{"id":2266,"date":"2021-12-28T13:26:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/?page_id=2266"},"modified":"2022-03-25T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:32:04","slug":"essay-contest-winter-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/online\/essay-contests\/essay-contest-winter-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Contest: Winter 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights<\/b><\/h2>\n<p id=\"E76\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span id=\"E77\">For the Winter 2021 Essay Contest, the <em>Harvard Human Rights Journal<\/em> asked student authors from across Harvard University to think \u201cbeyond the headlines\u201d and highlight issues in human rights that are not heavily featured in mainstream media. We received a variety of excellent submissions and selected two winning pieces, along with a select few honorable mentions. HHRJ is excited to share their insightful work over the following weeks. The list of winners and honorable mentions is below and all pieces were published on the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/online\/\">Online Journal<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"E80\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span id=\"E81\">Winners<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span id=\"E82\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"E87\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span id=\"E88\">Alev Erhan, JD \u201821 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/2021\/04\/when-the-lines-between-the-public-and-private-sectors-blur\"><em><span id=\"E89\">When the Lines between the Public and Private Sectors Blur, Where do Victims Turn for Justice?<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"E83\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span id=\"E84\">Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva, SJD Candidate \u201823, LLM \u201816 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/2021\/04\/at-the-margins-of-the-indigenous-rights-ecosystem\"><em><span id=\"E85\">At the Margins of the Indigenous Rights Ecosystem: Underrepresented Struggles for Self-Determination<\/span><\/em><\/a><span id=\"E86\"><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"E90\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"E93\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span id=\"E94\">Honorable Mentions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span id=\"E95\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"E105\">Nathalie Gunasekera, JD \u201821 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/2021\/05\/the-united-nations-must-deliver-long-overdue-remedies-for-the-roma-ashkali-and-egyptian-victims-of-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo\/\"><em><span id=\"E106\">The UN Must Deliver Long Overdue Remedies for the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian Victims of Lead Poisoning in Kosovo<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"E96\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span id=\"E97\">Fatoumata Ouedrago, Harvard College \u201823 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/2021\/04\/the-plight-of-talibe-children-in-senegal\/\"><em><span id=\"E98\">The Plight of <\/span><\/em><span id=\"E98\">Talib\u00e9<\/span><em><span id=\"E98\"> Children in Senegal<\/span><\/em><\/a><span id=\"E99\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"E100\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span id=\"E101\">Janna Ramadan, Harvard College \u201823 \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/2021\/05\/perpetuating-islamophobic-discrimination-in-the-united-states-examining-the-relationship-between-news-social-media-and-hate-crimes\/\"><em><span id=\"E102\">Perpetuating Islamophobic Discrimination in the United States: Examining the Relationship Between News, Social Media, and Hate Crimes<\/span><\/em><\/a><span id=\"E103\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Essay Contest Prompt<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submissions should be essays written about a topic in human rights that has not received recent attention in popular media. Relevant topics could be entirely unique, or they could be lesser-known dimensions of high-profile issues like the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Submissions Accepted:<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> January 1, 2021 &#8211; January 31, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced soon afterwards and published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/online\/\">Online Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Submission Guidelines:<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><i>Qualifications<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The essay contest is open to all current students at Harvard University, including undergraduate and graduate students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Length Limitations:<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Submissions must be limited to a total length of 1,000\u20132,000 words, including footnotes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Citation Format:<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> All assertions should be cited. Please cite sources using footnotes rather than endnotes. Law students: ensure footnotes comply with <i>The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation<\/i>. Other students: please provide complete source information in the footnotes at a minimum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Submission Process<\/i>:<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Applicants should send their submission, in Microsoft Word format, from an official Harvard email address to HHRJ (<a href=\"mailto:hlshrj@mail.law.harvard.edu\">hlshrj@mail.law.harvard.edu<\/a>), along with a copy of a recent CV. The subject line of the email should include \u201cHHRJ Essay Contest Submission\u201d and the author\u2019s name. <\/span>The submissions window is open from January 1-31, 2021.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Any submissions received outside of that window will not be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights For the Winter 2021 Essay Contest, the Harvard Human Rights Journal asked student authors from across Harvard University to think \u201cbeyond the headlines\u201d and highlight issues in human rights that are not heavily featured in mainstream media. We received a variety of excellent submissions and selected two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101958,"featured_media":0,"parent":2117,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2266\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hrj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}