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Just wondering if anyone entered the Ayn Rand essay contest. If so, have you heard anything?

By Aspirer42 (Aspirer42) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 09:45 am: Edit

I was going to make a topic about this in a few days, actually. No, I haven't, but then again, my essay was really quite "the suck."

Just how many people enter each contest each year, anyway?

By Mythspinner (Mythspinner) on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 08:01 pm: Edit

July 18th = notification. Let's hope we're three happy campers on Friday

By Rondafaye (Rondafaye) on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 08:22 pm: Edit

Hey, Myth, how do you know it's Friday? Just curious.

By Mythspinner (Mythspinner) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 12:45 pm: Edit

I might be wrong. www.aynrand.org has links to contest info, I think it says jul. 18th

By Magicdragonfly (Magicdragonfly) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 07:24 pm: Edit

• Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 19, 2003.



I was gonna enter that but I ended up not writing the essay for various personal reasons..
and that's off the website

By Magicdragonfly (Magicdragonfly) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 07:26 pm: Edit

wish I would have..might have had a decent chance..i'm a pretty good essay writer..however..at the time i wasn't really sure which one to do/how to go about it either...i look back now and all three topics seem extremely easy..esp the 1st one

By Magicdragonfly (Magicdragonfly) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 07:26 pm: Edit

Anyway..good luck to all you who entered..hope you get good news!

By Goneinfivemin (Goneinfivemin) on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 01:14 am: Edit

So everyone gets notified?

By Rondafaye (Rondafaye) on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 06:35 pm: Edit

It's 6:30 p.m. eastern time right now. I just called the Ayn Rand people. Winners will be notified by e-mail "in a few hours." Good luck, everyone!

By Goneinfivemin (Goneinfivemin) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 12:15 am: Edit

A few hours is dragging on and on!

By Rondafaye (Rondafaye) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 12:17 am: Edit

sure is. nothing for me.

By Goneinfivemin (Goneinfivemin) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 12:29 am: Edit

Oh well, I'll get to sleep and let ya know if I find anything tomorrow. Post if you find out!

By Rondafaye (Rondafaye) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 12:30 am: Edit

Okay. And, again, good luck. Any money for college helps.

By Sascha (Sascha) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 03:33 pm: Edit

Has anyone heard YET? Are the results posted somewhere? thanks

By Goneinfivemin (Goneinfivemin) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 04:29 pm: Edit

I haven't heard yet! And I've been checking. Not in the mail and not by e-mail. Maybe they don't contact those who don't win.

By Rondafaye (Rondafaye) on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 05:18 pm: Edit

The guy I talked to last night said they would be mail the "winners" in a few hours. Since I didn't receive an e-mail, I'm assuming the worst. Oh, well.

By Aspirer42 (Aspirer42) on Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 10:24 am: Edit

Still waiting for my parents to get back to the house so they can check my Roadrunner account. Maybe I should just go to E-Mail Anywhere and start randomly guessing my password...

By Magicdragonfly (Magicdragonfly) on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 09:06 pm: Edit

any of you people lucky yet?

By Rondafaye (Rondafaye) on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:28 pm: Edit

Got an e-mail saying there were 14,000 entries and I was not a winner. Oh, well.

By Collegeboundjen (Collegeboundjen) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 01:40 am: Edit

Hey guys!
I got an e-mail this morning saying that there was 3,500 entries in the Anthem contest, and that I'm a semi-finalist. My mom also told me she read on the website somewhere that there was 14,000 entries between the Anthem contest & the Fountainhead contest.
Good luck!
~Jen~

By Goneinfivemin (Goneinfivemin) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 11:10 pm: Edit

same here rondafaye. maybe we should start a ayn rand rejects club ;)

By Thenarrator (Thenarrator) on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 11:19 pm: Edit

anyone know what next year's topics will be or when they will be posted? (for fountainhead)

By Thenarrator (Thenarrator) on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 04:46 pm: Edit

bumpity bump bump

By Magicdragonfly (Magicdragonfly) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 12:22 am: Edit

i just go back to the ayn rand institute page all the time to see if they are up..funny thing..technically i can do both fountainhead and atlas shrugged..i've read fountainhead..not atlas shrugged yet tho

By Thenarrator (Thenarrator) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 09:30 pm: Edit

how can u technically do both? u need to be in either 11th or 12th grade for Fountainhead. and you need to be enrolled in full time undergrad program for atlas shrugged...

By Magicdragonfly (Magicdragonfly) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 11:29 pm: Edit

b/c of dual enrollment..technically i'm an undergrad..taking ALL college classes..but they give me credit for high school..*shrugs* i'm sure it'd be frowned upon but I could probably get away w/ it
I wouldn't do it anyway just saying

By Miked578 (Miked578) on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 03:08 am: Edit

Ayn Rand's philosophies are discredited; her books cannot even legitimately be called literature; I hope that all these thousands of people writing essays about this trash are just doing it for the money and not because they actually follow this crap. There is a candidate for the Libertarian Party, Harry Browne who follows the teachings of Ayn Rand and who routinely polls 1% every 4 years in the presidential election so certainly these aren't mainstream views!

By Chillinnigerian (Chillinnigerian) on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 05:12 pm: Edit

Its not about agreeing with her, its about winning a scholarship! And, yes her books are good.

By Psychokitty627 (Psychokitty627) on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 05:17 am: Edit

I'm reading the fountainhead for the contest now... don't know if i'll end up writing the esssay, but I like the book anyway =)

By Musefinity (Musefinity) on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 06:26 am: Edit

There are a ton of people who enter. I read the winning entry last year and didn't think it was that good though. I mean better than I could have done, but for sure there was somebody who had a better essay.

Hope one of you guys win.

By Aquaholic (Aquaholic) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 05:25 pm: Edit

The idea behind her books is not to get people to join an I Love Ayn Rand cult, it's to appreciate a new perspective through understanding objectivism, which obviously isn't a widely understood concept in our society. And- both The Fountainhead and Anthem are seriously awesome books, if you have enough brain power to appreciate them.

Mike293480293840238028, haven't you ever taken Government before?? This message board is about Ayn Rand Scholarships, not your inability to understand America's two-party dominant system. Please save us from your future rants.

By Culovv (Culovv) on Friday, January 30, 2004 - 12:02 am: Edit

I hate Ayn Rand and her stupid rambling.

By Bub (Bub) on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 02:29 am: Edit

To Aquaholic, as the competition is sponsored by the Ayn Rand Association or whatever, I'm sure that there is a bias. They might not consider it a cult, but they do want you to accept and acknowledge her ideas.
I've read the Fountainhead, and I agree, it's awesome. But I do think that the ideas are getting more and more mainstream, though toned down a lot.
Culovv, why do you hate Ayn Rand and "her stupid ramblin?"

By Ehtorinnej (Ehtorinnej) on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 02:44 pm: Edit

I am writing the Anthem essay and I am a Sophmore...if you did it last year or if you are doing it this year, email me and we can share ideas. SmeagolEyes@aol.com,ideas...SmeagolEyes@aol.com} or EhtorInnej@aol.com

By Gammon (Gammon) on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 01:52 am: Edit

"And- both The Fountainhead and Anthem are seriously awesome books, if you have enough brain power to appreciate them."

Hmm...sounds sort of like Peter praising Lois Cook's writing as brilliant simply because he doesn't understand it.

I'm a debator. I hate objectivism debates. We've got stacks of evidence on both sides, but I'm too lazy to go dig anything up for a serious discussion here.

Let's just suffice it to say that the validity of her philosophy aside, Rand is not a good fiction writer. Not entirely terrible, but I it was only the prospect of prize money that allowed me to trudge through 700+ pages of her stuff. Totally flat characters (who wants a hero who's always a hero?) and dialogue that isn't even remotely realistic or even human really. I wish she's just make her point and get on with things rather than bludgeoning the reader with it over and over again for 700 pages.

Of course, it's all thumbs up for Rand when cash is on the line. ;) But I probably didn't sound genuine enough considering the fact that I wasn't.

By Gammon (Gammon) on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 01:55 am: Edit

Besides, she's ugly.

This was also a major argument against Kant after our debate research turned up a picture of him. *shudder*