SPEAR ESSAY CONTEST
ANNOUNCING THE 2020
RICHARD SPEAR, MD,
MEMORIAL PHOTO ESSAY
CONTEST
This year, the Richard Spear, MD, Memorial Essay Contest will be different than in years past.
This year will be a photo essay contest, where contestants will enter a photo accompanied by a
short essay (300 word maximum). The photo and short essay should display what inspires you.
For the first time, we are splitting the prize money equally between the two categories:
Practicing/Retired Physicians and Physicians-in-Training.
2020 GUIDELINES
To enter, you must be a GLMS physician member (practicing or retired), GLMS in-training member
or a University of Louisville medical student.
THEMED ESSAY CONTEST:
All entries must be original, unpublished photos and writing intended solely for publishing in
Louisville Medicine. Essays must be pertinent to the following theme:
"Empowering Physicians to Inspire"
LENGTH:
300 words
DEADLINE:
Monday, March 2, 2020
PRIZE:
$1,125 for practicing and retired
$1,125 for physicians-in-training
FORMAT:
Please send a high resolution .jpg image (under 10MB) along with your essay typed into a Word
document as attachments. Please make sure to include your name, entry category, essay title and
contact information on your submission. This will be removed before judging.
SUBMISSION:
Send via email as an attachment to Kathryn Vance at [email protected].
DECEMBER 2019
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