The Robert Stewart Essay Competition is open to full-time undergraduate students in journalism, public relations or communications studies at an accredited Canadian university or community college.
With prizes of $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000, we believe it to be the richest essay competition ever offered to Canadian students on an annual basis.
The competition is intended to encourage the art of essay writing among a rising generation of communicators and honors the memory of Robert Stewart a brilliant essayist and a much-loved member of the Montreal Press Club who died on Dec. 28, 2003.
Stewart was a professional journalist (Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times of Canada, Ottawa Journal and Time magazine), an author ("Labrador" in 1977 and "Sam Steele: Lion of the Frontier" in 1979), and an essayist of note whose work gained him widespread respect both inside and outside the journalistic community. As the author and editor of the prestigious Royal Bank Letter, which featured essays on a wide variety of topics, he provided over one million readers worldwide with an enduring legacy of thoughtful and frequently philosophical essays.
This year's competition opens for submissions Nov. 1, 2007 and closes on Jan. 31, 2008. Essays must be between 1,000 and 1,200 words in English or French. Winners will be announced on March 12, 2008.
The essay topic for 2008 is "Tolerance".
Dear Director and Students
We are pleased to announce the third annual Robert Stewart Essay Competition, which is open to undergraduate students in journalism, public relations and communications studies at accredited Canadian universities and colleges.
The essay topic for 2008 is <Tolerance>.
The competition offers a first prize of $2,000.00, a second of $1,500.00, and a third of $1,000.00. It closes on January 31st, 2008. Submissions must reach the Montreal Press Club by e-mail at montrealpressclub@gmail.com or by Canada Post before midnight on that date. Our mailing address is: Montreal Press Club
BPO Ogilvy, Box 22031
Montreal, QC, H3G 2V9
Winners will be announced on March 12th, 2008.
Essays may be written in English or French. The required length is 1,000 to 1,200 words. Contest rules and the entry form may be found on the Montreal Press Club website at www.mpc-cjm.org.
The competition is intended to encourage the art of essay-writing and it honours the memory of Robert Stewart, author, professional essayist and journalist of distinction, who died in December 2003. A much-loved member of the Montreal Press Club, he wrote for a number of Canadian newspapers and magazines and was for many years author and editor of the Royal Bank Letter, which featured essays on a wide variety of topics.
We thank you for your atention and ask you to bring this competition to the attention of the students. Posters for your bulletin boards have been sent by Canada Post.
Alexander Farrell and Richard Willing,
Essay Competition Co-ordinators
