Submission Requirements

• An essay is a short literary composition. No other forms of writing will be accepted (plays, poetry, rap, etc.).
  
  
• Each student may submit only one essay.
  
  
• Essay may discuss only music with lyrics that do not contain profanity, or pejorative or violent language, ideas, or themes.
  Essays referring to such lyrics will be disqualified. Do not assume the reader has heard the song.
  
  
• Each student must complete a Student Entry Form — signed by the student, parent or guardian, and teacher — and submit it with two copies of his or her essay. Esssays will not be returned to the author.
  
  
• Essay may be no longer than three typed pages, double-spaced, single-sided, with one-inch margins. (Page limit does not include title page and bibliography.)
  
  
• Essays must include a title page containing the following information:
  • Essay title
  • Author's name
  • School name, address, telephone number
  • Teacher's name and e-mail address
    
    
• References to primary and secondary sources must be clearly identified.