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The 4th Annual Avar Press Literary Essay
Scholarship Competition for High School
Students--2009
Scholarship Competition for High School
Students--2009
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Entry Deadline:
May 31, 2009
May 31, 2009
The essay contest is free. There is
no application fee or anything to
purchase or buy.
no application fee or anything to
purchase or buy.
Cash awards for 2009
Eligibility
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $750
Third Prize: $500
Second Prize: $750
Third Prize: $500
Any member of the U.S. or Canadian
high school classes of 2009 or 2010
including home schoolers.
high school classes of 2009 or 2010
including home schoolers.
| Prospective entrants are directed to "Literary Contests -- Facts and Fakes" by Victoria Strauss, which can be read by clicking here. |
| © Copyright 2009 Avar Press. All rights reserved. |
| The 4th Annual Avar Press Literary Essay Scholarships for High School 2009 Rules & Regulations 1. Avar Press is seeking to recognize, encourage, and reward scholarship in US & Canadian high school students by offering the Avar Press Literary Essay Scholarships (hereafter known as the Scholarship), seeking essays, as follows: 2. Topic: all essays must be non-fiction and original work, analyzing a single aspect of D.J. Solomon's Xen: Ancient English Edition, ISBN 0976066009, Avar Press, 2004. Entrants may choose one of the following: a. Discuss how Xen is a satire of the "new world order." b. Compare and contrast Xen to at least two other utopia/dystopian novels. c. Is the future world of Xen utopian or dystopian, sterile and without the desire for aggressiveness or physical acumen, to paraphrase previous winner, Ian Harris? Discuss this in detail. d. A topic of one's own choosing that analyzes a single aspect of Xen. The use of the essay as part of the writer's routine school work in any capacity is permitted. 3. Eligibility: the Scholarship is open to all US & Canadian high school students who are members of the classes 2009 or 2010, including home schoolers. 4. The Scholarship is not open to any persons, or their relatives, previously or currently affiliated with Avar Press in any capacity. Nor are any previous winners permitted to enter. 5. There is no entry fee or cost to the writer, parents/guardians, or school whatsoever. No funds will be solicited by Avar Press now or at any time in the future with regard to this Scholarship. 6. Copyright of each essay remains with the writer, whether winning or not. Avar Press will not be able to use any essay without future written permission from the writer, except as stated below in Rule #11, for winning essays regarding publication. 7. Submissions must be 1250-1500 words on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper, Times Roman type, size 12, with 1" margins, double spaced; a cover sheet must include the title, writer's name & address, and high school name & address; each page must include the writer's full name at the top left and the page number at the top right, beginning with page 2. Footnotes or bibliography, if any, should be attached as an additional page or pages at the end of the essay and do not count in the overall size limitations. Entries must be stapled together, along with the two other requirements placed on top; the entries are not to be bound or otherwise covered in any fashion. 8. A letter from the writer's school, on school letterhead, must accompany the application, attesting to their current grade level & currently enrolled status at the institution, at the time of the submission; this may come from a principal, guidance counsellor, or teacher. Home schoolers must submit a letter stating their intended year of graduation from their teacher. 9. Submissions must also include a printed copy of this agreement (Scholarship form), which can be printed by clicking here for a printer friendly version, and must be signed by the writer as well as by a legal guardian or parent. Copies of this Scholarship form are available over the Internet as well as from Avar Press, P.O. Box 1993, Whiteville, NC 28472, by sending a self addressed stamped envelope along with your request. 10. Deadline: each essay must be received at the following address postmarked prior to May 31, 2009: Avar Press, P.O. Box 1993, Whiteville, NC 28472. All entries must be received by USPS, not by e-mail, other courier, or delivery service. Entries must be on printed paper; no discs, CDs, or e-mail entries will be considered; no discs or CDs will be returned and will be discarded, without effort to protect the integrity, privacy, or copyright of any data contained thereon. Avar Press maintains no responsibility for entries not received; delivery confirmation is recommended but is up to each individual entrant. 11. Publication of the essays will be on the xenbook.com website, upon timely announcement of the winners, which should be on or before September 1, 2009. Citations of this publication may be used by the winners in any fashion they choose. Avar Press may, at its sole discretion, choose to publish one or more of the essays in a future paper printing of Xen, either as part of a forward, addendum, or errata, or as a separate text of literary criticism, or in another electronic or digital format, always with appropriate attribution to the writer, without further compensation in any fashion. The writer expressly grants Avar Press this permission by participating with a submission. 12. Cash awards: there will be 3 winners: first place, second place, third place; they will be awarded as such, published as such, and each winner will receive $1000.00, $750.00, or $500.00, respectively, in US funds. These cash prizes will be payable to the winner and will be unrestricted. Matching cash prizes will also be awarded to any high school from which a winning essay is selected and from which are submitted 20 (twenty) or more essays. 13. Judging: the essays will be judged by the editorial staff of Avar Press; their decisions are final. No discussion of or rationale for their decisions will be warranted, required, or forthcoming. Judging will be based on originality of the analysis. Entries must be non-fiction and must not be a critique or book report. 14. All entries become the property of Avar Press, cannot be returned to the writer, but will be destroyed by routine office shredder; the copyright of all essays, winning or not, remains with the respective writer. 15. Winners agree to a brief telephone interview and/or completion of a brief questionnaire from the publisher. 16. Questions concerning the Scholarship may be directed to Avar Press, P.O. Box 1993, Whiteville, NC 28472, USA but are best directed to scholarship@avarpress.com. 17. Avar Press is not responsible for any essays received in any damaged or compromised condition for whatever reason. 18. While seeking to reward scholarship, Avar Press must maintain the position that only outstanding essays will be awarded first, second, and third prizes. Avar Press reserves the right to reward only two, one, or even none of the essays, at its sole discretion. 19. This Scholarship competition is void where prohibited. |
| Avar Press grants the unrestricted downloading, printing, copying, and/or distribution of this Statement of Xen Literary Essay Scholarship, so long as it is done in its entirety, without any alteration and with this permission statement. |
Xen is satire about the new world order. Information about the
Competition. Detailed information about Xen.
Competition. Detailed information about Xen.
Read the interview with 2007's
first prize winner, Nicole Olson.
first prize winner, Nicole Olson.
