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style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>GENERAL INFORMATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.3pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Entries are welcome from authors anywhere in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.3pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>There is no cost to enter an Essay.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Essays are limited to one essay per author.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:black'>HOW TO ENTER</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Submitting entries to </span><a href="mailto:essay@humanityplus.org"><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>essay@humanityplus.org</span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> is</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <span style='color:black'>required.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Entries should be either PDFs or Word documents. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Entries must have a title page, sources cited in text and referenced and all tables, figures must be numbered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The author’s name must not appear in the document or in the name of the digital file because judging is conducted blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The full name should only include the title of the Essay.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Entrants will receive automatic confirmation of receipt to the email address used when entering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>TERMS AND CONDITIONS</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Essays must be written in English.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Essays must be original works authored by original author or authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Essays must not infringe on copyright protection of another author or publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Essays that are deemed to be plagiarism will be disqualified.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>ELIGIBILITY DECLARATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>All authors must agree to the following declaration:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I declare that this essay is the author(s) own work. Portions of the essay may have been previously published, but 75% is original writing. This essay will not be published elsewhere until the announcement of the Final Winner, on October 19, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>PRIZES</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Three runner-up essays receive $1,000.00 each and will be announced at the Humanity+ @ Beijing, China Conference opening reception on July 14, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>16.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Final selection of the Winning Essay receives $5,000.00 and will be announced at the TransVision 2018 Conference in Madrid, Spain on October 19, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>JUDGING PROCESS</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>17.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Seven Judges will be selected by the Board: three from Humanity+ full members, two Board members, and two Advisory members. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>18.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Each Judge will have one vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black'><br><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="http://www.natashavita-more.com/"><span style='color:windowtext'>Dr. Natasha Vita-More</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><span style='color:#404040'>Professor, Graduate and Undergraduate Departments, <a href="https://www.uat.edu/about-uat"><span style='color:#404040'>UAT</span></a></span><span style='color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'> Executive Director, <a href="http://www.humanityplus.org/"><span style='color:#404040'>Humanity+</span></a>, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'> Author and Co-Editor: <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519771534&sr=8-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader"><span style='color:#404040'>The Transhumanist Reader</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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