Essay Competition

The results of other years
2009	2008
2007	2006
2005	2004
2003	2002
2001	2000
1998	1996

For your information, apart from the above English language Shinto Essay Competition, we have been organizing also the Chinese language Shinto Essay Competition since 2000, with 5 Chinese scholars specialized in Japanese cultural studies as the jurors. Besides, the Russian language Shinto Essay Competition has started from 2004, with 5 Russian scholars specialized in Shinto studies as the jurors. The results of Chinese and Russian competitions were publicized on ISF’s website.

Those who are interested in each Chinese and/or Russian language competition please contact in respective language with sippouxp@yahoo.com.cn for the Chinese and Moscow@shinto.org for the Russian.

Result of Shinto Essay Competition 2009
Sponsored by the Shinto Kokusai Gakkai
(Announced on October 2009)

13 contributors (4 from USA, 2 from India, 2 from Japan, 2 from Romania, 1 from Chile, 1 from Russia, and 1 from UK) participated the Shinto Essay Competition 2009. The number of entrants increased this year, perhaps due to the fact that the designated essay topics seemed to be interesting to deal with Their essays were carefully read and evaluated by 9 jurors of different nationalities from Congo, France, Germany, Japan, UK and USA who are distinguished scholars in Japanese cultural studies. We are pleased to announce the result of their judgments as follows. In accordance with the judgment points we have decided to honor the good essays by 1st prize, 2nd prize, 3rd prize, and two encouraging awards. We regret to mention that two entrants made clear plagiarism in their essays which is not acceptable. All the essays belong to and the awarded ones will be published by the International Shinto Foundation, Inc. in due time.

2009's Subjects:

1. The Transformation of Shinto in the Post-World War II period.

2. Shinto and the Calendar

3. Shinto and Environmental Issues

Prize Winners
First Prize (US$1,000)	*Justin Humphreys* (U.S.A.) “Shinto and Environment”
Second Prize (US$500)	*Ramona Taranu* (Romania) “The transformation of Shinto in the Post-World War II Period ― The features which make Shinto as enduring tradition”
Third Prize (US$300)	*Mathew Drisc* (USA) “Post-War Shinto and Honne/Tatemae”
Third Prize (US$300)
Encouraging Prize (US$100)	*Diana Z. Lee* (USA) “Shinto’s Pivotal Years (1868－1945) and Ultimate Transformation”
Encouraging Prize (US$100)	*Isabel Cabana Rojas* (Chile) “SHINTO: Reflections about the Mythical Consciousness of Japanese People after World War II”

Congratulations to the prize winners!
Those who are not awarded will receive copies of the Collection of Awarded Essays in the past years as participation gift.
We wish all the entrants will strive to more deepen their study in Shinto as an essence of the Japanese cultural values.

Submitted essays belong to and will be published
by the Shinto Kokusai Gakkai,Inc.

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