[university-l] IDEA Announces TPS 2006 Essay Contest

[Noel Selegzi]

IDEA is pleased to announce The People Speak 2006 Essay Competition!

The People Speak aims to bring thoughtful discussion and debate about
foreign policy to people in their schools, churches, universities,
clubs, homes, and civic organizations. From September 1 through November
30th, The People Speak events will feature thought-provoking
discussions, from grass-roots meetings to expert-led panels, on the
theme of "Working Together with the World: What's in it for the United
States? Peace, Security & Human Rights; Energy & Global Climate Change;
and the Millennium Development Goals." - participants in The People
Speak, both in the United States and elsewhere, will learn about some of
the most pressing foreign policy issues of the 21st Century, all the
while learning about each other. 

As part of encouraging lively engagement with The People Speak themes,
IDEA is issuing a call for essays, written by youth, which are relevant
to these topics. All youth 24 years of age and under - whether
affiliated with debate programs or not - are eligible to submit
analytical essays treating US-UN relations on any of the four The People
Speak themes. Essays can deal with overviews of these issues or with
specific topics within them, and must be a minimum of a 1,000 words and
can be as long as 10,000. In evaluation by the awards panel, preference
will be shown to essays that show originality and insight, and that
demonstrate research and the use of evidence. Sources should be
identified for reference by panelists and increase the credibility of an
essay's argument; a good guide on how to cite sources is available at
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styl
es/mla/mla.htm.

All essays will be evaluated by an awards panel. The writer of one grand
prize essay will receive $500 US, and will have their essay published by
IDEA. Up to ten additional awards of $250 US each will be awarded to the
writers of ten other winning essays. Winning contestants affiliated with
any IDEA-NL members associations will also have awards of $100 made in
their honor to their organization. An IDEA-affiliated Grand Prize winner
will have $250 donated to their debate association.  

Contestants must identify themselves and submit their essays online by
logging into IDEA's Online Application System (OAS) at
http://oas.idebate.org/idea. Contestants should create an individual
account within OAS and select the 'TPS Essay Competition 2006' link in
order to upload their essays. Questions regarding OAS or the TPS Essay
Competition should be sent to dlemke at idebate.org. Essays must be in
English, and uploaded in either Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or OpenOffice
text formats.

The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2006. Current employees of
IDEA and their immediate families are not eligible for this contest. By
submitting an essay, each contestant acknowledges and agrees that all
essay entries become the sole and exclusive property of IDEA.
Competition judges' decisions are final and non-appealable. 

This year's The People Speak brings up fascinating and important issues,
and by writing an essay in IDEA's competition, you can tackle them
directly and have your voice heard! Good luck!

If you have any questions regarding IDEA's Participation in TPS 2006,
please contact Daniel Lemke <mailto:dlemke at idebate.org> .

Noel S. Selegzi
International Debate Education Association
Open Society Institute 
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New York, NY 10019
Ph: (212) 547-6938
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