PUB: NCBS Online - Student Essay Contest

 Student Essay Contest

 

Students,

 

Submit your essay today to compete in the NCBS Annual Student Essay Competition!  Winners will be recognized at the Student Luncheon.  Click here for more information on the High School Essay Essay Contest. 

Click here to see how you can get free Student Luncheon and conference registration tickets.

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE WINNERS:
1st Place - $350.00
2nd Place - $250.00
3rd Place - $125.00
GRADUATE WINNERS:
1st Place - $450.00
2nd Place - $350.00
3rd Place - $225.00 

ESSAY GUIDELINES:

  • Essays should focus on any aspect of the Africana experience, i.e., art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social and policy issues.
  • Must bet typed in MS Word, 12-18 pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
  • Students are asked to document sources using either MLA or APA style guide.
  • Submissions must be mailed to the address below.  Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted!
  • Please include the following information on your cover sheet only:
    • Name
    • Mailing address
    • Telephone number
    • Email Address
    • Name of college or university
    • Class status (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Student)
    • Name of Faculty Advisor
    • Do not include the above information on any subsequent pages of the essay other than on the cover sheet.

 DEADLINE:  January 14, 2011

(must be received by this date)

 

 

Send all manuscripts to:

 

National Office, NCBS

Department of African American Studies

Georgia State University

P.O. Box 4109

Atlanta, GA 30302-4109

 

Street/Overnight Address

1 Park Place South, #962

Atlanta, GA 30303

 

For more information:  info@ncbsonline.org
via ncbsonline.org