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Last Chance to Enter FIRE's Essay Contest for a $5,000 Scholarship!
FIRE's Third Annual "Freedom in Academia" Essay Contest will stop accepting submissions on Monday, November 1. High school seniors graduating in 2011 can watch two excellent FIRE videos and submit an essay explaining why free speech should be protected on college campuses.
This year, FIRE will award one first-place winner a $5,000 scholarship, one second-place winner a $2,500 scholarship, and five runners-up $1,000 scholarships.
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
LAWSUIT: Historian fights back after Pennsylvania state senator sues him for criticizing book
Sen. Doug Mastriano’s lawsuit is a textbook “SLAPP” case, in which powerful individuals sue their critics into silence through long, costly litigation.
FIRE statement on California’s Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act
AB 2655 threatens Californians’ right to speak freely about politics in their state.
House passes historic legislation protecting free speech on college campuses
Public colleges must do more to protect the First Amendment rights of students and faculty on campus, according to a new bill in the House.
Kamala Harris comedy roast denied funding by University of South Carolina student senate
Despite pushback, the student senate denied funding to the student group Uncensored America for the event in a blatant example of viewpoint discrimination.