What happens once you submit your essay?

All submissions will go through a quality control process culminating in a review by a member of the Academic Review Board. The Academic Review Board consists of highly reputable academics.  They have been carefully selected from top universities and institutions. Essays will be judged and published solely on merit.

When submitting your essay please remember:

·      Do NOT put your name on the actual essay document (this includes headers and footers)

·      Do put the number of words of your essay at the top of the essay

·      Do provide endnotes and a full bibliography (this does not form part of the word limit for an essay)

·      Make sure you are happy with the use of english as essays will not be edited

·    Where possible do submit using Microsoft word documents, however we accept all formats: .doc and .docx.

Quality Control

All essays will be checked for quality before being reviewed by members of the Academic Review Board, e.g. word count and plagiarism. Each essay will be subjected to plagiarism checks. Whether essays with high levels of referenced information contain enough value to be considered admissible for the competition will be at the sole discretion of the Academic Review Board.

Review Process

Each essay that successfully passes plagiarism and general basic quality checks will then be submitted to the Academic Review Board. Essays will be reviewed on a “double blind” process. That means the academic reviewer will not know the academic qualification or any other feature about a participant’s background. Project Firefly will not inform you which member of the Academic Review Board will review your essay. All that matters is the quality of the ideas expressed. The Academic Review Board’s decision will be final.

How will Project Firefly communicate with me?

In a standard Competition:

Receipt of your essay will be confirmed by Email within 24 hours (if not received please check your same spam / junk folder). Following the closure of the competition, an email (or emails) will be sent confirming if your essay has won the competition and/or if your essay will be published.

Current Affairs Competition:

Receipt of your essay will be confirmed by Email within 24 hours (if not received please check your same spam / junk folder). An email (or emails) will be sent confirming if your essay will be published. this may take place during the competition. At the end of the competition an email will be sent confirming if your essay has won the competition.

Out of Competition:

Receipt of your essay will be confirmed by Email within 24 hours(if not received please check your same spam / junk folder). An email (or emails) will be sent confirming if your essay will be published.

Published Essays

Published essays will be on the website and fully viewable to any visitors to the website. You will be recognised as the author of the essay. Sponsors may be interested in co-publishing your essay. They may also be interested in discussing your potential career development.