Troy Moore Essay Contest Rules
Troy Moore Undergraduate Philosophy Essay Contest Rules:
- Entrant must be a registered Georgia State University undergraduate student at the time the essay is submitted and at the time of any award.
- By submitting an essay for consideration, entrant certifies that the essay is his/her own work, that all sources have been given proper credit, and that the work is consistent with Georgia State University’s policies on academic honesty.
- The Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics reserves the right not to award some or all of the prizes for any given year.
- All decisions of the review committee of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics are final and cannot be appealed.
- Essays submitted for other classes are acceptable entries for the contest.
- Essays must be no longer than 5000 words.
- Essays must be typed.
- Essays must be in English.
- Each student is limited to one entry per contest.
- The Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics reserves the right to withhold, delay, or rescind a prize in the event an entrant’s essay violates the Georgia State University’s policies on academic honesty or in the event of an ongoing investigation into any alleged violation.
- Entrant forfeits any prize awarded in the event his/her essay violates the Georgia State University Honor Code.
- Entrants must provide their GSU student ID number. Winners of awards must provide their Social Security numbers before their award can be processed. An entrant will forfeit the prize if s/he does not provide this and other requested information within two weeks of an emailed request to the entrant’s GSU student email account.
- The First Place award winner agrees to accept the award at that academic year’s annual Honors Day award ceremony, held each April.
- Winners of the prizes agree that their essays may be posted to the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics website.
- Award prizes might not be delivered until after the annual Honors Day ceremony, held each April.