In addition, a foundation affiliated with the Ministry of Education recently sponsored a nationwide essay contest whose topic was "Che Guevara, Example for Youth".
She earned second place in a citywide essay contest on the topic of preserving historic buildings in New York.
Even high-school debate has come under sustained attack from students who, refusing to argue the assigned political topic, contest the rules.
Attentive readers will recall that two weeks ago I proclaimed an essay contest on the topic "Why I'm glad the New Jersey Nets are, apparently, leaving".
One person who appreciated the significance of the occasion was the ten-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr. Five years later, King entered a speaking contest on the topic "The Negro and the Constitution," and he mentioned Anderson's performance in his oration: "She sang as never before, with tears in her eyes.
The issue arises in the context of Hippias' multiple claims to expertise; he can win speaking contests on any topic, and he has excelled in many different arts, from shoemaking to the art of memory (363cd, 368be).
I asked Ms. Kaminer about the origins of the contest — was this a topic that bubbled up from readers or something of interest to her personally?
This summer, the online magazine has been running a contest on work-related topics, in partnership with human resources consulting firm Mercer.
Garth's Auctions in Delaware, Ohio, is running its second annual youth essay contest with some suggested topics for a "biography of an object," like an iron owl used as a shooting gallery target and a stuffed grizzly bear.
Finally, our results shed light on another debated topic by contesting the ancient Lower Jurassic origin of the two main extant lineages of turtles.
