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We will award one prize ($500) for the best undergraduate essay and one prize ($500) for the best graduate essay. All current Emory University students may submit to the contest. As a recent update, we will also award the best commended essay one prize of ($150).

Essays should be a maximum of 5,000 words (excluding bibliography and footnotes) and may derive from any Emory course, including classes in Emory College, Oxford College, the Laney Graduate School, Goizueta Business School, School of Law, School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, Candler School of Theology.

Please email submissions and a 250-word abstract to Falguni Sheth by Friday, March 21, 2025 at falguni.sheth@emory.edu.