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The Nation launches Student Writing Contest

The Nation is looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices�to tell us what is the most important issue for young people in the 2008�presidential campaign.

Guidelines:

Deadline is May 31, 2007

Essays should not exceed 800 words and should�
be original, unpublished work that demonstrates clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

The Nation will select five�finalists (including at least one high-schooler) and one winner, who will be� awarded a $1,000 cash prize and a Nation subscription.

The winning�essay will be published in the print magazine and featured on The Nation and WireTap websites. The five finalists will be awarded $200 each, Nation subscriptions, and their entries will be published at TheNation.com and WireTap.

The contest is open to students at U.S. high schools and to undergraduates�at U.S. colleges and universities. If you are a high school or college teacher,�consider turning this into a class assignment.

Entries (only one per student)�will be accepted through May 31. A winner will be announced by September 4.�Please send entries to studentprize@thenation.com.

For last year's inaugural contest, The Nation received more than�
700 submissions from high school and college students in forty-one states.�You can check out Sarah Stillman's winning essay, as well as the essays�of the five finalists -- Brie Cubelic, Zaid Jilani, Nikolas Bowie, Lianne Yim�and Camila Domonske -- here:
http://www.thenation.com/directory/emerging_writers