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Anthem  Essay Contest

For all students in grades 8 — 12, entry deadline: april 27, 2023, cash prizes.

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Select ONE of the following three topics:

Ayn Rand once said that chapters XI and XII of Anthem contain the real anthem of the story. Consider several different definitions of the word “anthem” and then explain why you think Ayn Rand called the book “Anthem.” In what sense do you think chapters XI and XII (or the book as a whole) is an anthem? How does the book’s title relate to the themes and message of the story? Explain your answer.

For the following statement from Anthem , explain its role in the story, its relation to the themes and message of the story, and its relevance to your own life: “Indeed you are happy,” they answered. “How else can men be when they live for their brothers?”

Equality 7-2521 has committed some of the worst crimes there are in his society. If those crimes are discovered, he faces the risk of terrible punishment. Yet in the face of this danger, and despite how much Equality has suffered at the hands of his society, he resolves to bring his invention (and admit his crimes) to the World Council of Scholars. What motivates him to come forward? What does he hope to achieve? If you were Equality’s friend (like International 4-8818) or the person who loves him (like Liberty 5-3000), what would you want him to do, and why? What do you think would be right for him to do, and why?

Essays will be judged on whether the student is able to argue for and justify their view—not on whether the Institute agrees with the view the student expresses. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of Anthem .

Essay submissions are evaluated in a fair and unbiased four-round judging process. Judges are individually selected by the Ayn Rand Institute based on a demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Ayn Rand’s works.

To ensure the anonymity of our participants, winners’ names are unknown to judges until after essays have been ranked and the contest results finalized.

The Ayn Rand Institute checks essays with Ithenticate plagiarism detection software.

• The Ayn Rand Institute’s (ARI’s) Anthem essay contest is open to all students worldwide, except where void or prohibited by law.
• Entrants must be enrolled as a 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade student during the school year in which the contest is held. ARI reserves the right to make exceptions to this rule, on a case-by-case basis, for international students or for students with nonstandard school years. Verification of school enrollment will be required for all winning entrants.
• Students are permitted to submit one entry to the contest each year, provided they meet the eligibility requirements outlined above and have not previously won first-place in the contest.
• Essays must be written in English only, and be between 600 and 1,200 words in length, double-spaced. Spelling errors and/or written corrections (by anyone) found on the essay will count against the final grade and should be omitted before submission.
• Essays must be solely the work of the entrant. Plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification.
• Essays must not infringe on any third-party rights or intellectual property of any person, company or organization. By submitting an essay to this contest, the entrant agrees to indemnify ARI for any claim, demand, judgment or other allegation arising from possible violation of someone’s trademark, copyright or other legally protected interest in any way in the entrant’s essay.
• Essays must be submitted electronically through ARI’s online application portal. If you are unable to submit your essay electronically, please contact us at [email protected].
• Essays must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time of the entry deadline. ARI reserves the right to provide contest deadline extensions on a case-by-case basis when deemed appropriate.
• All entries become the property of ARI and will not be returned.
• All entrants will be notified of the final results via email by August, 2023.
• Winners are responsible for providing their mailing addresses and other necessary information under the law in order to receive any prizes. Prizes must be claimed within six months of the results being announced.
• Winners agree to allow ARI to post their names and school information on any of its affiliated websites. The first-place essay may be posted in its entirety on any of these websites with full credit given to the author.
• Winners agree to record a short video testimonial about their experience reading Anthem, and consent to ARI’s sharing of said video with donors who make the essay contest possible.
• Winners consent to participate in interviews and allow ARI to use quotes and take photographs, movies or videotapes of them.
• Winners also grant to ARI the right to edit, use and reuse said products for non-profit purposes including use in print, on the internet and all other forms of media. Winners release ARI and its agents and employees from all claims, demands, and liabilities whatsoever regarding the above.
• Winners will be solely responsible for any federal, state or local taxes.
• Employees of ARI, its board of directors and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate.

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Introducing the 2015 Anthem Essay Contest Winner

ARI has held worldwide essay contests for students on Ayn Rand’s fiction for more than thirty years. The goal is to expose young people to the thought-provoking ideas in Rand’s works. ARI is happy to announce the winner of the 2015 Anthem essay contest. Jessie Yates, a sophomore at Knob Noster High School in Knob Noster, Missouri, has been awarded the coveted top prize, $2,000 in cash.

ARI interviewed Yates about the contest and what she gained from the experience:

Q: How did you hear about the Anthem essay contest?

A: I heard about the Anthem essay contest from a school counselor. I had not heard of Anthem before being exposed to the essay contest. I entered mostly because my counselor expected me to do so. But, once I started reading the book, I was greatly intrigued.

Q: Had you read an Ayn Rand novel before the contest?

A: I didn’t know of Ayn Rand before the contest. This is the first time I have participated in the essay contest.

Q: Describe what you learned from the experience.

A: During this particular writing process, I learned that it’s often best to simply start writing, even if you don’t like what you’re writing yet. It’s also necessary to be able to tell yourself when enough is enough. Something else I hadn’t done before is having a great discussion about my opinions. I found it very beneficial to bounce my ideas, thoughts, and opinions off my dad. Then he would tell me his opinion, and I would be able to improve and clarify my opinion expressed in the essay.

Q: When did you hear you had won the contest?

A: I found out that I won on July 31st this summer. That day I was at my grandparents’ house. I read the email on my phone and thought, “It says that I won?” Then I was like, still in my thoughts, “Hey, I won. I WON!” Later that day, I showed my dad. When I turned my essay in, my dad didn’t think it was good enough to do very well. So when I told him, I actually said “Haha! It WAS good enough!”

Q: Do you plan to participate in future essay contests?

A: I am definitely going to read Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and enter that contest this year. Aside from the contest, I really enjoyed contemplating the ideas evoked by Anthem .

Q: Please share any final thoughts.

A: I would like to say that if a student, just like me, hears about and reads Anthem , he or she should enter! You can’t know how the contest will turn out. This goes for anything you might try, enter, or do. You might win. Somebody has to.

To read the winning essay, click here . For more information on the 2016 Anthem essay contest, visit AynRand.org/students.

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Anthem Essay Competition 2021 by Ayn Rand

29 April 2021

About Anthem Essay Competition

The Anthem Essay competition is one of the three essay writing competitions conducted by Ayn Rand Education. The student has to write an essay on any of the three topics that are given below in the  Application Process . Ayn Rand was Russian-American Novelist, Philosopher and was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905.

• Worldwide essay contests for students is being conducted by Ayn Rand’s fiction for the last thirty years. This year 750 prizes totalling more than $1,30,000 will be awarded.
• Fountain Head Essay Competition  - For Class 11 & 12 students
• Atlas Shrugged Essay competition  - For Class 12, Undergraduate or Graduate Student.

Anthem Essay competition 2021 Dates

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• No application is required.
• Students can  participate  in this competition by sending in their entries.
• One entry per student.

Specifications for Anthem Essay

• Students are supposed to pick one of these three topics and write a 600-1200 words essay on it.
• The duly written Essay should be Double Spaced.
• Spelling errors or written corrections found in the essay will count against the final grade and should be omitted before submission.
• All entries become the property of the Ayn Rand Institute and will not be returned.

Submission of Essay

Candidates can submit their duly written essay by online mode discussed below by 29 April 2021, no later than 11:59 PM, Pacific standard time.

Mode 1 : Online:  Candidates can submit their essay online. The candidates can submit their essay online. In the case of online submission, the candidate will be sent an email confirming the receipt. In case, the candidate doesn't get the confirmation email within 24 hours he/she must email to [email protected]. 

Click here to  Submit your essay for The Anthem Essay Contest 

Anthem Essay Competition Topics

The candidate has to select one of the following three topics

• In the society of  Anthem , individuals are persecuted for their pursuit of knowledge. Why do you think this is? What lessons can be drawn from  Anthem  about how we should think about the pursuit of knowledge in our world today, especially in the face of social opposition?
• In what ways do you think people should be more like Equality 7-2521? In your answer, give examples of Equality’s actions, character, or attitude that you think are good or admirable. Using experiences from your own life, explain why you think these actions or traits are good and worth emulating.
• The people in the society of  Anthem  are taught to live by certain principles concerning what is good and evil, right and wrong. Do you think those who adhere to these principles are happy or unhappy? What lessons do you draw from this about how we should think about morality today?

How to keep a Check whether the Essay has been received or not? All those candidates who submit their essay online by the due date will receive an acknowledgement in their email. 

Anthem Essay Competition Selection Process

• Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via email or by mail
• Essays will be judged on both style and content.
• Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organised.
• Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of  Anthem.
• All awards are cash prizes. Prize winners simply receive a check in the amount of their award.
• Decisions of the judges are final.
• The winner of the Anthem Essay competition for the year 2017 was Elisabeth Schlossel, New York, NY – The Spence School, New York.  Click Here to read her Essay

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2021 Essay Contest Winners

The Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest asks medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise that illustrates an experience where they or a healthcare team member worked to ensure that humanism was at the core of care.

For the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest, medical and nursing students were asked to use the following quote as inspiration to reflect on when they’ve experienced or observed, as an individual or as a team (doctors, nurses, therapists, etc.), the impact of human connection:

“We’ll observe how the burdens braved by humankind Are also the moments that make us humans kind; Let each morning find us courageous, brought closer; Heeding the light before the fight is over. When this ends, we’ll smile sweetly, finally seeing In testing times, we became the best of beings.”

–  Excerpt from “The Miracle of Morning,” by Amanda Gorman

2021 Medical Student Winners

First Place | “Dear Reader” Ross Perry University of California, Davis School of Medicine Read the essay in Academic Medicine

Second Place | “Motherhouse” Davy Ran University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Read the essay in Academic Medicine

Third Place | “Someone Else’s Mother” Fletcher Bell Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Read the essay in Academic Medicine

2021 Nursing Student Winners

First Place | “New Constellations” Hunter Marshall University of New Mexico College of Nursing Read the essay in Academic Medicine

Second Place | “Nurses Encounter Diversity” Anna Swartzlander University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Read the essay in Academic Medicine

Third Place | “Empty Beds” Jessica Grey University of Massachusetts, Amherst College of Nursing Read the essay in Academic Medicine

2021 Honorable Mentions

• Rebekah Boyd, fourth year, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, “Bound Together”
• Michaele Francesco Corbisiero, second year, University of Colorado School of Medicine, “Through the Partition: Medical Care in Detention Centers”
• Levi Brice Edouna Obama, fourth year, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “Vox”
• Benjamin Elliott, second year, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of Pikeville, “Cerumen and Cisplatin”
• Kristopher Jackson, nurse practitioner and PhD candidate, University of New Mexico School of Nursing, “Empathy and Expletives”
• Jenna Nowlin, second-year master’s student, Regis College, Young School of Nursing, “Untitled”
• Bharat Sanders, fourth year, Medical College of Georgia, “Taking Back Our Empathy:
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Meet the Winners of the 2021 Lasker Essay Contest

For this year’s Lasker Essay Contest, we asked medical, research, and public health trainees to tell us what the most important scientific lesson they learned from the Covid-19 pandemic was and how they will apply that lesson in their future work.

Since they wrote their essays in early 2021, a lot has happened: vaccines have become more widely available, many countries have begun lifting restrictions on how many people can work in research laboratories and more medical students are returning to patient care.

We caught up with our winners—Ziad Ali, Banafsheh Nazari, Miriam Saffern, Adina Schonbrun, and Trisha Pasricha—to see how they have been doing and to hear how life in July 2021 differs from January 2021. We asked them about their current work, what they’ve been reading lately, who inspires them, and, just for fun, what their favorite model organism is. We hope you enjoy getting to know our 2021 Lasker Essay Contest winners as much as we did.

Ziad Ali, Stanford University

Essay What Happens Now?

Who is inspiring you as a scientist? Ziad tells us about how Lasker Laureate Eric Kandel’s autobiography inspired him to be less results-focused in his research, but rather, to use his work to search for truth.

What is your favorite model organism and why? Ziad shares his admiration for Aplysia californica .

Can you tell us about your current experiment? Learn about magnetic stimulation of neurons from Ziad.

Months later, would you still say that switching projects was the right move? Ziad discusses what it was like to change his PhD project during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Banafsheh Nazari, Morehouse School of Medicine

Essay Embracing Technology, the Pandemic’s Lesson for Us

What is your favorite model organism and why? Banafsheh talks about the power of using organoids to study human disease.

Who is inspiring you as a scientist? Banafsheh tells us about Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal.

What is the most important paper you have read recently? Banafsheh discusses “The Rise of Intelligent Matter”, a 2021 Nature paper by Kaspar et al.

What was your reaction to winning the 2021 Essay Contest? Banafsheh thanks the Lasker Foundation for giving her a voice.

Trisha Pasricha, Massachusetts General Hospital

Essay One more question

What is the most interesting paper you read this week?

Trisha in the Laboratory

I just read a paper published by Mazumder et al. (1) in the June issue of Hepatology , which explores an important issue I have reflected on since the start of my medical training: black patients with cirrhosis have higher mortality and lower transplant rates. The process to receive liver transplantation in the United States is a fascinating case study of an attempt at a fair allocation of a rare resource (i.e.: a donated liver) that incorporates both objective and subjective input—with resulting discrepancies in distribution and policy across transplant centers nationally. You cannot treat end-stage liver patients without finding yourself grappling inwardly with the complex ethics of liver transplantation. This study quantified the unsettling observations that I and many [of my colleagues] have made in our years of training to become gastroenterologists. Like many other recent studies, this paper amplifies the need to investigate the drivers of racial disparities in health outcomes, including and, perhaps foremost, addressing our own racial bias within the medical system.

(1) Mazumder NR, Simpson D, Atiemo K, Jackson K, Zhao L, Daud A, Kho A, Gabra LG, Caicedo JC, Levitsky J, Ladner DP. Black Patients With Cirrhosis Have Higher Mortality and Lower Transplant Rates: Results From a Metropolitan Cohort Study. Hepatology , 2021 Jun 15, doi: 10.1002/hep.31742, online ahead of print.

Who inspires you as a scientist?

Trisha and her father, Pankaj Jay Pasricha

My favorite physician-scientist is my father, Pankaj Jay Pasricha, who is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He is actually a neurogastroenterologist and the reason I went into this field myself! I have never met anyone more passionate about their research, which he always grounds in his interactions with patients. He pioneered the treatment of what was then an untreatable and poorly understood condition in gastroenterology: achalasia, first with endoscopic botulinum toxin injections and later with per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). He taught me how to use setbacks in scientific inquiry as a platform for more ingenuity and a framework for disruptive solutions to our patients’ unmet needs.

What is your favorite model organism and why? 

I love working with mice! I spent a year working at the NIH during medical school where I was trained in several murine models of gastrointestinal diseases. They allow us a highly versatile pre-clinical opportunity to explore novel hypotheses, which particularly through genetic manipulation such as the Cre-lox system, we cannot easily accomplish even in humans. I’m grateful for the chance to learn from them.

Trisha at Franconia Notch State Park

Did the patient you wrote about ever come back for the vaccine? How is that patient doing? 

My patient finally did get vaccinated! I saw him in the clinic again this month, and I was sad to hear that several of his friends in his community had passed from Covid since I wrote this essay. He is otherwise doing relatively well and is starting to enjoy some of the freedoms afforded to those who are vaccinated.

Miriam Saffern, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Essay My Mother is a Layperson

Who inspires you as a scientist? Miriam talks about two scientists who inpire her: 2020 Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, and Miriam Merad, the head of the Precision Immunology Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Can you tell us about a paper you read recently and how it relates to your work? Miriam tells us about her “wet lab” and “dry lab” work and about the 2018 Cell paper “Perspective on Oncogenic Processes at the End of the Beginning of Cancer Genomics” by Ding et al .

What is your favorite organism and why? Miriam shares her love for the mouse, without which we would not understand many mechanisms of human immunology.

In your essay, you mention teaching virology to students. Can you talk about that? Miriam tells us about two science outreach programs of which she is a part: the Scientist-in-Residence program through the New York Academy of Sciences Global STEM Alliance and an initiative that she started at Mount Sinai to reach high school students with the message that they, too, can go into STEM.

Adina Schonbrun, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Essay The Cornerstone of Scientific Success: Unsung Frontline Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Adina in the fly lab

What is the most interesting paper that you read this week?

Adrian Salic’s lab put out a very nice study on Sonic hedgehog (Shh) (1) binding partners. The study (2) showed that these binding partners essentially shuttle the dually lipidated Shh protein through the extracellular environment by shielding Shh’s lipid attachments, in order to keep the protein soluble.

As part of my current project, I am investigating lipid substrate specificity for Hedgehog acyltransferase (Hhat), the enzyme that acylates Shh. Previous studies have found that Shh binds to its cell surface receptor, Patched, in part via its N-terminal acyl group. Adrian’s study is interesting to me because it presents another protein-protein interaction among the initiating steps of the Shh pathway that is mediated by the acyl attachment on Shh, and therefore presents another facet as to why the acyl chain specificity might be important in activating the Shh pathway.

(1) Sonic hedgehog is a signaling molecule that is important for embryonic development. (2) Wierzbowski et al. , Vol 55:450-467, 2020.

What is your latest experiment?

My lab studies the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase, Hhat. I developed a new assay to monitor the activity of the Hhat, using fluorescence instead of radioactivity. My most recent experiments have been using this assay to determine how Hhat chooses which of the many fatty acids in cells will be attached to Shh and how this affects Shh signaling.

Sonic Hedgehog Pathway The Hedgehog signaling pathway is a cell-cell communication system critical for embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. Shh: Sonic hedgehog (secreted signaling molecule); SHH-N: N-terminal signaling domain of Sonic hedgehog; DISP: Dispatched, sterol- sensing domain protein; PTCH: Patched receptor; SMO: Smoothened, G-protein coupled receptor; GLI: Glioma-associated oncogene homolog transcription factor

Dr. John Golin, recently retired biology professor and principal investigator at The Catholic University of America, was my first real mentor. He inspired me to believe in myself, and [he worked] to turn the potential he saw in me as an intern in his lab into a career path. Dr. Golin inspired me to grow as a scientist, and I learned from him that believing in yourself is the first step to becoming successful. Dr. Golin continues to be a role model and supportive mentor to me to this day.

What is your favorite model organism and why?

Drosophila melanogaster Courtesy of André Karwath

I’ve worked with yeast, bacteria, and  Drosophila melanogaster . I like Drosophila the best. In the fly lab in which I spent my post-bac year, my research called for dissecting the flies to study their reproductive systems. By doing so, I was constantly reminded how amazing it is that such a tiny organism, like a human, has reproductive organs, a digestive tract, and a circulatory system, and it can “fit” all of this and maintain all the complexities required of a living being to function.

What do you think is the best way to honor the unsung frontline workers?

The underlying issue I point to in my essay is that we often take other people for granted. I think a good place to start [is]… promoting greater mutual respect and understanding among people with different professions. We all need to remember that everyone is important and can contribute to society in a meaningful way.

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A Kindness I Will Always Remember

Winners of the 2021 Almanac Essay Contest

The 2021 Old Farmer’s Almanac Essay Contest topic was “A Kindness I Will Always Remember.” We received hundreds of entries for the 2021 contest—possibly the most ever! Here are the heartwarming winning essays.

“A Kindness I Will Always Remember”

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First Prize

When I was in second grade in the late 1950s, the school principal’s wife invited me to her home for an afternoon. My mother had passed away the year before, so I welcomed the extra attention. Soon after I stepped into her cheery kitchen, she suggested that we play “beauty shop.” I stood on my tiptoes, my head bent over her gleaming sink, as she washed my hair with her very special shampoo. Then, while I sat perched on a stool with a fluffy towel wrapped around my head, she polished my fingernails and rubbed my hands and arms with a creamy lotion that smelled of lilacs. After she rinsed my hair one more time, we sat on her front porch swing enjoying cookies and milk, my feet dangling while my hair dried in the sun. I felt like a princess that afternoon as she carefully combed and styled my hair. Many years later, I found out that the very special shampoo was a treatment for head lice, but this kind and compassionate woman spared me the stigma and embarrassment by never letting on that I was anything but a princess in need of a little pampering.

–Susan Yarrington, Puposky, Minnesota

Second Prize

My youngest son died in a car accident on December 25, 1998. In the hospital, I made the decision to donate his organs so that others could be helped by our tragedy. It was my experience with the donor agency that the survivors were celebrated, not the donors. A few years later, I was sitting in an airport when I struck up a conversation with an attractive, much younger man. The conversation flowed easily between us as we were waiting for our flights. He mentioned that he was the recipient of a donor kidney. When I shared with him my son’s story, he leaned in, stood me up, looked me in the eyes, and said, “I never thanked the person who donated their kidney to me, so I want to thank you and your son with all of my heart.” He gave me the warmest, sweetest, hug that lasted long enough so that we were both in tears when we separated. It was one of the most magical moments in my life and replaced all of the negativity that I was feeling toward the organ donation agency. We then said “Good-bye” and boarded our flights.

–Monica Clark, New Orleans, Louisiana

Third Prize

When I was a young woman living in Miami, I walked to work. At one corner, there was a handicapped man who sat on a tattered blanket, trying to sell pencils. I was always in a hurry and never stopped to help him. One day, I was having coffee in a restaurant nearby. While I was there, the “pencil man” came in and sat two seats away from me at the counter. When I wanted to pay for the coffee, I found that I was penniless. I had left my wallet at home. Highly embarrassed, I told the waitress and just sat there. I saw the young man struggle to open the worn change purse in his hand. With great difficulty, he took out two quarters and slid them haltingly along the counter saying, “Take these.” Even speech was a struggle for him. Thanking him profusely, I took them and paid … and then I left and cried. The next morning, I rushed to the corner to buy all of the pencils and more. He wasn’t there. He was never there again. It was as if an angel had come down to Earth to test my generosity. It changed my life. Since then, I’ve often been accused of being “too generous.”

–Sonja Karlsen, Tryon, North Carolina

Honorable Mention

I will never forget how when I was a child (probably around 7 or so) growing up in Virginia, I heard a tragic story on the news about a child who had accidentally drowned. They announced that the burial would be held later in Pennsylvania. A couple of days later, my dad and I were on the highway and ran out of gas. A gentleman stopped and offered to take us to get some gas and take it back to the car. While talking, we discovered that he was getting ready to head up to Pennsylvania for a funeral. It turned out that this stranger who stopped to help a man and his young daughter on the side of the road was the same man who had just lost his own child earlier that week. Even at what had to have been his lowest point, this kind man took the time out of all that he must have been going through to stop and help someone else in need. I am in my mid-50s now, and this extraordinary act of kindness can still bring tears to my eyes.

– M. J. Dawley, Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Winners from the 2022 Canadian Edition:

My husband and I were expecting our first baby. We were young, naïve, and poor as can be. Close to the birth of our daughter, with not a single item of baby “anything” having been purchased, a guardian angel introduced us to a local church group. After attending a few Sundays, we found the acceptance heartwarming. One Sunday, the pastor and his wife invited us to supper. When it was done, they “remembered” a couple of chores at the church and asked if we would be willing to lend a hand. We folded pamphlets, updated the calendar, had a tour, and then proceeded to the basement. Pastor led the way, opened the door, and turned on the light, where almost everyone in the congregation cheered, “Surprise!” There before us was everything needed for a newborn: clothes, bath and personal care items, a crib, a high chair, and a buggy. I was overwhelmed. The following day, they delivered everything to our door, plus a rocking chair for us to relax in while holding our precious new arrival.

–Vicki Thome, Medicine Hat, Alberta

It was May 1982, and two smalltown girls had arrived in New York City for a fun-filled weekend! Upon our arrival at the Hotel Edison on 47th, we met Johnny, our bellman, who had a big, genuine smile. He said that if we had any trouble, we should call the hotel and he would be there to help us. Long story short: We did need to borrow $20 from him to get back to the airport. Fast-forward to June 2010. I was back in NYC with my teenage daughter and determined to find Johnny, as I never forgot him and his kindness. At the Hotel Edison, I was advised that Johnny was retired. The staff thought that I was a bit crazy but also was rather intrigued and said that they would help. I wrote him a letter on hotel stationery explaining that I had never forgotten him and enclosed the $20. Two weeks later, Johnny called! His voice was breaking as he said that this was the nicest thank-you gesture that he had ever received. Johnny and his kindness live on forever through this story, which is just one of many about him, I am sure.

–Suzanne Cascanette, Halifax, Nova Scotia

I was an only child, and my mother always tried her best to fill my absent father’s shoes. When I was 8 years old, my Cub Scout pack was having their annual “Father and Son Dinner.” This was one time when my mom could not step in, and I remember feeling both sad and embarrassed that I did not have a father to go with. Unbeknownst to me, the Cub leaders had made arrangements with an older gentleman to be my “standin” father for the dinner. I remember how good it felt to have a man around me, and I felt incredibly special when he asked me about school and my hobbies. When dessert arrived, there were two flavors of pie: apple and cherry. I told the gentleman that I couldn’t decide what kind of pie to have—I liked them both. To my surprise, he said, “Why don’t you have both?,” and he got up and returned with two plates of pie! I may not have been the only boy with two slices of pie that night, but I sure felt special. Sixty years later, I have never forgotten this act of kindness from my “father for a night.”

–Joe Hargitt, Powell River, British Columbia

I was feeling lonely in a world where everyone seemed to be my opponent. “People are cruel—I do not trust them anymore,” I told him. “No, sweetheart: There is kindness in this world,” he replied. I looked at him with disbelief. “Look!” he continued. “I’ve been through many situations. When I was about your age, I felt invincible. I owned a car and felt like the ‘boss’ of the road. However, God decided to change my mind. It was early in the morning after I had finished my night shift and fallen asleep while driving. A vehicle coming from the opposite side crashed into me. I fainted. The car driver who crashed into me came closer when he realized that I was not moving. He dragged me out of the open window, and a few seconds later, my car exploded. My life was saved. Remember that when you feel alone, there will always be a hand to drag you out of the window.” “Grandpa, what if there is nobody there for me?” I asked. “Then be that somebody,” he smiled.

–Eirini Giantsi, Regina, Saskatchewan

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The stories touch hearts and remind us that acts of kindness are not forgotten, but live on in hearts and minds.

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Our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest

Students are invited to tell us what they’re reading in The Times and why, this year in writing OR via a 90-second video. Contest dates: June 7 to Aug. 16.

By The Learning Network

The illustrations for this post were originally created by Adolfo Redaño for “ Summer Books 2023 .”

Our Summer Reading Contest is our longest-running challenge — and our simplest.

All you have to do to participate is tell us what you’re reading, watching or listening to in The New York Times and why.

Don’t have a subscription? No problem! We’ll be providing dozens of free links to teen-friendly articles, essays, videos, podcasts and graphics every week from June through August.

And this summer, both to celebrate the contest’s 15th year and to shake things up a bit, we’ll be trying something new: Students can enter as they always have by submitting a short written response — or they can make a video up to 90 seconds long.

Got questions? We have answers. Everything you need is detailed below.

But if you’re a teacher who would like to have your students practice for this now, before the contest begins, note that the only rule around content is that a piece must have been published in 2024. Beyond that, we don’t care if your students pick something on cats , chatbots , the cost of college or the crisis in the Middle East ; Beyoncé , book bans , basketball or banana bread . We just want to hear what they think. To help, we’ve created a special practice forum . Join us!

Have fun, and, as always, post your questions here or write to [email protected].

This announcement is available as a one-page PDF to hang on your class bulletin board.

Here’s what you need to know:

The challenge, rules and guidelines, resources for teachers, students and parents, frequently asked questions, how to submit.

Choose something in The New York Times that got your attention and tell us why — via a short written or video response.

Here’s how the contest works:

Every Friday for 10 weeks beginning on June 7, we will publish a post asking the same question: “What got your attention in The Times this week?” That’s where you should submit your response any time until the following Friday at 9 a.m. Eastern, when we will close that post and open a new one that asks the same question. On Aug. 9 we’ll post our final question of the summer, open until 9 a.m. on Aug. 16.

You can enter every week, or any week, all summer long, but you may only submit once each week.

You can always find the proper link to the place to submit at the top of this page, updated each week. Once the contest begins, you can also find it on our home page . Please see the How to Submit section below for more details.

You can choose anything you like that was published in the print paper or on nytimes.com in 2024, including articles, Opinion and guest essays , videos , graphics, photos and podcasts . To see the variety of topics winners have responded to over the years, read this column .

Then tell us what Times piece you chose and why it got your attention via a 250-word essay OR a 90-second video. See the full Rules and Guidelines for each type of response below. We have a contest rubric , as well as a guide for students that details four simple ways to make your response stand out.

We’ll choose winners each week, and every Tuesday during the contest, starting June 25, we’ll publish them in a separate post, which you can find here . All written and video entries will be judged together. We will also celebrate the winners on Facebook.

Please read these rules and guidelines carefully before you make your submissions.

Guidelines for written responses

Your written response should tell us what you read, watched or listened to in The Times and why it got your attention. You can find many examples in this column , which spotlights the work of our previous winners.

This guide walks you through some of the key elements of a great reader response, including making a personal connection to the piece, thinking critically about it, referencing specific details or quotes, and writing in your own unique voice.

Here are some guidelines to keep in mind:

Written responses must be no more than 1,500 characters, or about 250 words.

Make sure to i nclude the complete URL or headline of the Times piece you have chosen. For example, “The Joys and Challenges of Caring for Terrance the Octopus” or https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/tiktok-octopus-pet-oklahoma.html. Yes, this is included in the word count.

Guidelines for video responses

Just as with written responses, video responses should explain what Times piece you chose and why you chose it. The advice in this guide , while originally created with written responses in mind, can apply to video, as well.

We hope you’ll be creative, but that doesn’t mean your video has to be complicated or use special effects; sometimes simple is best. All you need is yourself and the camera on your phone to make a great video response.

Here are the guidelines:

Use a phone to shoot your video vertically (so it looks like the videos you might see on TikTok or Instagram Reels ).

Your video must be 90 seconds or fewer .

Please be sure to say or show the headline of the Times piece you are discussing.

Your video MAY NOT use any images, video clips, music or sound effects, other than those that appear in the Times piece you are discussing or what you create yourself. We cannot publish your video if it uses any copyrighted images or sounds — including TikTok sounds.

Make sure we can see and hear your video clearly. Pay attention to lighting and try to limit background noise as much as possible if it’s not an intentional part of your video.

Please do not include anyone else in your video. For the most part, we recommend filming only yourself, inanimate objects, animals, or your Times piece. You may film crowds of people in public places, but, to protect people’s privacy, try to avoid any close-ups.

A few additional rules

These rules apply to both written and video responses:

You can participate as often as every week, but we allow only ONE submission per person per week.

Any teenager 13 to 19 years old anywhere in the world is invited to join us , as long as you are in middle or high school, or have graduated from high school in 2024 and haven’t started college yet. See below, How to Submit , for more details.

The children and stepchildren of New York Times employees are not eligible to enter this contest. Teenagers who live in the same household as a Times employee are also ineligible.

The work you submit should be fundamentally your own — it should not be plagiarized, created by someone else or generated by artificial intelligence.

Your work must be original for this contest. That means it should not already have been published at the time of submission, whether in your school newspaper, for another contest, or anywhere else.

Keep in mind that the work you send in should be appropriate for a Times audience — that is, something that could be published in a family newspaper (so, please, no curse words).

For this contest, you must work alone , not in pairs or a group.

Entries must be received by the deadline at 9 a.m. Eastern time each Friday to be considered.

We have created many resources to help students practice for and participate in this contest over the years. Although they were written with the goal of helping students create written responses, many of them can work for video, too.

Writing Resources and Lesson Plans: Our full unit on independent reading and writing has lesson plans, writing prompts and mentor texts that can support students in the kind of thinking we’re asking them to do for this contest.

But, to see how easy this contest is, you might start with “ A Simple Exercise for Encouraging Independent Reading .” We invited four teachers across the country to try a short experiment in which they challenged their students to read a Times article on a topic within their comfort zone, and one article on a topic outside it. In this piece, they and their students reflect on the successful results.

We also have a Student Opinion question that challenges any student to do the same.

Student Mentors: “ Writing Rich Reading Responses: Participating in Our Summer Contest ” showcases a series of student-written mentor texts that demonstrate the four key elements that can make a short response — whether in a written or video format — sing.

You can also read all of the winning student entries from 2017 to the present , including reflections from many participants and judges.

And, check out a video version of our “Annotated by the Author” series (embedded above) in which two student winners of our 2020 contest discuss the “writer’s moves” they made.

Webinars: Teachers, to learn more about this contest and how you can teach with it, watch this free on-demand webinar from 2020 . And, to get ideas for supporting your students’ independent reading and writing, watch this on-demand webinar from 2021 .

Our Rubric: This is the rubric our judges will use to judge this contest. We’re looking for written and video responses that include personal connections, critical thinking, references to the source material, and voice and style.

Q. What kinds of responses are you looking for?

A. The subject matter isn’t important; neither is whether you loved or hated it. What we care about is what you have to say about why you picked it.

If you don’t believe us, scroll through the work of previous winners . They have written on weighty topics like abortion , racism , the war in Ukraine , Alzheimer’s disease , climate change and the dangers of vaping , but they have also covered handbags , hummingbirds , the Minions , text messaging , staycations , power naps, junk food , Wordle , Disney shows, running and bagels.

Whatever the subject, you’ll see that the best responses year after year make personal connections to the news and discuss the broader questions and ideas that the topic raises. We have even created a guide that outlines four simple things you can do to make your responses more powerful. We will use this rubric to judge entries.

So whether you were moved by an article , irked by an essay , bowled over by a photo , or inspired by a video , simply find something in The Times that genuinely interests you and tell us why, as honestly and originally as you can.

Q. Since you now offer the option to respond in video, are you looking for something different in that format?

Short answer: No. Longer answer: We’re excited to see what you come up with! We’ve purposely not put a lot of guidelines around what you can create since a) it’s summer, and we want this to be casual and b) we hope you’ll surprise us and show us what’s possible.

Though at the beginning all our contests focused on writing, in recent years we’ve been trying to encourage other forms of composition and expression. We hope you’ll take a risk and submit in video at least once this summer.

Q. Who will be judging my work?

A. The Learning Network staff, a team of New York Times journalists, along with educators from across the country.

Q. What is the “prize”?

A. The prize for winning any of our contests is having your work published on The Learning Network.

Q. When should I check to see if my submission won?

A. Every Tuesday from June 25 until Aug. 27, we will publish the previous week’s winner or winners in a separate article that you can find here . We will also celebrate the winners on Facebook.

Q. How do I participate in this contest if I don’t have a digital subscription to The Times?

A. All Learning Network posts for students, as well as all Times articles linked from them, are accessible without a digital subscription . So if you use any of the articles we have linked to on our site, they will not be blocked.

Each time we pose our question — “What got your attention in The Times this week?” — we will link to dozens of recent, teen-friendly pieces that you can choose from if you don’t have your own subscription.

You can also find copies of The New York Times at most public libraries, and some even allow you to access NYTimes.com with your library card.

And remember: You can use anything published anytime in 2024.

Q. How do I prove to my teacher that I participated?

A. If you are 13 to 19 in the United States and Britain — or 16 to 19 elsewhere in the world — and are submitting your written response by posting a comment, make sure to check the box that asks if you would like to be emailed when your comment is published. If you do so, the system will send you a link to your comment, which you can use to show your teacher, your parents, your friends or anyone else you’d like to impress. (Please note that you will not get an email until the comment has been approved, which may take longer over weekends.)

If you are submitting a video response or an adult is submitting a written response on behalf of an eligible student via the embedded form at the bottom of the post, please take a screenshot if a student needs proof that they are participating in the contest. You will not receive a confirmation email.

Another method? Some teachers ask students to keep a Google Doc of all their submissions, while others instruct students to take screenshots of their responses before they hit “submit.”

Q. How can teachers, librarians and parents use this challenge?

A. Our goals for this contest include some that appear on many educators’ lists. We want to help students become more aware of the world and their place in it; learn how to navigate sophisticated nonfiction; and create for a real audience, beyond the classroom. But more than anything else, we just want students to realize that reading the newspaper can be fun.

Through the years, adults have told us over and over that participating in this contest has made their students both more aware of and more interested in what’s going on in the world. Many see it as a low-stakes way to help teenagers start building a news-reading habit.

And, too, at a time when some educators are alarmed by the ability of chatbots to do students’ work for them, this is a contest that rewards the human touch. As our step-by-step guide to participating shows, what we’re looking for are genuine personal connections to the news, explored with voice, style and personality — something A.I. can’t (yet?) do with anywhere near the verve of the teenagers we hear from.

Another reason? For some teachers, assigning the contest over the summer helps them to quickly get to know their new students when school starts. In our related webinar , Karen Gold, English department chair at The Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Mass., details how she uses the contest in this way.

But maybe the most compelling reason to assign this contest is what students themselves say about it. In 2017, Emma Weber, a student from London, posted that, thanks to the contest, “I feel grounded in my views and understand what’s going on in the world. It’s amazing what a change 1,500 characters a week make.” In 2020 we invited Emma to help judge the entries, and here is what she had to say after Week 10:

I know firsthand that the Summer Reading Contest has the ability to change the way one engages in the news — I went from passively reading to actively thinking and questioning. The more you reflect on what is going on in the world and what interests you about it, the more you will understand your place within it. I urge all those who enjoyed participating this summer to continue reading, reflecting and writing.

Thank you for making this contest a hit year after year, and please spread the word that it’s back for its 15th season.

Any 13- to 19-year-old anywhere in the world is invited to join us, if you are in middle or high school, or if you graduated from high school and haven’t yet started college.

Every Friday starting on June 7, we’ll post a fresh version of this question: “What got your attention in The Times this week?” We will link to each week’s version at the top of this post. Here is an example from last summer. How you respond to this question will depend on your age and whether you are choosing to respond via writing or video, but all responses will be judged together.

For written responses:

Students ages 13 to 19 in the United States and Britain — and ages 16 to 19 elsewhere in the world — can submit by posting a comment on the post itself. See the GIF below to see how to do that.

If you are a teacher, parent or guardian of a student or child who is ages 13 to 15 anywhere in the world besides the United States and Britain, then you should submit an entry on the student’s behalf using the form embedded at the bottom of each week’s post.

For video responses:

All students should use the form at the bottom of each week’s post to submit video responses. Students ages 13 to 19 in the United States and Britain — and ages 16 to 19 elsewhere in the world — can submit their own entries. Students ages 13 to 15 anywhere else in the world must have a parent, teacher or guardian submit on their behalf.

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Advancing social justice, promoting decent work

Ilo is a specialized agency of the united nations, schoolchildren discuss future of work: an essay contest in baku.

On 14 June 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Azerbaijan held in its premises an awarding ceremony of the essay contest on the topics of the ILO Centenary and the Future of Work. Schoolchildren from Baku took part in the contest.

Victor Mukhin

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Title : Active carbons as nanoporous materials for solving of environmental problems

However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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Prizewinners

In this section, you will find all necessary information about the past Prizewinners of the Competition including the full list of laureates from the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition.

A life-changing experience

There is no doubt that winning a prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition helps a career in an incomparable way. Most of the Competition's past prizewinners have gone on to become worldwide stars. The most iconic example is probably that of Van Cliburn.

Excerpt from Van Cliburn, Concert Pianist, a film by Peter Rosen : Van Cliburn returns from Moscow with a Gold Medal (1958). Watch the documentary on medici.tv .

XV International Tchaikovsky Competition: The Laureates

• Dmitry Masleev, First Prize
• Lukas Geniušas, Second Prize
• George Li, Second Prize
• Daniel Kharitonov, Third Prize
• Sergey Redkin, Third Prize
• Lucas Debargue, Fourth Prize
• Yu-Chien Tseng, Second Prize
• Alexandra Conunova, Third Prize
• Haik Kazazyan, Third Prize
• Pavel Milyukov, Third Prize
• Clara-Jumi Kang, Fourth Prize
• Bomsori Kim, Fifth Prize
• Andrei Ionuț Ioniță, First Prize
• Alexander Ramm, Second Prize
• Alexander Buzlov, Third Prize
• Pablo Ferrández-Castro, Fourth Prize
• Seung Min Kang, Fifth Prize
• Jonathan Roozeman, Sixth Prize
• Yulia Matochkina, First Prize
• Svetlana Moskalenko, Second Prize
• Mane Galoyan, Third Prize
• Antonina Vesenina, Fourth Prize
• Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, First Prize
• Chuanyue Wang, Second Prize
• Hansung Yoo, Third Prize
• Dmitry Grigoriev, Fourth Prize

Past prizewinners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition since 1958: full list

• 1st Prize: Van Cliburn (USA)
• 2nd Prize: Lev Vlassenko (USSR) and Liu Shih-kun (China)
• 3rd Prize: Naum Shtarkman (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Vladimir Ashkenazy (USSR) and John Ogdon (United Kingdom)
• 2nd Prize: Susan Starr (USA) and Yin Chengzong (China)
• 3rd Prize: Eliso Virsaladze (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Grigory Sokolov (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Misha Dichter (USA)
• 3rd Prize: Victor Eresko (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Vladimir Krainev (USSR) and John Lill (UK)
• 2nd Prize: Horacio Gutiérrez (Cuba)
• 3rd Prize: Arthur Moreira Lima (Brazil) and Viktoria Postnikova (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Andrei Gavrilov (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Stanislav Igolinsky (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Youri Egorov (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Mikhail Pletnev (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Pascal Devoyon (France) and André Laplante (Canada)
• 3rd Prize: Nikolai Demidenko (USSR) and Evgeny Ryvkin (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Not awarded
• 2nd Prize: Peter Donohoe (UK) and Vladimir Ovchinnikov (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Mitie Koyama (Japan)
• 1st Prize: Barry Douglas (UK)
• 2nd Prize: Natalia Trull (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Irina Plotnikova (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Boris Berezovsky (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Vladimir Mischouk (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Kevin Kenner (USA), Johan Schmidt (Germany) and Anton Mordasov (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Nikolai Lugansky (Russia)
• 3rd Prize: Vadim Rudenko (Russia) and HaeSun Paik (China)
• 1st Prize: Denis Matsuev (Russia)
• 2nd Prize: Vadim Rudenko (Russia)
• 3rd Prize: Freddy Kempf (UK)
• 1st Prize: Ayako Uehara (Japan)
• 2nd Prize: Alexei Nabiulin (Russia)
• 3rd Prize: Tszyuy Tszin (China) and Andrey Ponochevny (Russia)
• 2nd Prize: Miroslav Kultyshev (Russia)
• 3rd Prize: Alexander Lubyantsev (Russia)
• 1st Prize: Daniil Trifonov (Russia)
• 2nd Prize: Yeol Eum Son (South Korea)
• 3rd Prize: Seong-Jin Cho (South Korea)
• 1st Prize: Valery Klimov (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Victor Pikaizen (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Ştefan Ruha (Romania)
• 1st Prize: Boris Gutnikov (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Shmuel Ashkenasi (Israel) and Irina Bochkova (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Nina Beilina (USSR) and Yoko Kubo (Japan)
• 1st Prize: Viktor Tretiakov (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Masuko Ushioda (Japan) and Oleg Kagan (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Yoko Sato (Japan) and Oleh Krysa (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Gidon Kremer (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Vladimir Spivakov (USSR) and Mayumi Fujikawa (Japan)
• 3rd Prize: Liana Isakadze (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Eugene Fodor (USA), Ruben Agaronyan (USSR) and Rusudan Gvasaliya (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Marie-Annick Nicolas (France) and Vanya Milanova (Bulgaria)
• 1st Prize: Ilya Grubert (USSR) and Elmar Oliveira (USA)
• 2nd Prize: Mihaela Martin (Romania) and Dylana Jenson (USA)
• 3rd Prize: Irina Medvedeva (USSR)
• 1st Prize: Viktoria Mullova (USSR) and Sergey Stadler (USSR)
• 2nd Prize: Tomoko Kato (Japan) 
• 3rd Prize: Stephanie Chase (USA) and Andres Cardenes (USA)
• 1st Prize: Ilya Kaler (USSR) and Raphaël Oleg (France)
• 2nd Prize: Xue Wei (China) and Maxim Fedotov (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Jane Peters (Australia)
• 1st Prize: Akiko Suwanai (Japan)
• 2nd Prize: Evgeny Bushkov (USSR)
• 3rd Prize: Alyssa Park (USA)
• 2nd Prize: Anastasia Chebotareva (Russia) and Jennifer Koh (USA)
• 3rd Prize: Graf Murzha (Russia), Marco Rizzi (Italy)
• 1st Prize: Nikolai Savchenko (Russia)
• 2nd Prize: Latica Honda-Rosenberg (Germany)
• 3rd Prize: Ichun Pan (China)
• 2nd Prize: Tamaki Kawakubo (Japan-USA) and Xi Chen (China)
• 3rd Prize: Tatiana Samuil (Russia)
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Opinion | NPR suspends an editor for his essay blasting … NPR

The firestorm caused by uri berliner’s critical essay in the free press continues to rage.

When a senior editor at NPR recently wrote a 3,500-word essay for another outlet, blasting where he works and saying that NPR had “lost America’s trust,” my first thought, quite frankly, was, “ … and he still works there?”

Well, it was learned on Tuesday that the editor in question, Uri Berliner, is currently serving a five-day suspension without pay. NPR media writer David Folkenflik reported the suspension began last week. Folkenflik wrote, “In presenting Berliner’s suspension Thursday afternoon, the organization told the editor he had failed to secure its approval for outside work for other news outlets, as is required of NPR journalists. It called the letter a ‘final warning,’ saying Berliner would be fired if he violated NPR’s policy again. Berliner is a dues-paying member of NPR’s newsroom union but says he is not appealing the punishment.”

Berliner, who has been at NPR for 25 years, wrote his scathing essay for the online news site The Free Press, a publication on Substack. Folkenflik described The Free Press as a “site that has become a haven for journalists who believe that mainstream media outlets have become too liberal.”

The suspension does not mean the firestorm created by Berliner’s essay has been suppressed. Folkenflik wrote, “Yet the public radio network is grappling in other ways with the fallout from Berliner’s essay for the online news site The Free Press. It angered many of his colleagues, led NPR leaders to announce monthly internal reviews of the network’s coverage, and gave fresh ammunition to conservative and partisan Republican critics of NPR, including former President Donald Trump.”

The New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin wrote , “After Mr. Berliner’s essay was published, NPR’s new chief executive, Katherine Maher, came under renewed scrutiny as conservative activists resurfaced a series of years-old social media posts criticizing former President Donald J. Trump and embracing progressive causes. One of the activists, Christopher Rufo, has pressured media organizations into covering controversies involving influential figures, such as the plagiarism allegations against Claudine Gay, the former Harvard president.”

Maher was not at NPR at the time of her posts and, furthermore, the CEO has no involvement in editorial decisions at the network.

But Berliner told Folkenflik in an interview on Monday, “We’re looking for a leader right now who’s going to be unifying and bring more people into the tent and have a broader perspective on, sort of, what America is all about. And this seems to be the opposite of that.”

In a statement earlier this week, Maher said, “In America everyone is entitled to free speech as a private citizen. What matters is NPR’s work and my commitment as its CEO: public service, editorial independence, and the mission to serve all of the American public. NPR is independent, beholden to no party, and without commercial interests.”

As far as Berliner’s essay, many, particularly inside NPR, are pushing back against his various assertions, including that NPR has a liberal bias.

Mullin wrote for the Times, “Several NPR employees have urged the network’s leaders to more forcefully renounce Mr. Berliner’s claims in his essay. Edith Chapin, NPR’s top editor, said in a statement last week that managers ‘strongly disagree with Uri’s assessment of the quality of our journalism,’ adding that the network was ‘proud to stand behind’ its work.”

Tony Cavin, NPR’s managing editor for standards and practices, pushed back against specific claims made by Berliner and told the Times, “To somehow think that we were driven by politics is both wrong and unfair.”

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans tweeted , “Many things wrong w/terrible Berliner column on NPR, including not observing basic fairness. Didn’t seek comment from NPR before publishing. Didn’t mention many things which could detract from his conclusions. Set up staffers of color as scapegoats.”

So what happens now? Will Berliner be in further trouble for criticizing the CEO in an interview with Folkenflik, his NPR colleague?

Berliner told Folkenflik, “Talking to an NPR journalist and being fired for that would be extraordinary, I think.”

I urge you to check out Folkenflik’s piece for all the details. And, by the way, kudos to Folkenflik for his strong reporting on his own newsroom.

CNN’s response

In Tuesday’s newsletter , I wrote how “King Charles” — the limited series featuring Gayle King and Charles Barkley — has ended after 14 shows. I wrote that the network had “pulled the plug” on the show.

CNN said that description was inaccurate and that I was wrong in framing it the way I did.

While I did say that CNN announced from the beginning that the show was a limited series, I also wrote that the show reached its ending “a little ahead of time.” The network, however, said it was clear all along that the show was scheduled to end in the spring, that it is spring right now, and the show was not canceled early.

A CNN spokesperson told me, “‘King Charles’ has come to the end of its limited run, as we announced when it launched last fall that it would run through spring. The show was a great addition to CNN’s lineup, with the youngest, most affluent, and most diverse P2+ audience in its cable news time period and brought new audiences to CNN. It’s inaccurate to report that the show was canceled as it went through its full run and duration of the limited series. We hope to work with both of these incredible talents in the future as they balance their very busy schedules.”

With the NBA playoffs about to begin, Barkley is about to head into extra duty at his main job as studio analyst for TNT’s “Inside the NBA.”

The show’s average viewership was under a half million and lagged behind competitors Fox News and MSNBC, but CNN said it was pleased that the King-Barkley broadcast brought new audiences to CNN. It pointed to this statistic from Nielsen via Npower that said 43% of the “King Charles” audience was nonwhite, compared to 7% for Fox News and 27% for MSNBC during that Wednesday at 10 p.m. Eastern hour.

Smartmatic and OAN settle suit

Smartmatic, the voting technology company, and One America News, the far-right TV network, have settled their lawsuit. Smartmatic was suing OAN, claiming the network lied that the company rigged the 2020 election in favor of Joe Biden and against Donald Trump.

Neither side disclosed the terms of the settlement.

Smartmatic still has pending lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax. And OAN is still facing a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems. That’s the company that Fox News settled with out of court a year ago by agreeing to pay Dominion a whopping $787.5 million.

Missing at the Masters

According to Sports TV Ratings , Sunday’s final round of The Masters golf tournament on CBS averaged 9.58 million viewers, which was down 20% from last year’s final round, which averaged 12.05 million. This shouldn’t be a surprise. This year’s final round lacked drama, with winner Scottie Scheffler pretty much in control throughout the day.

Sports Media Watch’s Jon Lewis noted that in the past three decades, only COVID-era Masters in 2020 (5.64 million) and 2021 (9.54 million) had fewer viewers. Those were the least-viewed Masters since 1993.

But Lewis also points out, “As one would expect, the final round of the Masters still ranks as the most-watched golf telecast and one of the most-watched sporting events of the past year — placing ahead of four of five World Series games and every Daytona 500 since 2017. It also goes without saying that the Masters dominated all other weekend sporting events.”

Just for fun, however, I will mention that the 9.58 million was nowhere near the number of viewers (18.7 million) that watched the NCAA women’s college basketball final between South Carolina and Iowa (and star Caitlin Clark) one week earlier on a Sunday afternoon.

Other media notes, tidbits and interesting links …

• Speaking of Clark, Tom Kludt writes for Vanity Fair: “Behind the Scenes With Caitlin Clark on WNBA Draft Day: ‘I Definitely Know There’s Eyeballs on Me.’”
• Axios’ Sara Fischer with “Dozens of Alden newspapers run coordinated editorials slamming Google.”
• For the Los Angeles Times, Greg Braxton and Carolyn Cole with “What ‘Civil War’ gets right and wrong about photojournalism, according to a Pulitzer Prize winner.”
• For The Washington Post, Dave Barry, Angela Garbes, Melissa Fay Greene, John Grogan and Charles Yu with “How does the election feel around the country? 5 writers capture the vibe.” Barry, as always looking at things a bit differently, writes, “Greetings from the Sunshine State! The mood down here, as we anticipate the 2024 presidential election, is one of hopefulness. Specifically, we’re hoping that a large, previously undetected meteor will strike the planet before November.”
• For NPR and “Morning Edition,” Elizabeth Blair with “50 years ago, ‘Come and Get Your Love’ put Native culture on the bandstand.”

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