Fountainhead Essay Contest 2018 by Ayn Rand

• The Fountainhead essay competition is one of the three competitions conducted by Ayn Rand education.
• The student has to write an essay on any of the three topics that are given below in the Application Process.
• Ayn Rand was Russian-American Novelist, Philosopher and was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 2, 1905.
• Winner of fountainhead essay competition for the year 2017 was ADELINA FENDRINA, High School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dobri Chintulov. 
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• No application is required.
• Students can participate in this competition by sending in their entries.
• One entry per student.

Submission of Essay

The candidates can submit their duly written essay by either of the two modes discussed below by 15 May 2018 no later than 11:59 PM, Pacific standard time.

Mode 1: (Online) Candidates can submit their essay online. In the case of online submission, the candidate will be sent an email confirming the receipt. In case, the candidate doesn't get the confirmation email within 24 hours he/she must email to essays@aynrand.org. 

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Mode 2: (Offline) Candidates can mail their duly written essay with the stapled cover sheet to the following address. In this case, the candidate must paperclip a stamped self-addressed postcard to your essay. Ayn Rand Education will return this postcard to the candidate as essay receipt confirmation.

The Fountainhead Essay Contest 
The Ayn Rand Institute 
P.O Box 57044 
Irvine, CA 92619-7044

Ayn Rand's Fountainhead Essay Competition Topics

The participating candidates have to select one of the following three topics:

• How do Keating’s and Roark’s paths to success differ? Which one, in the end, is the real success? In your essay, consider what Ayn Rand has to say in these excerpts from her writings.
• Choose the scene in The Fountainhead that is most meaningful to you. Analyze that scene in terms of the wider themes in the book.
• The theme of The Fountainhead, said Ayn Rand, is “individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man’s soul.” How do the motives and actions of Roark, Keating, and Toohey dramatize this theme? In your essay, consider what Ayn Rand has to say in these excerpts from her writings.

Specifications for Fountainhead Essay

• Students are supposed to pick one of these three topics and write a 800-1600 words essay on it.
• The duly written Essay should be Double Spaced.
• Spelling errors or written corrections found in the essay will count against the final grade and should be omitted before submission.
• All entries become the property of the Ayn Rand Institute and will not be returned.

All entries, in order to avoid disqualification, should mail in the essays along with the following information written on a stapled cover sheet

• your name and address;
• your e-mail address (if available);
• the name and address of your school;
• topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from the list above);
• your current grade level; and
• (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit.

• Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via email or by mail tentatively by 29 August 2018.
• Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organised.
• The Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of The Fountainhead.
• Essay submissions are evaluated in a fair and unbiased four-round judging process. 
• The first-place essay can be posted in its entirety on any of the websites with full credit given to the author.
• Decisions of the judges are final.

The Fountainhead Essay Contest
The Ayn Rand Institute
6 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 600
Santa Ana, CA 92707

Phone: 949-222-6550
Fax: 949-222-6558
E-mail: mail@aynrand.org