Foreign Affairs magazine is accepting submissions for its Student Writing Contest 2011. Editorial staff will select one undergraduate's essay to be published on the Foreign Affairs website. The winner will receive a prize of $1,000, and five honorable mentions will receive a free year-long subscription to Foreign Affairs. Open to all undergraduate students of accredited colleges and universities worldwide graduating no earlier than May 2011. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2011.

Essay Topic

Is the decline of the West inevitable?

Guidelines

Open to all undergraduate students of accredited colleges and universities graduating no earlier than May 2011. Only one essay is allowed per participant.

Submissions must be between 1,200 and 1,500 words. Submissions shorter than 1,200 words or longer than 1,500 words will be automatically disqualified. All quotations or uncommon facts should be appropriately cited. Entries must be original, unpublished work written by the student.

Your entry should include your name, phone number, e-mail address, institution of enrollment, and a scanned copy of your student identification or other proof of enrollment. Students enrolled in institutions outside the United States should also include in their submission the full address and phone number of the academic department in which they are currently enrolled.

Deadline

All entries must be received by 11:59 PM ET on August 1, 2011.

For full information, see the complete Call for Entries to the 2011 Foreign Affairs Student Writing Contest on foreignaffairs.com.

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