The essay should be typed, but may be legibly handwritten. Each entry must be the student's original work and shall not have been submitted to any other publisher or in any other contest. One entry per student. The essay shall be judged on content and style. All entries shall be considered by impartial judges selected with experience in the content.
Judges reserve the right to award no prize winner if no entry is deemed meritorious of the prize.
Decisions of the judges shall be final. Seven Mile Road, Suite 127, Livonia, MI 48152. The first prize winner shall also be invited to read the winning essay at the Rally, and the winning entry shall be printed in Lifespan News.