<div dir="ltr"><div><div>You might want to also list the judging criteria.<br><br>Are you looking for abstract philosophical thought? Practical implementation plans? Surveys to summarize the current status and use of blockchain? (It's meaningless to say, "Yes to all of those.")<br><br></div>What is the audience? Will essays be judged better or worse if they painstakingly define "blockchain" (as appropriate for the general public but not for those who already work with it)? What is the target length (2-3 pages, 10 pages, novella length, full novel length)?<br><br></div>(Also, it is unclear if you mean for the author's name to appear on the title page only, or not even on the title page.)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Natasha Vita-More <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc" target="_blank">natasha@natasha.cc</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-4155406377163272804WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><img style="width:1.0347in;height:1.0in" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3CF74.0F786220" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/g6KNPBH9_caJ-CFbDDOPkRvc-gWpwqrpvk4xqPTQXo7eXe7QWwYAJjMXFZsQFzIbS6tjsznds3tEh2eQrtSPI6rcw5JkQJGPXMQe8VuYJQx_MCJtIbo1UqorF32rTSVC3rYuVqC4ydXBSf8DTg" width="99" hspace="12" height="96" align="left"><u></u><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://humanityplus.org/projects/essay-prize-mutual-benefits-of-blockchain-and-transhumanism/" target="_blank">Humanity+ Essay Prize 2018</a> on the <br>“Mutual Benefits of Blockchain and Transhumanism” </span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">GENERAL INFORMATION</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.3pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Entries are welcome from authors anywhere in the world.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.3pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">There is no cost to enter an Essay.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Essays are limited to one essay per author.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="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><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Submitting entries to </span><a href="mailto:essay@humanityplus.org" target="_blank"><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.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Entries should be either PDFs or Word documents. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The full name should only include the title of the Essay.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Entrants will receive automatic confirmation of receipt to the email address used when entering.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="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><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Essays must be written in English.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Essays must be original works authored by original author or authors.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Essays must not infringe on copyright protection of another author or publication.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Essays that are deemed to be plagiarism will be disqualified.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">ELIGIBILITY DECLARATION</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="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><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span>14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u><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><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">PRIZES</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>16.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">JUDGING PROCESS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>17.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><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. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:38.15pt;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span>18.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Each Judge will have one vote.<u></u><u></u></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"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://www.natashavita-more.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Dr. Natasha Vita-More</span></a><u><u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank"><span style="color:#404040">UAT</span></a></span><span style="color:#404040"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040"> Executive Director, <a href="http://www.humanityplus.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#404040">Humanity+</span></a>, Inc.<u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank"><span style="color:#404040">The Transhumanist Reader</span></a><u></u><u></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040"> Lead Science Researcher: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620520/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#404040">Memory Project</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#404040"><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-vita-more-phd-380363/" 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