Requirements:
--Essays must be original work, unpublished elsewhere.
--Essays must be written in the English language.
--Entrants must attend a college or university in, or have a permanent address in, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware.
--Entries must be submitted from a valid academic address (.edu) by the essay’s author.
--Length should be between 2000-9000 words in length, excluding footnotes.
--Essays must be formatted in MLA style (12 pt, double-spaced, numbered pages) with MLA citation.
--Please include the essay’s title on the first page of the essay as well as in the Essay Title field below.
--To ensure blind judging, identifying information (name, institution) should ONLY be included in the submission form below, and not in the essay.
--Submissions that do not meet all the above requirements are not eligible for consideration.
Judges:
--Megan Quigley (Villanova University)
--Paul Saint-Amour (University of Pennsylvania)
--Janine Utell (Widener University)
Prize money:
--$300 for an outstanding paper written by a graduate student
--$200 for an outstanding paper written by an undergraduate student
All entries must be submitted by midnight EST on Monday, May 15. Please contact press@rosenbach.org if you have any questions or issues with the submission form.
