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Hello,
	After posting the testing message about the International 
Environmental Essay
Contest on the Internet, Francis Marion University received many positive 
responses from
professors and students around the world.  Consequently, we have 
finalized our contest
rules and would like to encourage you/your students to participate in the 
contest.
Attached please find the official contest guidelines.
	If you have any question regarding the International 
Environmental Essay Contest,
please contact
	
	Dr. Lucia Huang
	Francis Marion University
	Florence, SC 29501
	USA
	e-mail: lhuang@fmarion.edu
	Tel: (803) 661-1568

Thank you for your cooperation!

Lucia Huang, Ph.D.


************************************************************************Francis Marion University (FMU)

and

South Carolina Environmental Education Consortium (SCEEC)

FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ESSAY CONTEST

1.PURPOSE

	To stimulate interests on international environmental issues 
among college
students around the world.

2. SUBJECT THEME

	Describe the most critical environmental issues in your country, 
in terms which
will influence public opinion, and articulate how those issues will 
impact world peace and
the global economy in the next decade.

3. AWARDS

First Place: 	US $500.00
Second Place:  	US $300.00
Third Place: 	US $200.00

4. ELIGIBILITY
	Undergraduate students from the USA and students outside the USA 
who attend
institutions equivalent to American undergraduate colleges and 
universities are eligible
for the contest.
	Students who plan to participate must submit a "registration 
note" prior to March
30, 1996.  In the registration note, students must include their names, 
addresses, phone
numbers, schools attended, and countries.  The registration note can be

	1).e-mailed to ESSAY@FMARION.EDU
or
	2).mailed to
 		Dr. Lucia Huang
		Francis Marion University
		P.O.Box 100547
		Florence, SC 29501
		USA


5. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
	
    Essays
a). must be written in English
b). may not be less than 1500 or more than 2000 words in length
c). must not have been previously published
d). must be typewritten, doubled spaced, and written in a  scholarly 
style
e). must include the student's name, address, phone number, e- mail 
address (if
available), student's school, and student's country on a separate page


6. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

	1. Entries must be e-mailed in ASCII format to the following 
Internet Address, by
5:00 p.m. American Eastern Standard Time April 30, 1996.

		ESSAY@FMARION.EDU

or

	2. Entries must arrive at the following address by or before 
April 30, 1996

		Dr. Lucia Huang
		Francis Marion University
		P.O.Box 100547
		Florence, SC 29501
		USA

7. COPYRIGHT AND PUBLICATION

	By entering the Essay Contest, contestants grant permission for 
FMU and SCEEC
to publish all or part of the submitted essays without royalty or other 
consideration.  The
winning essays and the top two essays from each country will be published 
in a short
monograph.

8. STANDARDS FOR JUDGING

	All judging will be blind.  The winners will be selected by a 
committee appointed by
FMU.

9. ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

	The final result will be announced on or before May 30, 1996.  
The winners will be
informed directly.