Objectives

This essay-writing competition is designed to challenge college students to
analyze urgent ethical issues confronting them in today’s complex world. Suggested
topics for the 2005 contest are as follows: how is ethics a source of hope,
and hope a source of ethics; examine the ethical aspects or implications of
a major literary work, a film, or a significant piece of art; what is terrorism
and what it the ethical response to it; reflect on the most profound moral
dilemma you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics.
Students may write about any topic as long as it pertains to

ethics.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are undergraduates,
who are registered as full-time juniors or seniors at an accredited four-year
college or university in the U.S. during the fall semester of 2004. Applicants
who are studying abroad during the 2004-05 school year are eligible, as long
as they are registered as full-time juniors or seniors at their home schools
in the U.S.

Funding

First prize is $5,000; second prize is $2,500; third prize is $1,500; and
two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be awarded.

Deadline: postmarked by 12/08

Address

The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity

555 Madison Avenue 20th Floor

New York, NY 10022

U.S.A

Tel: 212-490-7777