Purpose:
To encourage the development of skills in research, analysis and logical reasoning through preparing an effective presentation of a thesis in a creation-oriented paper.
Prizes:
Senior High Level
(Ages 14-18*)
- $250 First Place
- $100 Second Place
- $75 Third Place
Junior High Level
(Ages 11-14*)
- $100 First Place
- $50 Second Place
- $25 Third Place
*Age on April 30. Those who are 14 have the option of competing on either
level.
Topics:
must strongly relate to the subject of creation vs. evolution,
from a creationist perspective. Suggestions:
Why do cultures around the world...
- ...have the same star constellations?
- ...have very similar legends, such as a gigantic flood?
- ...offer blood sacrifices to their god/s?
- Reasons Why I Believe in Creation
- Vestigial Organs: a Vestigial Argument for Evolution
- If Creation Is True, Why Don't More Scientists Believe It?
- Arguments Creationists Should Not Use
- Couldn't God Have Used Evolution?
- Implications of the Laws of Thermodynamics Regarding Origins
- Fossils vs. Uniformitarianism
- Evidence for a World-Wide Flood from the Grand Canyon
- The Deadliest Religion of All: Evolutionism
- The History of Geology - How Uniformitarianism Came to Be
- 'Super' Bugs vs. Evolution
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Rules
- Entries will be accepted beginning January 1, and must be received by April
30 (each year).
- Mail your entry to
MCF Contest, P.O. Box 952,
Wheaton, IL 60189
-- OR --
email it, as an attachment, to
info@MidwestCreationFellowship.org.
- If it's an electronic document, send it as a .doc file (MS Word), or a
PDF file.
- Paper should be:
- typewritten
- double spaced
- not to exceed 1500 words for the Junior
High Level or 2500 words for the High School level.
- Give references to sources used. (Footnotes, endnotes and
title page do not count towards the word limit.)
- Entries will include the:
- Author's name
- age
- home address
- phone number
- email address
- school.
- If you're 14 years old, s pecify whether you wish to be judged on the
Junior High or Senior High level.
Essays will be judged on:
- Biblical and scientific merit of the paper
- Ability to communicate ideas
- Creativity shown in the presentation
- Technical ability (writing skills, grammar, etc.)
- Meeting all stated rules of the contest.
All entries become the property of MCF and will not be returned. Entrants
will be notified by mail of their status, usually in July.
Prize winning entries may be reproduced and distributed by MCF.
Winners may be invited to present their papers at an MCF meeting.
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