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Anthem Essay Contest for Students

Deadline April 27 (must be received by this date), formerly April 28. Highly recommended free contest for 8th-12th graders awards top prize of $2,000, other large prizes, for essays on Ayn Rand's novella Anthem. See website for essay topics and background on Rand's rationalist, libertarian worldview. Submit one essay, 600-1,200 words, online. Past first-prize winners are ineligible. Sponsored by the Ayn Rand Institute.

Source: https://www.aynrand.org/students/essay-contests#anthem-1

Published: February 8, 2023

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