Ayn Rand Institute Anthem Essay Contest
Offered by Ayn Rand Institute
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
3 figures we worked out, not the sponsor's. Free, and it takes an email address.
How these are worked out
- Our grade. From three facts the sponsor published. How few can apply: one high school or city 3 points, a county 2, the state 1, the whole country 0. How much it pays: $10,000 or more, or at least half of tuition, 3; $2,500 or more 2; $1,000 or more 1. Paid again in later years: 1. A is 4 points or more, B 3, C 2, D 0 or 1.
- Value for the effort. The published amount divided by the 120 minutes the sponsor's own requirements take.
- Conditions to meet. The conditions the sponsor published, each listed under Who can apply. More conditions means a smaller field, which is good news if you meet them.
- 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 We do not know how many people apply or how a sponsor chooses, so we do not publish a percentage.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.