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Theme: “Achieving a More Peaceful World: What Needs to Change?”
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Raindrop Turkish House organizes Annual Essay Contest for Texas middle and high school students.
Program Objective: To have children in middle and high schools think about and be involved in contributing to solving social problems and/or issues in our world today such as intercultural and interfaith understanding, respect towards others, etc. We want our future leaders to be aware of social problems at an early age and to think globally. The program is geared towards an interdisciplinary approach to solving world and community issues in that the theme of the program looks towards global peace.
Program Participants: Texas middle and high school students.
Program Focus: To recognize and create ways for young people to think both locally and globally in order to contribute to a more peaceful world. Program Theme for 2011-2012: “Achieving a More Peaceful World: What Needs to Change?”
Middle and high-school students are invited to submit an essay work on the theme of "Achieving a More Peaceful World: What Needs to Change?” Its purpose is to help ponder upon global problems that are salient in today's world and facilitate peace through cross-cultural and interfaith dialogue, understanding, reconciliation and cooperation.
Students may reflect on the following questions as a starting point for their own work:
- What are the major problems in today's world that hinder peace?
- What specific steps can I take as an American to establish peace around me in particular and in society in general?
- What should the media industry be doing to promote peace in our society in particular and around the globe in general?
- What are some ways that government, society, the media, or an individual can do to calm tensions among nations and peoples that hinder peace in the world?
- How can I as a person or we as a society improve understanding and cooperation among different nations and cultures?
- What can be done by the citizens of the world to reduce polarization among conflicting nations and promote mutually beneficial relationships and partnerships?
Eligibility:
All middle and high school students from public or private schools in Texas
ESSAY CONTEST RULES
- Contest is open to 6th-12th grade students currently attending the TEXAS schools. Grades 6, 7 and 8 will compete in the Middle School Category, while grades 9 through 12 will be grouped into the High School Category.
- Essays must be original, unpublished, and written entirely by contestants.
- The essays submitted should not be research papers, but instead, should contain each student’s original thoughts on the topic.
- Each essay should be no more than 1000 words in length and should be typed, double-spaced and prepared in an electronic format using a word processing application. Do not submit your essay in PDF format.
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Essays should not contain the student’s or school’s name. An identification number will be assigned for each essay to ensure anonymity during scoring. Essay entries must be received no later than 4:00 PM on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 2012. Winners will be announced by Friday, March 16th, 2012.
For the Essay Contest Rubric please click Essay Contest Rubric
- Participants consent to transfer copyrights of their essays to Raindrop Turkish House.
- Essays have to comply with standards of Chicago , APA or MLA in regard to citations and bibliography
- To receive their awards, winners must be present in the Award Ceremony on Saturday April 14th, 2012 in Houston.
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Students will be rewarded based on placements. ( See AWARDS (STUDENTS) section below)
- Students can enter the contest with only one entry.
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Sponsoring teachers of the winning students will be rewarded, too. In the case that a teacher has more than one winning students, they will receive the prize amount for the student with the highest ranking award. ( See AWARDS (TEACHERS) section below)
Time line
Deadline for Students to submit their works
Results Announced
Award Ceremony
AWARDS (STUDENTS)
MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY
For High School
Grand Award (1 winner) : $300 award
Golden Awards (2 winners) : $200 award
Silver Awards (4 winners) : $150 award
Bronze Awards (7 winners) : $75 award
Honorable Mention Awards (11 winners): $50 award
For Middle School
Grand Award (1 winner) : $200 award
Golden Awards (2 winners) : $150 award
Silver Awards (4 winners) : $100 award
Bronze Award (7 winners) : $50 award
Honorable Mention Awards (11 winners): $40 award
AWARDS (TEACHERS)
MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY
For High School
Grand Award (1 winner) : $200 award
Golden Awards (2 winners) : $150 award
Silver Awards (4 winners) : $100 award
Bronze Awards (7 winners) : $75 award
Honorable Mention Awards (11 winners): $50 award
For Middle School
Grand Award (1 winner) : $150 award
Golden Awards (2 winners) : $100 award
Silver Awards (4 winners) : $75 award
Bronze Awards (7 winners) : $50 award
Honorable Mention Awards (11 winners): $40 award
Click Here for 3rd Annual Essay Contest Brochure
JUDGING
All essay submissions will be judged by a committee led by professors from local universities. Please click Essay Contest Rubric to see the judging criteria.
How to submit the essay?
Sponsoring teacher or Students may click on the following link and submit the entry online!
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