Short Papers Competition 2009
Welcome to the Internet Lodge Short Papers Competition page.
Following the great success of the 2007 competition, which produced
more than seventy entries from all over the world we are pleased to announce
that the competition is being repeated for 2009.
We hope you
find the idea interesting and maybe we can interest you
or someone you know to enter the competition.
Why Short Papers? Freemasonry is a subject of
seemingly endless fascination and complexity and all of us as Masons are in need
of our "daily advancement in Masonic knowledge". One way of providing
this is to build up a source of materials that can be easily used
at lodge meetings. A piece around 5 minutes in length can be fitted into most
meetings.
We want to inspire our fellow Freemasons to write; perhaps to start writing or,
for those who already have a stock of talks, to adapt one for the competition.
All interested Freemasons are eligible to enter the competition.
We also believe that new Masons can also illuminate the craft with their
writings and there is a category for such endeavour as well. There will be
several categories of award.
There is no limitation on the topics to be chosen except to say that the subject will
be in some way Masonic and of educational value. Matters historical, national, esoteric, or dealing with
ritual, or the origins of freemasonry are some of the possible topics.
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