Deadline: 31 March 2011
Short Form Student Contest
Objective: Create a written or video response to one of these three videos that discuss topics in the book, New Threats to Freedom edited by Adam Bellow (Templeton Press, 2010):
* Greg Lukianoff on campus censorship
* Max Borders on our compulsive urge to regulate
* Michael Goodwin on the loss of the freedom to fail
If you have fresh insights into these issues, we want you to make your voice heard.
Are these phenomena real threats to freedom? Do they make an impact on your life? Would the alternative (e.g. deregulating things like farmers’ markets) be worse than our present circumstances? What might the future look like if these trends continue or accelerate? Are these trends even the real problem or are they merely symptoms of some larger threat?
These are but a few of the many angles that you might consider in crafting your response.
Judging: It doesn’t matter whether you agree with the original video or not, entries will be judged on the creativity and the quality of the ideas presented. Make us think about these issues in a new way.
Eligibility: Entrants must be enrolled part- or full-time in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university in the United States or its territories. Entrants who intend to be enrolled by Fall 2011 (e.g. high school seniors or prospective graduate students) will also be considered.
Rules: Written entries should be between 300 and 500 words. Entrants must identify the video that they are referencing. Entries must be published somewhere in the public eye: this can be a blog, a school newspaper, or any other print or online publication.
To submit entries, contestants must either send:
* A link (if the entry appears online) to tpinfo@templetonpress.org.
* A clipping (if it appears in print) to
New Threats to Freedom Contests
Templeton Press
300 Conshohocken State Road
Suite550
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Be sure to include your contact information, including name, e-mail address, college or university affiliation, and graduation year.
Video entries should be between three to five minutes in length. All entries must identify which video they are referencing. Entries must be published to one of the major video hosting sites such as Youtube, Dailymotion, or Vimeo.
To submit entries contestants must send a link (if the entry appears online) to tpinfo@templetonpress.org.
Be sure to include your contact information, including name, e-mail address, college or university affiliation, and graduation year.
By entering, you give Templeton Press the right to use your submissions for promotional activities.
Prizes: $5,000 scholarship
Deadline UPDATE: We have extended our deadline! Entries must be received by 11:59 pm on March 31, 2011.
Long Form Student Contest
Objective: Write a compelling counter argument to one of these three essays that appear in New Threats to Freedom edited by Adam Bellow (Templeton Press, 2010):
* The New Behaviorists, Christine Rosen
* Participatory Culture and the Assault on Democracy, Lee Siegel
* The Illusion of Innocence, Shelby Steele
Judging: Judges will look for clarity, accuracy, accessibility, and overall quality of the argument. Sources should be referenced and cited appropriately, using footnotes or in-text citations. Entries will be judged blindly.
Eligibility: Entrants must be enrolled part- or full-time in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university in the United States or its territories. Entrants who intend to be enrolled by Fall 2011 (e.g. high school seniors or prospective graduate students) will also be considered.
Rules: Written entries should be between 2,000 and 3,000 words. All entries should be submitted by e-mail to tpinfo@templetonpress.org. Be sure to include your contact information, including name, e-mail address, college or university affiliation, and graduation year. All entries become the property of Templeton Press and select essays will be published on the New Threats to Freedom website.
Prizes:
* First place $5,000 scholarship
* Second place $3,000 scholarship
* Third place $1,000 scholarship
Exceptional essays will also be considered for inclusion in the paperback edition of New Threats to Freedom (May 2011).
Deadline UPDATE: We have extended our deadline! Entries must be received by 11:59 pm on March 31, 2011.
Sponsor information: Templeton Press was founded in January 1997 as a program of Templeton Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit foundation established by Sir John Templeton. Since its inception, the Press has published more than one hundred books on topics including freedom and free enterprise, the virtues, science and the big questions, and the relationship between health and spirituality.
More information here.
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