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NWCU Essay Contest
The Northwestern California University Awards in Liberty, Freedom, and Justice Essay Competition is an annual contest that is designed to motivate students to analyze the challenges faced by the founders of our nation, as well as by citizens today, to the fundamental values and legal principles of our society. The School awards three prizes of $1000 for excellence in essay writing as determined by the school's Awards Committee. Students are encouraged to write thought-provoking essays that reflect an understanding of the pioneering efforts of early Americans to establish liberty, freedom, and justice for our country and the impact of their efforts on modern society.
Awards and Topics
The names of the three individual awards and the essay topics are as follows:
Essay Topic: Liberty and the law
Essay Topic: Freedom and the law
Essay Topic: Justice and the law
Details
Eligibility
To be eligible for participation in the essay competition, applicants must be currently registered students in good standing with the university (i.e. students on academic or non-academic probation will not be considered).
Essays will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Students are encouraged to develop their own perspective on the topic through sound and compelling arguments towards a certain position.
- Essays must be well thought-out, creative, and display depth of feeling.
- Essays must demonstrate proper formatting, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Essays must exhibit style and clarity.
- Essays must be original, unpublished work of the students.
Requirements
To be considered for an award, the student should submit an essay of no fewer than 3000 words and no more than 5000 words on a theme selected from the School's three essay award topics listed above. Only one essay per student per contest year may be submitted. Submission of an essay written by multiple authors is not allowed. An essay must meet certain standards deemed as acceptable by the Awards Committee to win.
Essays submitted must arrive at the school between November 15 and December 1.
Award
Each recipient of an award will receive a certificate of recognition, a cash prize of $1000, and publication in full or in part of his or her essay in Northwestern California University's newsletter (the NWCU Journal) and on the school's Internet instructional site and/or Web site: www.nwculaw.edu. The awards will be made each year during the last week of December.
Instructions for Essay Submission
- Select an essay topic from the Northwestern California University Awards in Liberty, Freedom, and Justice Essay Competition topic list above.
- Write an essay of between 3000-5000 words. (Word count should not include name, title, and references.)
Format essay as follows:
- Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font.
- Justify left and set page margins at 1 inch.
- Include name and title at the top of each page.
- Number references consecutively in the order that they appear in the text.
- Submit essay by U.S. Mail or via Parcel Delivery Service to the "Awards Committee Chair" at the school's address.
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