Help Wanted - volunteers and donations: The Alliance for Science is recruiting volunteers with evolution-related education and/or professional experience to assist us with the contest, particularly with the pre-screening of newly arrived essays. We also seek donations (cash or author-signed evolution books or DVDs preferred) to help us build up our essay contest prize fund.
How You Can Help
Volunteer ScreenerEssay contest screeners receive emailed packages of 10 to 15 essays to read and rate on a simple 1 to 5 scale. This is to help rapidly identify the best essays. Each essay is rated by at least three screeners, and the ratings are averaged. If we have a large number of submitted essays, we may ask screeners to rate multiple batches if they have the time.
Volunteer JudgeThe judges only look at the top 10 essays that come out of our screening process, but they are expected to study them carefully and rate them in six different categories based on judging criteria we supply.
Donate CashThe Alliance for Science is a small grassroots non-profit organization. We depend on donations to help pay the expenses, particularly the cash prizes. The easiest way to donate is to click on the PayPal Donate button at the upper-left of our website. You may also mail in a check, made payable to the Alliance for Science, P.O. Box 5122, Arlington VA 22205-9998.
Donate GoodsMaterials related to evolution education make excellent prizes and incentives for the teachers. We particularly value the donation of author-signed books and DVDs.