In the inaugural Foreign Affairs Essay Contest, a panel from the Foreign Affairs editorial In the inaugural Foreign Affairs Essay Contest, a panel from the Foreign Affairs editorial staff will select one undergraduate's essay to be published on the Foreign Affairs website, foreignaffairs.com. The winner will also receive a prize of $500, 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 2010. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010.

Essay Topic

What is likely to be the most interesting development in international politics over the next decade?

Guidelines

Open to all undergraduate students of accredited colleges and universities graduating no earlier than May 2010. Only one essay is allowed per participant.

Submissions must 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 Entries must be original, unpublished work written by contestants themselves.

Please send entries to FAEssay@cfr.org with your essay included in the body of the e-mail and attached as a Word document. 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 on June 1, 2010.

For full information, see the complete Call for Entries to the 2010 Foreign Affairs student writing contest on foreignaffairs.com.

• Call for Entries to the 2010 Foreign Affairs Student Writing Contest
• Foreign Affairs
• Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.