[Engg-enci-l] [Fwd: Queen's Purpose of Life Essay Competition]

[Shawna Boyko]

To: Civil Undergraduate Students


Dear Sir or Madame,

I am writing on behalf of the Queen's Purpose of Life Essay Competition
(QPLEC) committee in order to describe in brief the competition to you,
and request your assistance with its administration.

The essay competition is designed to encourage Canadian undergraduate
students to think about and discuss the purpose of one's life. It involves
students submitting an essay in English, not more than 2000 words long, by
June 1st, 2007, on the following topic:

"First ask yourself, is there a purpose to one's life? If your answer is
no, why should we live at all? If your answer is yes, what do you think is
the purpose of your life? Why? What kind of life will give (or you think
will give) you the most fulfillment? How do you know? Is fulfillment
relevant to a life well lived?"

We plan to have all submitted essays judged by at least three members of
our preliminary judging panel, comprised primarily of students on our
organizing committee. The essays that make it through the preliminary
process will be read again and judged by at least seven judges, and all
finalists will be reviewed by a panel of five Queen's faculty members.
Winners will be selected based on originality of ideas, clarity,
persuasiveness of writing, accessibility of content to a general audience,
and the quality of logic behind supporting arguments and
counter-arguments.

In order to give students an incentive to participate, the student
submitting the essay judged most meritorious will win a cash prize of
$2000. The students writing the second, third, fourth and fifth place
essays will win cash prizes of $500 each.

However, as writing a winning essay on this topic is no simple task, we
are also offering students the additional incentive of having their work
published in renowned undergraduate philosophy journals thereby giving
them valuable exposure and a reward greater than one merely monetary.

For more details on the terms and conditions of the competition, please
check:

http://www.queensu.ca/philosophy/index.php?option=content&pcontent=1&task=view&id=45&Itemid=77

If you are interested in supporting this competition, please forward the
following email to all the undergraduate students in your university and
inform us of your mailing address for posters. We will be mailing posters
advertising the competition to you shortly. Thank you very much for your
time.


Sincerely,

Amber Shin
The QPLEC Committee




Do you enjoy contemplating about the meaning of life? Have you had an
epiphany about what it is all about? Then the Queen?s Purpose of Life
Essay Competition (QPLEC) would love to hear all about your ideas! Here
are some important facts about this competition:

-	Entrants must be a full time undergraduate student at any Canadian
university
-	Essays should be no longer than 2000 words
-	There is a grand cash prize of $2000 and four cash prizes of $500
-	Award winning essays will be published in various undergraduate journals
-	The deadline is June 1st 2007

For more information about submission conditions and procedures, please
check:
 http://www.queensu.ca/philosophy/index.php?option=content&pcontent=1&task=view&id=45&Itemid=77


Sincerely,

The QPLEC Committee






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