The deadline for next spring's submissions will be posted when available. The prize will be awarded at the end of Spring semester during the College of Arts and Letters convocation. Students must be enrolled as undergraduates at MSU when they submit their papers. You may write on any philosophical subject. Put your name on a separate cover sheet and do not reveal your identity on any of the other pages. In addition to the paper copy of the essay, please submit a diskette with the essay as either a WordPerfect or Word file. Determination of the award will be by the Director of Undergraduate Programs in consultation with an ad hoc committee of the Department of Philosophy. The winning essay will be included in a collection with past winning essays. The collection will be available upon request.