The Charles Hefling
Student Essay Competition

Each year the ATR publishes an outstanding essay written by a student at a seminary of the Episcopal Church or the Anglican Church of Canada. In addition to publication, the winner of the Charles Hefling Student Essay Competition receives a prize of five hundred dollars.

Eligibility for the Hefling Prize is limited to students currently enrolled in a Master’s-level degree program at one of the ATR’s supporting institutions.

The jury for the Hefling Prize will consider essays on any topic, but special consideration will be given to essays that further the journal’s commitment to creative engagement with Christian tradition, and to interdisciplinary inquiry that includes literature and the arts, philosophy, and science.

Essays submitted for consideration in the Hefling Prize competition should follow the same guidelines as other articles submitted to the ATR. They should be approximately 5,000 words in length, and not more than 7,500. Papers written to fulfill course requirements are acceptable. Essays arising from independent study may also be submitted. Applicants should include in their cover letter the degree program in which they are enrolled, and their expected date of graduation.

Deadline: Essays for the 2009 Hefling Prize competition
must be postmarked by June 15, 2009.

Essays should be sent to
Anglican Theological Review, 600 Haven Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201.