High School Essay Contests
2008 Greater Philadelphia High School Essay Contest
Pick one of the following six topics that most interests you:
- Increasing Minimum Wage from the View of the Employee,
Employer & Consumer
- Road to Riches: Trades vs. Professions
- Who Wants to Be Me? The Impact of Identity Theft
- Performance Enhancing Drugs: Right or Wrong?
- Personal Debt: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Buying Goods from China – Is it Worth it?
Top three essays receive $1,000, $750, and $500, respectively, with the remaining top ten receiving $200 each. The first-place entry will be featured on CPAzone.org.
Entry Guidelines:
- A three to five page essay must be typed and double-spaced.
- Bibliographic references are required.
- Essays will be judged by a panel of CPAs and will be evaluated for content and creativity. Style, punctuation, spelling and grammar will be considered.
- Essays must include a cover sheet with the student’s name, high school, class year and e-mail address, as well as the sponsoring teacher’s name, phone number, and e-mail address.
- The student’s name should not appear anywhere else in the essay to ensure anonymity during judging.
All entries must be submitted by Friday, March 7, 2008 to:
PICPA Careers in Accounting Team
1650 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-2099
For more details, please contact the Careers in Accounting Team at 1-888-272-2001, or e-mail schools@picpa.org.