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Essay Competition 2010
The Howard League for Penal Reform is pleased to announce the launch of our first ever student essay competition, to be judged by Eric Allison, prisons correspondent for the Guardian newspaper.
We are looking for 1,000 words which address the title 'Why prisons don't work'.
The competition has been designed to give the successful student the opportunity to communicate with Howard League members and supporters on a topic they care passionately about. It is a fantastic opportunity to get your ideas and arguments in print. The judge will be looking for energy and fresh ideas, as well as strong arguments.
"It will be a pleasure to judge the first Howard League students essay competition, on the subject of why prison doesn't work. It may be that some of the entrants will, one day, be in a position to improve our penal system; there is certainly massive room for advancement. All but a tiny few of the current prison population(standing at a record high and surely set to increase) will be released back into society. How we treat them while they are incarcerated, will have a significant bearing on how they treat us when they are free."
Eric Allison, competition judge.
The winning essay will be published in The Howard, our newspaper, which is read by over 30,000 people. It will also be published online. This will be the first time an essay by an undergraduate student has been published in a Howard League publication.
To enter, you must be an undergraduate student based at a university in the UK.
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 30th April, 2010.
Submissions must be accompanied by an entry form and should be sent to:
Hannah McFaull, National Student Organiser.
Download the entry form
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