FEATURE
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t’s time for the 2018 Richard Spear, MD, Memorial Essay Contest!
The 11 th annual Richard Spear, MD, Memorial Essay Contest
has arrived. This year, we’re is asking you to dig deep and tell us,
“What Have You Sacrificed to be a Physician?” Here at GLMS,
we know our physicians have spent years in training, moved to
parts unknown, changed career trajectories suddenly, gotten way
into debt, and much more. Share your stories with us and your
peers, and get the chance to win a big cash prize.
The contest has two entry categories: practicing/retired physi-
cians and in-training physicians/medical students. Both groups
will have the same topic, “What Have You Sacrificed to Become a
Physician?” The prize for practicing/retired physicians is $1,500,
and for physicians-in-training/medical students, the prize is $750.
Each entry will be considered on excellence in expression, cre-
ativity, readability and clarity by the all-volunteer judges. Each entry
must be between 800-2,000 words. The essays are due on Monday,
March 5 th, 2018. If it ever gets dark and cold this winter, warm your
hands by the keyboard.
The winning essays will be announced at the annual Presidents’
Celebration in late spring, and then published in the July 2018 issue
of Louisville Medicine. Many of the other outstanding entries will
be published in subsequent months as determined by the GLMS
Editorial Board. For this contest, all entries must be original, unpub-
lished writing intended solely for publication in Louisville Medicine,
and pertinent to the themes. Please remember HIPAA guidelines:
include NO information that could potentially identify real patients.
Please use a separate cover letter with your name, entry category,
essay title and contact information for our staff, who will remove
all ID before sending your entry on to the judges.
Send entries and cover letters via email as separate Microsoft
Word documents to Aaron Burch at [email protected]. Please
note that only GLMS members are eligible.
We can’t wait to read this year’s entries!
T HE 2018 RICHARD SPEAR, MD,
MEMORIAL ESSAY CONTEST
GUIDELINES
To enter, you must be a GLMS physician member
(practicing or retired), GLMS in-training member or
University of Louisville medical student.
THEMED ESSAY CONTEST:
All entries must be original, unpublished writing
intended solely for publishing in Louisville Medicine.
Essays must be pertinent to the following theme.
“What Have You Sacrificed to Become a
Physician?”
LENGTH:
800 to 2,000 words
DEADLINE:
Monday, March 5, 2017
PRIZE:
$1,500 for practicing and retired
$750 for physicians-in-training
FORMAT:
Do not put your name on your essay! Judges are blinded
to authors. Instead, include a separate cover letter
with name, entry category, essay title and contact
information.
SUBMISSION:
Send via email as an attachment to Aaron Burch at
[email protected].
-Mary Barry, MD, Louisville Medicine Editor
DECEMBER 2017
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