Every year NCBS hosts a nationwide student essay contest. Graduate and undergraduate students from all over participate in this event. The winners are recognized and honored at the annual Student Luncheon, which is held during the conference.  If you or others are interested in submitting an essay for the Student Essay Contest, please do so byMonday, December 31, 2014.

 Award Amounts

UNDERGRADUATE WINNERS

1st Place -   $350.00

 2nd Place - $250.00

  3rd Place - $125.00

 

 GRADUATE WINNERS

1st Place -   $450.00

 2nd Place - $350.00

 3rd Place -  $225.00

 

Winners notified by February 1, 2015  

 

ESSAY GUIDELINES:

  1. Essays should focus on any aspects of the Africana experience, i.e. art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social issues, and policy issues.
  2. Contact information on Cover page ONLY! The essay must be typed in MicroSoft Word format, 12-18 pages in length, double-spaced with one inch margins-left to right and -top to bottom.
  3. Students are asked to document sources by with either MLA or the APA style guide.
  4. Submissions must be mailed to the address below.  Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted. 
  5. Cover sheet must include: your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, name of faculty advisor, name of the college you attend, and your class status (i.e., freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student).

 Deadline: December 31, 2014

 

FAXED OR ELECTRONIC ESSAYS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!

 

Send all essays to:

 

National Office, NCBS

Department of African & African-American Studies

University of Cincinnati

P.O. Box 210370

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370

 

Street/Overnight Address

University of Cincinnati - French Hall West 

2815 Commons Way, room 3514 

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370  

National Council for Black Studies

39th Annual Conference

Los Angeles, CA 90045 

March 11 - 14, 2015 

Click here for more information.

 


Sincerely,

Georgene Bess Montgomery, 
NCBS President

Essay Contest Committee Chair
National Council for Black Studies 

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