Submissions wanted (no-entry-fee essay writing contest, sea services) | $6,000 top prize
Added 2025-10-16 21:42:22 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: US NAVAL INSTITUTE'S GENERAL ESSAY CONTEST
Deadline: 31 October 2025
The Sea Services are rethinking how to address strategic, operational, and tactical challenges and the way in which they will fight.
TOPICS:
Essays may address any topic. Some issues to consider could include:
How can the Sea Services quickly and more affordably develop, procure, and field needed capabilities?
What new technology do the Sea Services need, and how would it affect tactics or strategy?
How can the United States and its allies deter China from coercive action in East Asia or the western Pacific?
What should the U.S. nuclear posture and strategy be to deter competitors along the continuum of conflict?
What reforms in education and training would advance the services?
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Open to all contributors -- active-duty military, reservists, veterans, and civilians.
Essays must be no more than 3,000 words, excluding footnotes, endnotes, and sources. Include word count on title page of the essay.
Essays are judged in the blind. Do not include author name(s) on title page or within essay.
Submit essay as a Word document at www.usni.org/genessay no later than 31 October 2025.
Essays must be original and not published (online or print) or being considered for publication elsewhere.
PRIZES:
First Prize: $6,000
Second Prize: $3,000
Third Prize: $2,000
SELECTION PROCESS
Proceedings staff members will evaluate every essay and screen the top essays to the Naval Institute’s Editorial Board composed of serving Sea Service professionals.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS
The winning essays will be published in Proceedings and on the Naval Institute website. The winners will be recognized at a future Naval Institute event.
Deadline: 31 October 2025
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: Via the webform
Website: https://www.usni.org
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