
>the site before writing an essay; it tells a lot about the way the judges
>think! The URL for the Liberty Round Table is: http://home.lrt.org.We also
>ask that everyone reading this notice show good sportsmanship and spread
>the word to all who might be interested—the greater the number of entrants,
>the better off we will all be.
>
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>
> HINTS
> HINT:
>
>Many people have written, asking for more direction on what exactly we'd
>like to see on "Defending My Individual Rights"... We didn't want to tell
>people exactly what to write, as we were hoping to see a little more
>creativity, so we haven't said much. But people keep on asking, so let me
>give everyone this hint: Last year's winners give a very good idea of what
>our judges like best!
>
> Check 'em out at: http://home.lrt.org/lrt.essaywin.prelim.htm
>
> ANOTHER HINT:
>
>Winning essays always have some "zing." Or "oomph," "energy," "power,"
>"excitement," or whatever you want to call that special quality that makes
>people read 'em and remember 'em. The best way to make sure your essay has
>"zing" is to pick some issue _you_ care about and build your essay around
>it. Does your town have a curfew? Laws that make it hard for you to get a
>job? A dress code? Are there public places where you can get busted just
>for having a skateboard? Do older people not respect your rights, just
>because you are younger? Or are there rights violations you see happening
>to older folks that you are not looking forward to? Are you being forced to
>"volunteer" for some cause? How do you feel about mandatory military
>service? Thinking about such issues can help you to write an essay that
>says something important, and says it in a powerful way.
>
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>The Liberty Round Table essay contest deadline is 3/1!
>For rules and information, browse http://home.lrt.org .
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>