It occurs to me that some of our E2ers may well be
college students -- even college
philosophy/
theology students. So I will just leave this right here....
The editors of
Pandeism: An Anthology (hereafter, collectively "Sponsors") announce:
The Pandeism Collegiate Writing Competition
This
competition is open to all persons who are undergraduate and graduate collegiate students of philosophy, theology,
religious studies,
social sciences,
arts,
literature,
applied sciences, or comparable disciplines, at any time during the period during which the contest is being held.
Students who wish to enter this competition must submit an article presenting
original thought in exploring implications of the modern theological theory of
Pandeism (pantheistic
Deism, belief in a
Creator wholly becoming our
Universe, proposed to be discernible by application of
logic and
reason). Papers written for course credit are acceptable. Submissions do not need to take a position in favor of or opposed to Pandeism as a theory, but must present original thought about its relative possibility, relation to other areas of theology, or implications for areas such as
epistemology,
ethics and
morality, or
science. Submissions must be a minimum of 3,000 words and a maximum of 6,000 words. Only one (1) article may be submitted by each student.
The deadline to enter the contest is Friday, March 18, 2016, at 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST). Articles may be submitted at any time prior to this deadline, but no submissions will be reviewed until after the deadline has passed. Submissions must be sent by email to Pandeism.Anthology@gmail.com, as Microsoft Word documents attached to an email identifying the name of the applicant, electronic and
telephonic means of contacting the applicant, and the college or university attended by the applicant. There are no fees or other conditions for entry.
One (1)
grand prize winner will be honored by:
*
publication of the winning article in
Pandeism: An Anthology, a collection of articles by leading authors in various fields, to be published by John Hunt Publishing Ltd, forthcoming in 2016;
* two (2) print copies of the volume of
Pandeism: An Anthology containing the winning submission; and
* a monetary prize in the amount of $250, to be conveyed in the form of an
Amazon.com gift card.
Transmission of the prize may be provided electronically or by mail. The winner will be contacted to determine their preferred method of delivery.
Entrants, as a condition of entry, grant Sponsors a perpetual right to republish any submission, in whole or part, and release Sponsors, any prize provider in this contest, and any related entities from liability for damages of any kind sustained through participation in this contest and/or use of any prize. Entrants, as a condition of entry, further authorize Sponsors to republish their submission, in print or electronically. However, entrants retain ownership of their submission for all other purposes, and may republish them in any other venue or manner, at any time.
Sponsors will judge all entries, and the decisions of the judges are final. The judges may choose no grand prize winner for the competition if they find no submission that, in their estimation, merits this award. The winning entry will be announced Friday, April 8, 2016 on the project website, and winners will be contacted directly through the email address that they have provided.
In addition to the grand prize winner, other submissions of high quality may be honored by publication in
Pandeism: An Anthology, as space permits. Competition sponsors may additionally choose to publish any submissions as part of a future anthology, or as part of a wholly electronic supplement to this or another printed publication.
Inquiries with respect to this contest may be directed to Pandeism.Anthology@gmail.com, or to the Twitter Pandeism account, @Pandeism.
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I would like to note as well that after some discussion with people in Facebook Pantheism and Deism groups, we're going to make this an annual competition, but in future years it will cover all three topics -- Pantheism, Pandeism, and Deism. Please note as well that this whole thing is being funded out of the
Pandeism Anthology Kickstarter, which, naturally, can use any and all support it can get.