Eligibility ‐ This competition is open to public, private school or homeschooled students between the ages of 13‐18. There will be no exceptions made to the age requirements. Only one entry per student will be accepted.
Deadline ‐ All papers must be submitted in PDF format by 1 March 2019 12:00 a.m. (EST). The competition will accept only the first 250 entrants.
Notification of maximum entries will be made on the Museum’s website. All submissions become the property of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Content ‐ Papers will be judged as historic research papers. All content must be supported by evidence and it must be sited in endnotes. All papers will be required to have a cover page with the following information: name, address, age, and email address or phone number of the author, as well as the school attended, if relevant. The content of the paper is limited to five pages, for a total of seven pages including the cover page and the bibliography as the last page. Papers that are longer or shorter then this requirement will not be judged. Additionally, grammar, spelling and structure of the document will be considered in judging.
Integrity ‐ Be honest when writing your papers. Give credit where credit is due. Academic dishonesty of any sort will result in disqualification.