Congratulations To The Winners of the
2010 Lost Tools of Writing Essay Contest

First Prize:
Andrew Egger
for "A City Without Walls"

Second Prize:
Lauren Demarest

Third Prize:
Nicholas Moore

The Top Ten Finalists:

(in no particular order)

Lauren Demarest

John Karg

Hannah Seven
Caitlin Ware
Paul Kim
Nicholas Moore

Andrew Egger
Kade Major
Tessa Ewing
Kate Demarest

ABOUT THE CONTEST:

Education and Liberty are themes as American as baseball and apple pie. Yet, much of American literature, and most of American pop culture see the two as antithetical. Some people seem to see school as a barrier to liberty. In the 2010 Lost Tools of Writing Essay Contest, students are asked to consider the relationship between education and liberty. Are they indeed opposites? Or can one fulfill the other? Can a person be free without being educated? Can a person be educated without being free?

You decide. Then persuade us.

FINAL REGISTRATION DATE:

MAY 1, 2010

FINAL SUBMISSION DATE:

MAY 10, 2010

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS:

Students, grades 8-12.

ESSAY FORMAT AND REQUIREMENTS:

▪ Each essay must be between 900 and 1100 words(3-4 pp)

▪ Each essay should be double spaced

▪ Per the registration instructions below,

     each essay is to be submitted via email.

CONTEST AWARDS:

1ST PLACE: $500

2ND PLACE: $250

3RD PLACE: $100

HOW TO REGISTER :

Send an Email to essaycontest@circeinstitute.org with

your name, address, grade, and phone number included in the body.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Please attach your essay to an Email and send it to

 essaycontest@circeinstitute.org.

QUESTIONS?

Email David Kern via david@circeinstitute.org

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