<p>Please see website <a href=“http://www.civworld.org/essay.htm[/url]”>www.civworld.org/essay.htm</a> for full details.</p>
<p>Interdependence Day 2005 Essay & Arts Contest</p>
<p>2005 Topic:
What is Interdependence? </p>
<p>Eligibility:
Contest is open to all high school students attending public, private, parochial, or home schools, including students who have graduated in 2005 and international students. </p>
<p>Categories:</p>
<p>· Essays: Please limit to 1,000 words or less.
· Arts: Includes creative writing (i.e. poetry or short story), paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video, and other art forms. Choreographed dances and musical compositions will be considered as well. </p>
<p>General Guidelines:</p>
<p>· Please include your name, phone number, email and mailing address on every work. We will contact you primarily by phone or email.<br>
· Students are permitted to enter both categories, but may not enter more than one work per category.
· We are looking for creative work that expresses either interdependence in full or a specific aspect of interdependence. Entrants should consult Sondra Myers and Benjamin R. Barbers The Interdependence Handbook, Benjamin R. Barbers Jihad vs. McWorld or Sondra Myers The Democracy Reader for starting points on globalization literature. Students are not limited to the opinions represented in those works and are encouraged to explore other sources as well.
· Send a self-addressed stamped envelope for confirmation of your entry.<br>
· Include a self-addressed mailing envelope with sufficient postage if work is to be returned.
· By entering work in the 2005 Interdependence Day Essay & Arts Contest, entrants agree to allow the publication of their work on the Interdependence Day website. Students will retain the rights to their work. </p>
<p>Essay Guidelines:
§ All entries must have the entrants name, address, and phone number in the header area of the first page of the essay and his or her name on each following page.
§ Entrants must submit three final copies of essay for judging. Each copy should be stapled.
§ Please include citations in the form of footnotes for convenient referencing if applicable at the bottom of each page where they are cited.
§ Essays should be in a standard 12-point font and double-spaced.
§ Essays should be written with clear attention to personal voice. Essays should not exceed 1,000 words.<br>
Creative Writing Guidelines:</p>
<p>· We have no limitations on style. However, please limit your work to 1,000 words.
· All writing should be in English. If there are occasional foreign phrases, please include a translation note.</p>
<p>Performing Arts Guidelines:</p>
<p>· Please include a audio or videotape of performing arts.<br>
· Where applicable, please include sheet music or other relevant materials.</p>
<p>Visual Arts Guidelines:</p>
<p>§ 2-D Directions
§ For works that can be easily placed in a large, bubble-wrapped mailing envelope, please secure with tracing paper and mail to us. Framing is not necessary.<br>
§ For works that are not easily transportable, please take color photographs. Make sure that colors are accurately reflected in the photograph. We have no limitations on the size of the photograph, but we do ask that they be at least 4 X 6. Please submit three copies of photos of your work for judging and make sure that photos are clear and representative of your work.
§ Photographs and videos are also welcome. They may either be in color or black and white.<br>
§ 3-D Guidelines
§ If your artwork is easily transportable (for example, if it is made of paper mâché or another light-weight medium), please mail it to us in bubble-wrap.
§ If your artwork is larger or heavier in weight, please take full color photographs using the directions for 2-D art.</p>
<p>Judging:
§ The works will be judged on how well they describe or depict interdependence from the contestants perspective.<br>
§ Winning entries will be published on the Internet. </p>
<p>Awards:
First, Second, and Third Place winners will receive a copy of The Interdependence Handbook and a cash award. Honorable Mentions will be recognized. </p>
<p>Deadline:
August 25, 2005</p>
<p>Notification:</p>
<p>Entries will be judged from both categories in early Fall of 2005. Only those students receiving prizes will be notified by mail. When decisions are finalized, winners and their works will be posted on the website. Before the August 25, 2005 deadline, you may email questions about the contest to <a href=“mailto:lideng@ursinus.edu”>lideng@ursinus.edu</a> with Essay & Arts Contest in the subject line. If you have further questions, please call (267) 218-4738 for Lilly Deng, Essay & Arts Contest Chair or (202) 496-5060 for Sondra Myers, Interdependence Project Coordinator. </p>
<p>Submissions:</p>
<p>Entrants must submit three copies of each essay, creative writing piece, or photograph taken of artwork for judging. Students who will be mailing artwork need not submit three copies. As entries must be postmarked by August 25, 2005, it is not necessary to send by overnight mail, although priority mail is recommended to ensure that we receive your work. Entries will only be accepted by mail and will not be judged if sent electronically. </p>
<p>Mail entries to:
Interdependence Day 2005 Essay & Arts Contest
Attn: Lilly Deng
296 Freeland Drive
Collegeville, PA 19426
USA</p>