Opportunity type
Contest
Cause areas
Building effective altruism
Routes to impact
Direct/increased engagement with EA
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Direct high impact on an important cause
Relevant aptitudes
Communicator
Deadline
2025-10-20
Location
Remote
Description
The ‘Essays on Longtermism’ Competition invites participants to write and submit original essays engaging with themes from the open-access book "Essays on Longtermism," with cash prizes for the top entries.
- Open to anyone except judges, Centre for Effective Altruism employees, and the organizer; co-authored entries are allowed and there is no requirement for prior publication or academic credentials.
- Essays must respond to a chapter or theme from the book and be posted on the Effective Altruism Forum with the ‘EoL Competition’ tag by October 20th (anywhere on earth).
- Prizes: 1st place $1,000, 2nd place $750, 3rd place $250; winners may need to provide identification and bank details, and international payments may incur deductions for conversion or taxes.
- Judging emphasizes originality and argumentative quality, with a panel of respected philosophers and economists; feedback is not guaranteed, but community engagement is encouraged.
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