IUPUI faculty members are encouraged to promote a Letter to the Editor contest among their students. Students can win a $100 prize for publishing a letter to the editor in the New York Times or USA Today. Two prizes will be awarded.

For the contest, faculty members must assign a letter to the editor as part of regular class coursework and have students submit them to the newspapers. To participate, interested IUPUI faculty can include the assignment on a copy of a course syllabus and forward the syllabus to IUPUI Professor Johnny Goldfinger by fax at 317-278-3280 or e-mail at jgoldfin@iupui.edu. Faculty should submit the syllabus as soon as possible.

Rules and regulations for the contest are:

1. The letter must be written by a student as part of regular course assignments.
2. It must concern politics or matters related to public policy.
3. It must be published in a print edition of the New York Times or USA Today by April 21, 2008.
4. The winning letters will be based on publication dates. In case of a tie, the prize will be split equally between the relevant nominees.
5. Nominations close on April 23, 2008, and the two $100 prizes will be awarded immediately thereafter.

This contest is sponsored by the Political Engagement Project, the Newspapers in the Classroom Readership Program, The New York Times, and USA Today.

For questions, call Johnny Goldfinger at 317-278-4428.