Anthem Essay Contest
Offered by Ayn Rand Institute
Anthem Essay Contest is a scholarship from Ayn Rand Institute worth $2,000. The application deadline is 10/31/2026. It is open to students in Pasco.
About 120 minutes of work, based on what the sponsor asks for.
- Essay required
Who can apply
- How you're selected
- open
- Year in school
- Middle school, High school freshman, High school sophomore, High school junior, High school senior
- Counties
- Pasco
What the sponsor says
Ayn Rand Institue Scholarship - ‘Anthem’ Amount: $2,000 Grades: 6 - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Deadline: 10/31/2026 Amount: $2,000 Grades: 6 - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Requirements: Contest is open to students worldwide, except where void or prohibited by law. Essays must be written in English only. Essays must be submitted electronically through the online portal. Essay must be no fewer than 600 and no more than 1,200 words in length, double-spaced. Deadline: 10/31/2026 Website: https://aynrand.org/students/essay-contests/anthem/ Additional Information: Have you ever read one of Ayn Rand’s thought-provoking novels? Now’s the time! Enter an Ayn Rand Institute essay contest and you’ll have a chance to win thousands of dollars in prize money. ARI has held student essay contests on Ayn Rand’s fiction since 1986, awarding over $2.2 million in prize money to contest winners! This year we will award more than $40,000 to hundreds of students worldwide.
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Our read on this award
4 figures we worked out, not the sponsor's. Free, and it takes an email address.
How these are worked out
- How narrow the field is.Read from where the sponsor restricts it. An award open to one high school is competing against a graduating class.
- Value for the effort.The published amount divided by the 120 minutes the sponsor's own requirements take.
- Conditions to meet.More conditions means a smaller field, which is good news if you meet them.
- Where it sits.Ranked against every other award we hold, narrowest field and best value for the effort first.
- None of it is a chance of winning. We do not know how many people apply or how a sponsor chooses, so we do not publish a percentage. Anyone who does is guessing.
Remind me before this closes
We will email you a week before 10/31/2026, once. Nothing else unless you ask for it.
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Last checked 2026-08-11. Deadlines change without notice, so confirm with the sponsor before you rely on one.