Blake Holtz
Memorial Liberty Scholarship
The Blake Holtz Memorial Liberty
Scholarship is an essay contest that seeks
to promote among Silicon Valley high school students an understanding
of and appreciation for the America's political diversity in general
and for libertarianism in particular.
Prizes
- $2000 (or $50 times the number of qualified entrants, whichever
is lower) for best essay
- $2000 (or $50 times the number of qualified entrants, whichever
is lower) to be divided among participating teachers according to how
many
qualified entrants each refers, and awarded to the entrant of each
teacher's choice.
As of 2006-07-01: Number of entrants:
0. Number of participating teachers: 0. The contest was
canceled due to lack of any entrants.
Criteria
The essay shall compare the platform of the Libertarian Party with that
of one
other American political party, summarizing and evaluating their
overall political and economic principles, and exploring their
differences or
similarities on one or two issues that are important to the
entrant. The winning essay will be the one exhibiting the most
conceptual clarity, analytic perceptiveness, ideological independence,
and critical thinking.
Judges
The Directors of the contest will collect qualifying submissions,
and choose five finalists for evaluation by the Judges. The Judges will
choose the winning essay. The decision of the Judges will be final, and
the Directors will otherwise have sole discretion for interpreting and
applying the rules of the contest.
The Directors of the contest are Brian Holtz and Melisse Lusin (the
parents of Blake Holtz). The Judges of the contest are Prof. Fred
Foldvary and Prof. David
Freidman, both of Santa Clara University.
Entrants and Sponsors
Entrants must be working toward a high school diploma in San Mateo or
Santa Clara counties. Each entrant must identify her sponsoring
teacher. Home-schooling parents are eligible to be sponsor teachers.
Essays
Essays must be no longer than 1000 words; i.e. about 2-3 pages
long. Each essay must be solely the work of the entrant. An entrant may
submit only one essay, formatted as HTML, to
scholarship@marketliberal.org. Essays must be received before Apr 15,
2006. The winner will be announced May 1, 2006. By submitting an
essay, entrants grant to the Directors a non-exclusive and otherwise
unlimited right to reproduce or publish their essays.
Revisions
Rules are subject to change. Any revisions will be listed below.