ISCID Essay Contests  
   ISCID sponsors annual essay contests on complexity, information, and design. Cash prizes are $1000 undergraduate and $2000 graduate. Deadline: June 1.
   http://www.iscid.org/essaycontests.php

Future Thinking Writing Contest  
   An annual essay contest offers prize money of $65,000 for original prose on a given theme. The topic for 2003 was "Do We Need Nature?" Next deadline: August, 2004. No entry fees.
   http://www.shelleconomistprize.com

Cup of Comfort Collections  
   Seeks true stories on various topics. Winning stories are published. Each collection has a grand prize of $500. All other published contributors receive $100 each. No reading fees. Length: 1,000 to 2,000 words. Deadlines vary.
   http://www.cupofcomfort.com/share.htm

Event Creative Non-Fiction Contest  
   Annual contest for creative non-fiction offers $1,500 in prize money, plus publication. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: April 15, 2004.
   http://event.douglas.bc.ca/contest.html

Write-Way Writers' Essay Contest  
   Seeks short essays on the theme, "Cinema Hits and Movie Misses". This theme is open to a wide number of acceptable interpretations. Maximum length: 1,000 words. No entry fees. Cash prizes total: $225. Winning entries will be published in a "
   http://writenews.exactpages.com

Power of Purpose Worldwide Essay Competition  
   Sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, this contest seeks original essays on the importance of noble purpose in life and in nature. Cash prizes total US$500,000, including a grand prize of US$100,000. Word limit: 3,500. No entry fee. Deadline: May 31
   http://www.powerofpurpose.org

Daniel Singer Prize  
   Original essays, in any language, are invited on the theme: "What Is the Soul of Socialism?" Cash prize: $5,000. Deadline: August 31st. No entry fees.
   http://www.danielsinger.org

U.S. Naval Institute Annual Essay and Photo Contests  
   A number of essay contests are conducted throughout the year. Winning entries are published monthly in "Proceedings" magazine.
   http://www.usni.org/contests/contests.html

Conversely Antidote Essay Contest  
   Annual contest for essays about female-male romantic relationships. Word limits: 750 (minimum), 2,000 (maximum). Cash prizes total $375. Entry fee: $7.50. Deadline: June 30.
   http://www.conversely.com/Masth/conte.shtml

Ayn Rand Institute Annual Essay Contests  
   Annual cash awards for short, original, unpublished essays on the philosophic themes in Ayn Rand's novels, "Anthem", "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged", are open respectively to all US 9th and 10th graders, 11th and 12th
   http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_contests_index