Contest for Former Contest Participants:

How Has Reading Ayn Rand Affected You?

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Contest for grades 10–12:

2012 Essay Contest on Ayn Rand’s Novel We The Living

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Each year the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), a United States organization, awards more than US$100,000 in prizes to more than 680 students who distinguish themselves in high school essay contests on Anthem, We The Living, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Since 1986 more than 250,000 students have entered these contests, and ARI has awarded more than US$775,000 in prizes. ARI Canada has arranged for Canadian students to participate in these worldwide essay contests.

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