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Edison 2.0 – This Summer’s Hottest Essay Contest
In honor of National Inventors Month in August, Inventors Digest magazine and partners are sponsoring the Edison 2.0 Essay Contest for middle school and high school students.
Your assignment: What will the world look like in 2059?
In 1959, the internal pacemaker, the microchip, the Barbie doll and pantyhose were invented. Each was significant in its own right. But that was so 50 years ago.
Show us in 500 words or less what technology, tool or product will shape our lives in 2059 and why. The Grand Prize includes:
-Your essay published in Inventors Digest
-A year’s subscription to the magazine
-Possible appearance on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Everyday Edisons
-A killer T-shirt
-Brain-teaser games and more
Eligibility: All middle school and high school students ages 12-17 in the United States. Grand prizes and two runners up will be awarded for best middle school and high school entries.
Entry rules: Download official entry and permission forms at www.inventorsdigest.com (available Aug.1, 2009). All essays must be original work of the student. Submit forms and essays to info@inventorsdigest.com or mail to Inventors Digest, Essay Contest, P.O. Box 36761 Charlotte, N.C., 28236. Include your birth date, school, address and phone number.
Criteria: Entries will be judged on clarity and vision of how we will use new technology or products in the year 2059. Winning essays will demonstrate imagination rooted in science and engineering principles. In other words, the best essay will show what’s possible as well as practical.
Deadlines: Submit essays Aug. 1-31, 2009. E-mailed entries must arrive by 5 p.m. EST Aug. 31, 2009. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by Aug. 31, 2009.
Winners will be notified on or by Sept. 28, 2009.
In honor of National Inventors Month in August, Inventors Digest magazine and partners are sponsoring the Edison 2.0 Essay Contest for middle school and high school students.
Your assignment: What will the world look like in 2059?
In 1959, the internal pacemaker, the microchip, the Barbie doll and pantyhose were invented. Each was significant in its own right. But that was so 50 years ago.
Show us in 500 words or less what technology, tool or product will shape our lives in 2059 and why. The Grand Prize includes:
-Your essay published in Inventors Digest
-A year’s subscription to the magazine
-Possible appearance on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Everyday Edisons
-A killer T-shirt
-Brain-teaser games and more
Eligibility: All middle school and high school students ages 12-17 in the United States. Grand prizes and two runners up will be awarded for best middle school and high school entries.
Entry rules: Download official entry and permission forms at www.inventorsdigest.com (available Aug.1, 2009). All essays must be original work of the student. Submit forms and essays to info@inventorsdigest.com or mail to Inventors Digest, Essay Contest, P.O. Box 36761 Charlotte, N.C., 28236. Include your birth date, school, address and phone number.
Criteria: Entries will be judged on clarity and vision of how we will use new technology or products in the year 2059. Winning essays will demonstrate imagination rooted in science and engineering principles. In other words, the best essay will show what’s possible as well as practical.
Deadlines: Submit essays Aug. 1-31, 2009. E-mailed entries must arrive by 5 p.m. EST Aug. 31, 2009. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by Aug. 31, 2009.
Winners will be notified on or by Sept. 28, 2009.