High School Essay Contest Rules
Teachers are requested to submit only the top five essays from each class. Only five entries per class, per school, will be accepted. A list of all students submitting essays is requested.
Winning essays will be chosen by an independent panel of judges. The essays will be evaluated on the basis of critical thinking, scientific accuracy, creativity, and organization.
Essay Rules
- Essays must be 2-4 double-spaced pages in length (not including cover pages or references) and typed or printed from a computer printer onto 8 1/2" x 11" numbered pages in a 12-point font.
- Essays must contain a cover sheet with the essay title and the student’s name and school.
- The first page of the essay itself must include the essay title but must NOT contain the student's name or school.
- Essays should have page numbers.
- A bibliography of references and sources is required. You must use a minimum of three references. At least one reference must include work performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- High school students from Suffolk and Nassau Counties may submit entries.
- Only one entry can be submitted per student.
Essay Contest Contact Info
Menzel Smith-Jones
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bldg. 400, P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631)344-4495
(631)344-7098 fax