5. Entries should be typed, double spaced, and submitted along with the name, address, school and home telephone number of the writer, plus word count at end of essay.
6. Previously, a copy of Jones’s story “The Valentine” has been sent to each competing school, with the permission of Akashic Books, New York, and Kaylie Jones, James Jones’s daughter, as reading material for essay contest entrants. If more copies are needed, please notify me immediately.
7. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top essayists at each competing school, with the number and amounts of the awards to be determined by the Jones Society based on the number of contestants. If class size equals 10 or more students, 1st = $75, 2nd = 50, 3rd = $25; If under 10 students, one prize of $50.
8. In publicizing the results, up to five finalists at each school will be listed as having received first, second, or third place or honorable mention awards. Students must agree to this publicity.
9. The entries of all finalists from each school become the property of the JJLS and may be published at the discretion of or with permission from the Society.