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Essay Contest
Published by the:
American Humanist Association

THE 2004 HUMANIST ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

The Humanist essay contest is geared toward financially helping students advance in their studies. Prizes are awarded for originality of thought, sense of emotional engagement, clarity and quality of presentation, amount of research evidenced, and future potential shown by the author. Essays are published which are informative or useful in ways that meet the current editorial needs of the Humanist. Four of the essays listed below which don’t appear in this issue are slated for future appearance in either the Humanist or another Humanist periodical.

We were impressed by the number and quality of the essays submitted. In what these young people have shared with us, there is ground for optimism about the future. So we extend our sincere thanks to all who entered, who inspired entrants, and who judged the essays. For the future we invite interested parties to become financial cosponsors of the contest. Contact the Humanist for details.

The 2005 Humanist Essay Contest is now underway and accepting submissions until December 1, 2004. For complete information, visit the Humanist website at www.theHumanist.org, phone toll-free at (800) 837-3792, or read the information on the back cover of this issue of the Humanist.

Ages Eighteen to Twenty-four
$1,000 First Prize • “Beyond Fear: The Triumph of International Humanitarian Law” • by Mark Leon Goldberg • age twenty-three (Read Article in PDF)
$400 Second Prize • “The Case Against Sweatshops” • by Anna Yesilevsky • age twenty-two (Read Article in PDF)
$100 Third Prize • “Death with Dignity: Physician-(Court)-Patient Relationships in Physician Assisted Suicide” • by Zankhana Raval • age twenty
$50 Educator Prize • H. Korb Eynon (Danbury, Connecticut)
Honorable Mention • “Unlikely Effects of War” by Caitlyn Bradburn, age twenty-four; “Only as Far as You Need” by Jeremy Clark, age twenty-two; “Globalizing Feminism” by Sara Murray, age twenty-one

Ages Thirteen to Seventeen
$1,000 First Prize • “Cultural Imperialism: An American Tradition” • by Julia Galeota • age seventeen (Read Article in PDF)
$400 Second Prize • “Sheshatshiu and the Deterioration of Native Culture” • by Josh Wang • age fourteen
$100 Third Prize • “My Badly Timed Bar Mitzvah” • by Jackson Klein • age fifteen
Honorable Mention • “Expanding the Right of Marriage in the Twenty-first Century” by Dan Parente, age seventeen; “Dying with Dignity: A Right, Not a Privilege” by Catherine Nilsen, age seventeen; “Are Sweatshops Really Necessary?” by Gudrun Juffer, age seventeen

Judges
Fred Edwords, Karen Ann Gajewski, Jende Huang, Rachel Hundley, Robin Jacobs, Anne Lyster, Sean Penny.

Click here for information on the 2005 Humanist Essay Contest.

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