Congratulations Finalists

Thank you to every person who submitted to the Daniel Callahan Young Writers Prize! There were nearly thirty excellent submissions and the five finalists have been chosen. 

Their essays will be read by the following panel of judges:

Daniel Callahan, PhD-- As President Emeritus and co-founder of The Hastings Center, Callahan helped shape the bioethics field. He has written over 47 books and has had hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and op-eds. 

Michael K. Gusmano, PhD-- Gusmano is a a political scientist who holds adjunct appointments at Columbia University and Yale University and is a Research Scholar at The Hastings Center. He has published widely in the areas of health policy, aging, and comparative welfare state analysis.

Laura Haupt, M.A.-- Haupt is the Managing Editor for two peer-reviewed bioethics journals, the Hastings Center Report and IRB: Ethics and Human Research. Her background is in English literature and she has helped edit a number of special reports for the Hastings Center Report, including LGBT Bioethic: Visibility, Disparities, and Dialogue. 

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Daniel Callahan Young Writer's Prize Finalists

Avigile Baehr, MD/MBE Candidate, University of Pennsylvania

"DNR Ebola: Is There a Professional Obligation to Provide Treatment?"

Michelle Bayefsky, Pre-Doctoral Fellow, NIH Department of Bioethics

"Uterine Transplant: Where, If Anywhere, Should We Draw the Line?"

Rachel Conrad, MD Candidate, Baylor College of Medicine

"The Ethical Crisis in Medical Training"

Michael DiStefano, Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania

"Religious Values and Refusal of Highly Effective Life-Saving Treatment by Minors"

Tim Rubbelke, PhD Candidate, St. Louis University Center for Healthcare Ethics

"The Paradox of Government Vaccine Mandates" 

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We anticipate an announcement of the winner in mid-January. Thank you again to all the participants, we look forward to posting some of the other compelling submissions to this blog in the coming months. There were far more fantastic entries than could be chosen. 

Deadline Approaching

The deadline to submit for the Daniel Callahan Young Writer's Prize is this Saturday, November 15th. Below is a summary of the contest and the guidelines for submission. Don't forget to submit!

Prize Summary 
This post is pleased to announce a new award, The Daniel Callahan Young Writer's Prize, sponsored by Daniel Callahan. Submissions will take the form of essays on a bioethics topic that are written as blog posts, designed for this blog, Bioethx Under 25. From all submissions, a group of finalists will be chosen and then an expert panel of bioethicists, including Daniel Callahan, will read the finalists' essays and award one prize amounting to $500. 

All submissions will be considered for publication on the blog and eligibility to be a finalist or receive the prize is dependent on willingness to edit and revise the essay for publication. Submissions will be judged anonymously. Please see guidelines below for further information. 

Prize Submission Guidelines

- Essays must be 500-1000 words and original submissions to Bioethx Under 25 i.e. never posted before on the blog. 

- Essays must conform to all other submission guidelines for the Bioethx Under 25 blog and thus, be clearly related to bioethics and be written in an accessible manner. Please refer to the blog's About Page for more information. 

- Essays will be accepted from September 10th, 2014 to November 15th, 2014. 

- Any writer who is also a student in high school, college, or a graduate program is eligible to submit. Any writer who is not a student is eligible so long as he/she has not completed a PhD and/or worked more than 5 years in the bioethics field with a terminal degree (e.g. JD or MD). So long as the other guidelines have been met there is no age limitation or requirement for submission. 

- Writers are not eligible if they currently or have previously worked full time for The Hastings Center or Daniel Callahan. Anyone affiliated with Bioethx Under 25 in an editing capacity is also ineligible. 

- To submit, please email bioethicsunder25@gmail.com with your essay attached in word format. In the body of the email please indicate that you are submitting for The Daniel Callahan Young Writers Prize and include your name, phone number, email address, current occupation and place of occupation (if a student, then your school, potential degree, and expected graduation year), and your highest degree attained with the school and year. 

- For any questions please email bioethicsunder25@gmail.com or comment below.