Platt Family Scholarship Essay Contest
This scholarship was established in memory of Chuck Platt, co-founder and longtime Treasurer of The Lincoln Forum, and sponsor of its annual Platt Family Lincoln Essay Contest for college students. Designed for full-time, undergraduate students in an American college or university, recipients are chosen by the Scholarship Committee of The Lincoln Forum based on their submitted essay.
The scholarship essay contest is designed for students who are full-time undergraduate students in an accredited OR during the Spring 2024 semester (or equivalent semester that takes place and concludes between January 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024). The August 31 deadline is designed to give these students time to finish their essays, if need be, after final exams.
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A) Please examine the rules below closely before contacting The Lincoln Forum or the contest coordinator with eligibility questions.
B) The scholarship essay contest is designed for students who are FULL TIME, undergraduate students in an AMERICAN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY during the Spring 2016 semester.
2024 Platt Family Essay Contest
If the answer is no, you are not eligible.
E) The eligibility of entrants will be confirmed by the Lincoln Forum prior to the awarding of prizes.
F) Entries will be judged by the essay committee of The Lincoln Forum.
G) Deadline for entries is July 31, 2016
H) Entries must contain a minimum of 1,500 and a maximum of 5,000 words.
I) Essays may be submitted via regular mail (postmarked by July 31, 2016) or via e-mail (time stamped before midnight PST July 31, 2016) to the address below.
J) The essay must be typed and include a works-cited page or bibliography.
Information And Eligibility: The Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest is a scholarship essay contest is designed for students who are full time, undergraduate college students, enrolled in an American college or university. Students do not have to be an American citizen to apply for the Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest, but they must be enrolled in and attending an American college or university during the scholarship eligibility period. Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest entries must contain a minimum of 1,500 and a maximum of 5,000 words.
The three Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest winners will be announced at the Lincoln Forum annual meeting in Gettysburg. The scholarship prize money is designed as a reward for academic excellence and can be used for any purpose the winner desires. First place prize is $1500, second place prize is $750, and third place prize is $500.
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Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest
The Platt Family Essay Contest is open to full - time undergraduate students enrolled in an American college or university. To enter, you must submit a 1500 - to 5000 - word essay on the following topic: ““In this current presidential election year, which some have described as the most important in history, what arguments can be made that the 1864 Lincoln-McClellan race was indeed the most crucial of American history”.