Perkins Center Prize 2024
This year, we will have up to two prizes to award in scholarship for students who will attend SPU in 2024-25 academic year. Each eligible finalists, if selected, will receive a tuition scholarship to Seattle Pacific University for 2024-25.
PRIZE DESCRIPTIONS:
Two finalist may be chosen from among the entries received. The eligible finalist will receive a tuition scholarship to Seattle Pacific University for the 2024-25 academic year divided over 3 quarters (fall, winter, spring).
Perkins Center First Prize: $2,000 SPU Scholarship
Perkins Center Second Prize: $1,000 SPU Scholarship
ELIGIBILITY
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For Eligibility details see the Details & Entry Forms at the bottom.
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Entries must be original works by the entrants and must not infringe copyright or proprietary rights of any other person.
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One entry per person.
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Entries must include completed Writing Prize entry form (including parental/guardian signature for minors).
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Entrants must give the John Perkins Center and SPU consent to publish and use the submission.
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Entrants must be persons who will be enrolled full time at SPU in the 2024-25 academic year.
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Winners will be presented in April 2024 during the Annual Perkins Lecture Series.
WRITING PROMPTS
The writing prompts are included on the Details & Entry Forms and are intended to help entrants focus their writing on Dr. Perkins' principles of Relocation, Reconciliation, and Redistribution.
ENTRY CRITERIA
Writing type:
Written entries may take essay form, research paper form, or story form.
- Writing length should not exceed 2,000 words.
- Entries must be written by the entrant and be original work.
- Quotations and facts that are not common knowledge should include proper citations.
Judging Criteria
- Entries must focus on a social justice topic or issue by clearly communicating an answer to one of the included prompts.
- Entries will be judged based on creativity, originality, and/or the potential for the findings or program to be utilized and implemented.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
- Entries must be emailed or postmarked by April 3, 2024.
- Please include/attach the entry forms and a high-resolution picture of yourself (for presentation purposes).
- Email electronic submissions (as a PDF or Word document) to perkinscenter@spu.edu.
- Hard copy entries can be dropped off in a manila envelope to the John Perkins Center (SUB 225) or mailed to:
The John Perkins Center - SPU
Attn: Writing Prize
3307 Third Ave W Suite 207
Seattle, WA 98119
Please contact perkinscenter@spu.edu with any questions or (206) 281-2183 with any questions.
Details and forms are here.