Writing Competition to Win £ 1000 from Castle Craig Hospital 2018

Castle Craig Hospital in Scotland is launching an annual international essay writing competition for students. The competition is intended for all students of medicine, psychology, nursing, psychotherapy and social work.

Entrants can choose from 3 different essay questions on an aspect of addiction, and essays should be not more than 3000 words. Essays should be academic papers including references, and may rely on personal experiences, objective opinions or a general outlook.

The three essay questions are:

[1] Is addiction to a drug a brain disease?

[2] What is the role of psychotherapy in realising and sustaining recovery from addiction?

[3] ‘Society holds the solution to addiction because social problems are the main cause.’  Discuss.

Rules:

[1] The essay should be 3000 words or less (Not including Title page, Bibliography or References). The judges are looking for a well written, original and interesting essay, including references.

[2] The essay topic must be rely on one of the three essay titles.

[3] The entry must be word processed and well presented.

[4] Please include a separate title page showing the essay title, your name, your university or college and the full word count.

[5] All pages of the essay must include the essay title as a header, and the page number as a footer (page numbering to begin on the first page of the essay – not the title page).

[6] Your name, academic institution or other identifiers should not appear on any page other than the title page, otherwise the essay will be returned to you for modification.

[7] All entries must be accompanied by a signed entry form sent by post, or electronic form. Essays received without an assigned entry form will be disqualified. Submissions by fax will not be accepted. E-signature is acceptable, as is a scanned document of the entry form.

[8] The competition is open to all students studying Medicine, Psychology, Nursing, Psychotherapy, Social Work or a related discipline. Only single author entries can be accepted.

[9] Any suspicion of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

[10] Submissions must be in English. Entrants should mention if English is not their native language. Allowances will be made for those submissions.