John Horsch Mennonite History Essay Contest

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Deadline: June 15, 2000

Memo
To: Anabaptist, Mennonite and Related Studies Professors
From: John E. Sharp, Director
Date: November 2, 1999
Re: John Horsch Mennonite History Essay Contest 2000

Note: Because too few papers were entered in 1999 to run the contest, those entries are being held for entry into the 2000 contest.

This is a call for papers on a subject or theme related to Anabaptist or Mennonite history. This may include congregational and institutional histories, biographies, literature, theological, cultural and social movements among Mennonites and related groups.

Classes
Class I -- Graduate School & Seminary
Class II -- Undergraduate College & University
Class III -- High School

Prizes
First -- $100
Second -- $75
Third -- $50

All entrants receive a one-year subscription to the Mennonite Historical Bulletin (our quarterly periodical), and all winners receive one year of the Mennonite Quarterly Review, (published by a sister organization, the Mennonite Historical Society.

Regulations
1. All papers should treat a subject or theme related to Anabaptist or Mennonite history. This may include congregational and institutional histories, biographies, literature, theological, cultural and social movements among Mennonites and related groups. It is expected that the papers will do more than summarize existing written materials on the subject and that a variety of sources will be used in each essay.

2. Papers must be typed with the following information on the last page of the essay: writer’s name, mailing address, school, and class in which the paper is entered.

3. All papers are filed in the Archives of the Mennonite Church; they will not be returned.

4. Deadline: June 15, 2000

5. Send all entries to John E. Sharp, Director, Historical Committee & Archives of the Mennonite Church, 1700 South Main Street, Goshen, IN 46526 USA.

Judges
Susan Fisher Miller, Leonard Gross and Richard Kauffman

last updated 2 November 1999