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Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Website: Elie Wiesel Foundation

Description

2022 Essay Topic:

Articulate with clarity an ethical issue that you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself. Note that the most engaging essays often reflect deeply on a particularly meaningful experience or episode in one’s life. That approach could focus ethical reflection on:

  • A personal issue, family matter, travel incident, academic inquiry, dilemma in literature or film, recent article or editorial in a major newspaper, current conflict in American life, or international crisis
  • Write about any specific topic you wish, provided it explores an ethical problem, question, issue, or concern.

Eligibility

Read the full guidelines at http://www.ethicsprize.org .

Registered undergraduate full-time Juniors or Seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the US during fall term or spring term are eligible to apply.

  • Permanent Resident
  • International or Other Visa Status
  • Undocumented

Submit your essay online at https://center.uoregon.edu/EWF/2022/CMS_CFP_Login::pageIndex?formid=2687831 . 

Essays will be judged on:

  • The quality of the writing
  • The clarity of the ethical problem or issue
  • The depth of the essay’s ethical analysis – including, for example, reflections on matters of right and wrong, justice and injustice, and the implications of those reflections for society

Contact Information

The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity

555 Madison Avenue, Ste 1301 | New York, NY 10022

T: 212.490.7788 | F: 212.490.6006

www.eliewieselfoundation.org  

Award Details

Number of Awards: 5

Award Amount: $10,000 1st place, $5,000 2nd place, $3,000 3rd place, $1,000 Honorable Mention (2 available)

  • December: Deadline

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