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The Third Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition is open for submissions. Submit an essay of no more than 1, 600 words in length by 31 January 2015 for the following contests:
Hektoen Grand Prix- $1, 000
Participants should write a Famous Hospitals essay about a historical or current hospital for the Hektoen Briefs section. One prize will be awarded. Please see the Famous Hospitals section of the Hektoen Briefs for examples.
The Hektoen Silver Prize – $1, 000
Participants may write an essay for any of the Hektoen Briefs sections other than Famous Hospitals, namely:
Art Flashes: art and disease, and medical themes in the visual arts.
Literary Vignettes: essays about medicine and literature.
Moments in History: notable events relating to medicine.
Physicians of Note: portraits of famous or notable physicians.
One prize will be awarded. For examples please see the Art Flashes, Literary Vignettes, Moments in History, and Physicians of Note sections of the Hektoen Briefs.
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