John Ralph Essay Competition 2018: Society should determine the right to farm
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Date:
3 Sep 2018 - 5:00pm
The Australian Farm Institute invites submissions for their 2018 John Ralph Essay Competition.
The topic for the 2018 John Ralph Essay Competition is: "Society should determine the right to farm".
Essays must be no more than 4,000 words in length and can argue for or against the above proposition. In either case, the essay must contain factual information in support of the argument being advanced and must be properly referenced. Where appropriate, the essays should also discuss proposed policy changes that the author believes could address the issues raised.
There are two categories for this competition:
- The Open category is open to anyone, including students, farmers, agribusiness participants, policy-makers, consultants, researchers, etc
- The Novice category is open to persons 25 years of age or under, on Saturday 31st of December 2018.
The two winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges and these will be published (along with a number of other papers on the same topic) in the Summer 2018 edition of the Farm Policy Journal, to be released in December, 2018.
The winner of the Open category of the John Ralph Essay Competition will receive a cash prize of $5000 and the winner of the Novice category will receive a cash prize of $1000.
Both winners will also receive a one year's membership of the Australian Farm Institute (valued at $330) and complimentary attendance at the Australian Agriculture Roundtable Conference.
For entry forms and full details, visit the website here.
