The opinions reflected by the authors are not necessarily those of Internet Lodge, The Province of East Lancashire or the United Grand Lodge of England.
Congratulations to the winners of the awards
There were three categories of award.
The Northampton Award
This was the main award and was for the paper which the Judges considered to best of all those submitted.
The Winner was Bro Alan Bergin from Spain whose paper is entitled
Were King Solomon's Pillars Hexagonal?
The World Award
This award was for the best short paper submitted by a Mason who is not a member of a Lodge within the United Grand Lodge of England.
The Winner was Bro Karen Kidd from the United States of America whose paper is entitled
I Am Regular
The Nova Award
This award was for the best paper by a Brother who has been a member of the Craft for less than five years (at the closing date of competition entry) and who has not been Master of a Lodge.
The Winner was Bro Michael Hallran from the United States of America whose paper is entitled
TOMATO, TO-MAH-TO; Shibboleths Beyond the Craft
The awards were presented by the M.W.Bro the Pro Grand Master Lord Northampton at a special ceremony and dinner at Freemasons Hall Bridge Street Manchester on Friday March 14th 2008. Two of the winners were able to receive their awards in person. Also present were the Grand Secretary W.Bro Nigel Brown and the then Provincial Grand Master of East Lancashire R.W.Bro Paul Rink.
Short papers are intended to be read aloud in lodge meetings as a form of Masonic Education.
We hope that you will read them and enjoy them. To do so please click on the title
Whilst we encourage you to use them for their intended
purpose they must not be reproduced for publication in any manner without the prior permission of Internet Lodge No 9659 E.C.
The opinions reflected by the authors are not necessarily those of Internet Lodge, The Province of East Lancashire or the United Grand Lodge of England.
Reference | Title | Author | Country |
The Winners | |||
2007/39 | Were King Solomon's Pillars Hexagonal Overall Winner of the 2007 competiton |
Bro Alan Bergin BSc | Spain |
2007/50 | I Am Regular Winner of the World Award in the 2007 competiton |
Bro Karen Kidd | U.S.A. |
2007/18 | TOMATO, TO-MAH-TO; Shibboleths Beyond the Craft Winner of the Nova Award in the 2007 competiton |
Bro Michael A. Halleran | U.S.A. |
Other Entries | |||
2007/01 | Freemasonry is Dying | Bro Kerry A Nicholls | New Zealand |
2007/02 | Smoke and Mirrors | Bro Keith Stockley | Australia |
2007/03 | You're an Apprentice, so what! | Bro Gary Bond | England |
2007/04 | The Mark Degree | Bro Derek Oliver | England |
2007/05 | On Tolerance and Intolerancef | Bro Theron Dunn | U.S.A. |
2007/06 | Masonic Treasure | Bro Keith Zech | U.S.A. |
2007/07 | What is in your attic? | Bro David Joyce | England |
2007/08 | Cataract - A Minnesota Lodge that moves | Bro Frank Harris | U.S.A. |
2007/09 | The Lodge Banner | Bro Terry Lockhart | England |
2007/10 | The Return of the Craftsman | Bro Samir Chidiac | Lebanon |
2007/11 | Top 10 reasons why I don’t talk about Freemasonry | Bro Scott Warner | Canada |
2007/12 | The Structure of Life | Bro Robert Steel | U.S.A. |
2007/14 | An Internet Lodge Paper argues… | Bro Tim Arnold | England |
2007/15 | Diversity in Freemasonry | Bro J. Goody | England |
2007/16 | Masonic Visiting | Bro J. Goody | England |
2007/17 | The Tyler and his Origins | Bro William Roberts | England |
2007/19 | Some thoughts on the History of Freemasonry | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/20 | Secrecy in Freemasonry | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/21 | Fremasonry is the need of the Hour | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/22 | Reading Papers in Lodges | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/23 | The Broken Column | Bro Ian Booth | England |
2007/24 | The Masonic Cemetery | Bro Terry Staley | Canada |
2007/25 | Interpretation of Masonic Philosophy | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/26 | Was Beethoven a Freemason | Bro Derek Oliver | England |
2007/27 | Ancient no doubt it is | Bro Roger Marjoribanks | England |
2007/28 | The Apron | Bro Lawrence Oliver | U.S.A. |
2007/29 | Music in Masonry Today | Bro Naunton Liles | Wales |
2007/30 | Freemasonry is for Everyone | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/31 | The Responsibility of being a Freemason | Bro S.K. Char | India |
2007/32 | He Will Never Be a Stupid Atheist | Bro Alessandro Ruzzi | Italy |
2007/33 | Number One | Bro Barry Mitchell | England |
2007/34 | The Sword | Bro Dennis Eve | England |
2007/35 | The Burden of Light | Bro Peter Popovic | Croatia |
2007/36 | The 47th Proposition of Euclid | Bro Alan Turton | England |
2007/37 | Fremasonry; Heir to The Enlightenment And Victim Of Post-Modernity | Bro Darren Lorente | England |
2007/38 | Mother Lodge | Bro Stephen Wall | England |
2007/40 | The First Essex Daylight Lodge | Bro Alec Hall | England |
2007/41 | Ancient Charges .... | Bro Fred Lomax | England |
2007/42 | Calling On and Calling Off | Bro Fred Lomax | England |
2007/43 | The Grand Lodge in Wigan | Bro Fred Lomax | England |
2007/45 | The City of Chester and its Masonic Significance | Bro Fred Lomax | England |
2007/46 | Why the Square and Compasses | Bro Fred Lomax | England |
2007/47 | A Masonic Tale | Bro Iodanis Poulkouras | Greece |
2007/48 | Darkness Visible | Bro Tony Barstow | England |
2007/49 | Singing in the First Degree | Bro Razmig Djinbachian | Lebanon |
2007/51 | The Left Hand Pillar and the Book of Ruth | Bro Alan Turton | England |
2007/52 | Freemasons and the Internet | Bro Alec Hall | England |
2007/53 | Four Things Wrong with Freemasonry | Bro Jeb Carroll | Canada |
2007/54 | Where Eagles Dare | Bro Mike Giddy | England |
2007/55 | An Activated Man | Bro Lars Pedersen | Denmark |
2007/56 | The Masonic Experience | Bro Anthony Hontzeas | Canada |
2007/58 | Time to Drop "Anno Lucis" | Bro Phil Fyles | England |
2007/59 | More than just Words | Bro Howard Jones | Wales |
2007/60 | Bye-Laws Reveal Close Shave | Bro Howard Jones | Wales |
2007/61 | The Morality of Freemasonry | Bro John Daniele | Canada |
2007/62 | Landmarks of This Lodge | Bro Naunon Liles | Wales |
2007/63 | Emperor's New Clothes | Bro David Sims | Thailand |
2007/64 | Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Bro John Green | England |
2007/65 | Understanding Freemasonry | Bro Krishna Char | India |
2007/66 | Comacine Masters | Bro Andrew Byng | England |
2007/67 | A Cyprus Puzzle | Bro Duncan Moore | Cyprus |
2007/68 | Chamber of Reflection | Bro Jelle Spijker | Canada |
2007/70 | The Bloodline We Protect | Bro William Hesch | U.S.A. |
2007/71 | What Can I Do For Freemasonry ? | Bro John Dutchman-Smith | England |
All papers are © 2008 Internet Lodge and the author
The opinions reflected by the authors are not necessarily those of Internet Lodge, The Province of East Lancashire or the United Grand Lodge of England.
Congratulations to the winners of the awards
There were three categories of award.
The Northampton Award
This was the main award and was for the paper which the Judges considered to best of all those submitted.
The Winner was Bro Kev Thompson from Scotland whose paper is entitled
Welcome or Not ?
The World Award
This award was for the best short paper submitted by a Mason who is not a member of a Lodge within the United Grand Lodge of England.
The Winner was Bro Richard Carver from the United States of America whose paper is entitled
To Learn
The Nova Award
This award was for the best paper by a Brother who has been a member of the Craft for less than five years (at the closing date of competition entry) and who has not been Master of a Lodge.
The Winner was Bro Mark Edmiston from England whose paper is entitled
Who Was Jeptha ?
We offer hearty congratulations to all the winners
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Library of 2009 Entries
Short papers are intended to be read aloud in lodge meetings as a form of Masonic Education.
We hope that you will read them and enjoy them. To do so please click on the title.
Whilst we encourage you to use them for their intended purpose they must not be reproduced for publication in any manner without the prior permission of Internet Lodge No 9659 E.C.
The library contains the top twenty submissions as marked by the judges.
The opinions reflected by the authors are not necessarily those of Internet Lodge,The Province of East Lancashire or the United Grand Lodge of England.
Reference | Title | Author | Country |
The Winners | |||
2009/15 | Welcome or Not ? Overall Winner of the 2009 competiton |
Bro Kev Thompson | Scotland |
2009/13 | To Learn Winner of the World Award in the 2009 competiton |
Bro Richard Carver | U.S.A. |
2009/29 | Who was Jeptha ? Winner of the Nova Award in the 2009 competiton |
Bro Mark Edmiston | England |
The Runners Up | |||
2009/27 | Facing the Challenge Runner up in the World Award in the 2009 competiton |
Bro Leon Zeldis | Israel |
2009/30 | At the Gate of Initiation The Two Pillars Runner Up in the 2009 competiton |
Bro Keith Bowles | England |
2009/31 | Now That I Am a Freemason Runner Up in the Nova Award in the 2009 competiton |
Bro Gladstone Fisher | Jamaica |
Other Entries | |||
2009/01 | Why the Ashlar? | Bro David Searle | England |
2009/02 | The Powerful Myth of Hiram Abiff | Bro Roger Marjoribanks | England |
2009/05 | The Importance of Ritual | Bro Darren Lorente | England |
2009/07 | The Power of the Pen | Bro Frank Harris | Minnesota |
2009/08 | The 47th Proposition of Euclid Made Easy | Bro Karen Kidd | United States |
2009/10 | Who Manages the Managers | Bro Rabie Jarmakanie | Nigeria |
2009/11 | Nothing Common About a Gavel | Bro Alan Turton | England |
2009/16 | Three Legs at Twilight | Bro Charles Richard Telfer | England |
2009/17 | Unity and Oneness | Bro Elizabeth Minium | United States |
2009/18 | Co-Existence from the Lodge Outwards | Bro Dr Antranik Ashdjian | Cyprus |
2009/19 | Always Do what You Do in Your Own Lodge | Bro Simon Green | England |
2009/21 | The Initiate | Bro Kerry LeBoutillier | Australia |
2009/23 | The Point Within A Circle | Bro Kerry LeBoutillier | Australia |
2009/28 | Freemasonry and the Internet | Bro Kerry LeBoutillier | Australia |
All papers are copyright 2010 Internet Lodge and the author
Welcome to the Internet Lodge Short Papers Competition page.
Competitions were held in 2007 and 2009.
We hope you find the idea interesting
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.
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.
What are Short Papers?
We live in a world where the minutes matter and work-life balance is a permanent cause for concern. That however does not deny that we can both be curious and yet not want to sit through talks to ‘improve’ us that go on and on. And of course it is a question of fitting in information with the other business of a lodge. If a paper becomes too long then it is much less likely to find favour with the audience.
One only has to watch the television current affairs programmes to realise that the “three minute video/sound bite” is all one normally gets. The reason for this is that the broadcasters know how long the normal attention span is - and it is only a few minutes! Thus the limit for the papers (except those by master masons) is set at 500 words. That is 5 minutes speaking time.
These papers should be designed to be read aloud, they are not like a book written to be read by one individual in private. Thus they are more like a script. Spelling of course should be correct, punctuation rules may be flexible, the use of bold or underline to show a spoken emphasis is fine. The bottom line is that it must sound good when spoken aloud.
Papers do not require an annotated bibliography, but a pointer of where to find more information is always going to be useful. If you use a particular source then please state it. The judging panel will be both international in composition, well read, and part of their remit will be to ensure that plagiarism (copying text from other authors) wins no prizes.