NeW Essay Contest
Submit an essay for the chance to win a $500 scholarship.
Submit an essay for the chance to win a $500 scholarship.
Each year NeW celebrates conservative women in leadership and the positive impact they have on our society. As apart of our programming, we are thrilled to host our annual Essay Contest.
The 2023 Essay Contest will open on June 5.
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The Network of enlightened Women Essay Contest invites high school juniors and seniors and college women to submit a 600-750 word essay for the chance to win a $500 scholarship and the chance to be published.
The contest is open to female high school and college students who compete in separate categories. Participants must be a high school junior or senior or currently enrolled in an undergraduate institution in the United States at the time of entry.
One high school student and one college student will win a $500 scholarship and potentially have the essay published. Entrants must be willing to have their essay published.
To enter the Essay Contest, respond in 600-750 words to the following prompt. Essays must address one or more of the questions, but do not need to address all of them.
Language is being banned all over from college campuses to politics and the corporate world to hospitals. Many words deemed inappropriate erase the distinction between women and men, such as chestfeeding vs. breastfeeding, first-year vs. Freshman, or people who menstruate vs. women. As a woman, how do you distinguish yourself from men? What does it mean to be a woman? How do you stand up for your beliefs when your speech is censored? How do you feel about certain words and phrases being banned? What words or phrases should be banned that are not currently?
Who: Female high school juniors and seniors and college students
Start Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 at 10:00am ET
Deadline: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 11:59pm ET
Prize: $500 for the first place winners of the College and High School Category. The first place essays will have the opportunity to be published.
Thank you to our 2023 Essay Contest co-sponsor, the Washington Examiner.
To read the Official Contest Rules, click here.
Read the winning 2022 College essay and the winning High School essay.
For questions that are not answered in the description above, please email [email protected].
NeW is excited to announce the winner of the College Category of the 2021 NeW Essay Contest is Sarah Montalbano, a student at Montana State University. Congratulations, Sarah! Read her winning piece in the Washington Examiner here. How did you hear about the 2021 NeW Essay Contest and why did you choose to participate in
NeW is excited to announce the winner of the High School Category of the 2021 NeW Essay Contest is Sydney King, a student at Nantucket High School. Congratulations, Sydney! Read her winning piece in the Washington Examiner here. How did you hear about the 2021 NeW Essay Contest and why did you choose to participate
NeW is excited to announce the winner of the College Category of the 2020 NeW Essay Contest is Hannah Kim, a student at the University of South Florida and Vice President of her NeW chapter. Congratulations, Hannah! To read Hannah’s essay that was published by the Washington Examiner, co-sponsor of the 2020 contest, click here.
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