SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
- Is your essay no less/no more than 750-1000 words long?
- Have you filled in the word-count section on the Registration Form?
- Have you given your essay a title?
- Does your essay have standardized citations for the minimum of two sources (one MUST be a print source i.e. book, magazine, journal) and a bibliography?
- Is your essay typed, double-spaced, one sided on white 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper? (No binders, please).
- Have you numbered the pages of your essay?
- Have you made sure that your name and school does NOT appear anywhere on the essay manuscript?
- Have you provided two copies of your essay, including the bibliography? Essays are checked for plagiarism and will be disqualified if necessary.
- Have you completed the Registration Form?
- Has your guardian signed the Registration Form?
- Have you signed the Registration Form? In signing your work you certify that the essay is and original/new essay and is your own work.
- Have you attached your Registration Form and Reflection Sheet to the top of your essay?
- Have you made a hard copy and computer copy of your essay and the Registration Form to keep for your own records?
- Great! Job well done! If you have any questions, call the Institute for Holocaust Education at 402-334-6576 or e-mail Essay Contest Coordinator at essaycontest@ihene.org.
