$1,700 In Cash Prizes Offered In 1993 Student Essay Contest The Freedom From Religion Foun

$1,700 In Cash Prizes Offered In 1993 Student Essay Contest

The Freedom From Religion Foundation announces its fifteenth annual
essay competition for college students.

The 1993 topic is "Rejecting Religion." Contestants should write a
personal essay about why they reject religion, which may include:

      -> Their own experiences with religious indoctrination or
      bigotry 
      -> Their encounters with a state/church problem in their schools
      or communities
      -> Their evaluation of the harm of religion
      -> Why they reject religion philosophically.

The contest is open to any college student or high school senior
attending college in the summer or fall of 1993. Essays should be 6-8
double-spaced, typewritten pages, with standard margins.  Students
should select their own titles. Entries must be postmarked no later
than August 1, 1993. Students should include permanent and campus
addresses and phone numbers for notification, with a paragraph
biography including information on school, year of attendance, planned
major and interests.

All eligible entrants will receive a school-year subscription to
Freethought Today, the Foundation"s monthly newspaper.  Winning essays
are published in part or in full in Freethought Today.  Prizes will be
awarded in September.

The Saul Jakel Memorial Scholarship award of $1,000 is given to the
first-place winner. Second prize is $500. Third prize is $200.
Honorable mention awards of $100 are given at the discretion of the
judges.

Send essays to: Freedom From Religion Foundation, PO Box 750, Madison
WI 53701.

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This article is reprinted (with permission) from the January/February
1993 issue of Freethought Today, bulletin of the Freedom
From Religion Foundation.

For more information, write 

Freedom From Religion Foundation
P. O. Box 750
Madison, WI  53701
USA
(608) 256-8900