Students,

Submit your essay today to compete in the NCBS Student High School Essay Competition!  Winners will be recognized at the Student Luncheon on March 18, 2011.

As part of our community engagement efforts, the contest is only open to high school students in the Cincinnati/Columbus Ohio regions.

Guidelines:

1. Essays can focus on one of these three topics:

• Police Brutality
• Racial Profiling
• Hip Hop and Misogyny
  

2. The essay must be typed in Microsoft Word software. It must contain a minimum of five paragraphs, have a clearly stated thesis statement (last sentence of introductory paragraph), be relatively error free, be fully developed (with specific examples/details) and possess a title. 

No faxed or electronic copies accepted!             

Winners:

1^st Place -         $250.00

2^nd Place -        $175.00

3^rd Place -        $100.00
  

 DEADLINE:  January 14, 2011

(must be received by this date)

Send all manuscripts to:

National Office, NCBS

Department of African American Studies

Georgia State University

P.O. Box 4109

Atlanta, GA 30302-4109

Street/Overnight Address

1 Park Place South, #962

Atlanta, GA 30303