Princeton Student Wins $10,000!
December 9, 2010
IRVINE, CA--Elizabeth Winkler, an English literature student
at Princeton University, from Princeton, New Jersey, is the first-place winner of
the Ayn Rand Institute’s 2010 “Atlas Shrugged” essay contest, winning $10,000.
Ms. Winkler competed against more than 2,500 high school and college students
from around the world in the prestigious contest.
Open to 12th-graders and both undergraduate- and
graduate-level college students, the “Atlas Shrugged” essay contest requires
contestants to write on one of several topics dealing with the characters and
themes in the novel. The contest is designed to promote critical thinking and
writing skills. Essays are judged on both style and content.
Ms. Winkler’s essay examines Ayn Rand’s ethics of rational
self-interest as illustrated in “Atlas Shrugged.”
The contest also awards three second-place awards ($2,000),
five third-place awards ($1,000), 25 finalists ($100) and 50 semifinalists
($50), for a total of $26,000 in prize money. A complete list of winners and a
copy of the first-prize essay can be read online at aynrandnovels.com.
The Ayn Rand Institute runs five essay contests for students
and adults and gives out over $97,000 in annual awards to participants. Since
1985 more than 255,000 people from around the world have entered ARI’s essay
contests. For more information visit aynrandnovels.com.
# # #
For interviews, please contact: media@aynrand.org
or call 202-609-7470.
For more information on Objectivism’s unique point of view, go
to ARI’s website. The Ayn Rand Institute promotes the
philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead.”
| 