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Elie Wiesel Essay Contest
What:
Three months after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, professor and writer Elie Wiesel established The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Its mission is to advance the cause of human rights and peace throughout the world by creating a new forum for the discussion of urgent ethical issues confronting humankind. In the Foundation's annual essay contest, juniors and seniors examine and analyze urgent ethical issues confronting them in today’s complex world. Essays must be the original, unpublished work of the author.
Who is eligible:
The contest is open to undergraduate juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time at an accredited college or university in the US.
Selection Procedure:
Essays must be submitted on behalf of a student by a college or university administrator, faculty advisor, or faculty member, and be accompanied by a completed entry form. No more than three essays may be submitted from the same campus annually.
Format for the Essay
In 3,000 to 4,000 words, students are encouraged to raise questions, single out issues and identify dilemmas. The essay may be developed from any point of view and can be in the form of a case study, a personal experience, or an analysis that is literary, philosophical, historical, biographical, sociological, theological, or psychological. Essays must be the original unpublished work of the author. The following questions might be considered in the context of this year’s theme:
What does your own experience tell you about the relationship between politics and ethics and, in particular, what could be done to make politics more ethical?
Articulate with clarity an ethical issue that you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself.
Carefully examine the ethical aspects or implications of a major literary work, a film or a significant piece of art.
Clearly analyze the relationship between religion and ethics in today's world.
How does a recent political or cultural event shed light on the ethics of rebellion/revolution?
If your essay is chosen to be sent to the national competition, you will need to submit 3 copies of the essay (1 paper-clipped, 2 stapled). Do not bind manuscripts or write your name, initials, or school anywhere on the essays that will be submitted to the national competition.
Deadline: External 1/8/2010 (due to Elie Wiesel Foundation)
Deadline: 12/7/2009 (optional SOP review)
Who wins:
Most Fellows (but not all) are recent college graduates, with diverse majors that include science and humanities as well as social science. Selectors look for academic achievement, communication and analytical skills, community service, and leadership potential. Winners conduct themselves well in interviews. The Program says it "is looking for multi-talented individuals to lead our multi-ethnic, multi-regional, and multi-industrial state into the 21st century." UCI students have won this award.
Finances:
First Prize, $5,000, Second Prize, $2,500, Thrid Prize, $1,500, and two Honorable Mentions, $500 each.
Comments:
Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Boston University Professor Elie Wiesel has worked on behalf of oppressed people for much of his adult life. As a Holocaust survivor, he has used his talents as an author, teacher and storyteller to defend human rights and promote peace throughout the world.
World Wide Web: Further information and applications are available at:
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/
For applications and more information, contact the Scholarship
Opportunities Program at 824-5461 in the Office of the Campuswide
Honors Program, 1200 Student Services II.
SOP is able to provide counseling and applications to UCI Students only.
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Division of Undergraduate Education