Congratulations to juniors Olivia Zhu and Josephine Chen, who both took honors in the 2009 Anthem Essay Contest, administered by the Ayn Rand Institute. Zhu was one of the third place finishers in the competition and was awarded a cash prize of $200. Chen was a semifinalist and earned $30.
The annual contest requires students to write an essay on a topic regarding Ayn Rand’s novelette “Anthem,” first published in 1938.