Hektoen Institute 2021-2022 Grand Prix Essay Competition, Global

Eligibility Criteria

• Submission of an article implies consent to publish in Hektoen International. If accepted for publication, an article may be published at any time regardless of the outcome of the competition. If major edits are made, proofs will be sent to the authors before publication.
• The contest is open to participants 18 years or older.
• For multiple author articles, only one person should submit the entry and communicate with the editors.
• Entries should be no longer than 1,500 words and must follow our article guidelines, including a cover page and proper formatting of both text and illustrations. Incomplete submissions will be deemed ineligible for submission.
• Articles may include images. If you provide an image, please review the guidelines in the Illustrations section below.
• Contest submissions should be sent to contest@hektoeninternational.org or submitted using our form by September 15, 2021, at 12 pm (Noon) CST. Late submissions will not be considered.
• Submissions will be read by the editors and contest judges for Hektoen International. The editors of the journal will recommend submissions and edits for publication and contest judges will read the original submission presented by the author.
• The winners of the contest will be announced by email in 2021 and winning articles will be published in a 2021 issue of Hektoen International.
• Participants should certify that their work is original and that they have copyright ownership and permission to use any images submitted.

Application Process

Documents Required for Application

• A cover page with:
  • Author(s) names, titles/degrees, professional affiliation, and location (as you would like it listed in the journal)
  • A biography no longer than 100 words
  • The author’s contact information
• Article text with:
  • The title and page numbers in the document header
  • The full text of the article in Times New Roman, size 12, and double-spaced. Please format in Chicago style (chicagomanualofstyle.org) or AMA style (www.amamanualofstyle.com)
  • References for quoted and cited material formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style or AMA Manual of Style, with the endnotes in numerical order.