Anabaptist Research Paper Competition for Undergraduates

AWARDS: 

First Place—$500 

Second Place—$300

Third Place—$200 

ELIGIBILITY: 

Papers must have been written by undergraduates during the 2011-2012 or 2012-2013 academic years. Persons who graduated from a college or university in 2012 are eligible to submit a paper they wrote as an undergraduate during the 2011-2012 academic year.

  GUIDELINES:

Papers should address an Anabaptist-related subject (contemporary or historical), show evidence of thorough research in primary sources, and demonstrate original thinking and, ideally, findings or perspectives that are not typically referenced in the existing secondary literature.  Disciplinary possibilities include history, theology, sociology, political science, philosophy, literature, etc.

Length:  3,500 - 5,000 words

Questions and submissions should be directed to:

Carol Hostetter,

Assistant to the Sider Institute,

PO Box 3008, Messiah College, Grantham, PA  17027;
717-766-2511, ext. 2720; or hostette@messiah.edu