Wow! This is fantastic! I second that offering of delicious Guinness. Well done Mimpy. I can’t wait to read it (They usually post it on the ARI site soon after announcing the winner).
Wow, Mimpy! That’s amazing. Kudos and Congratulations and Kol HaKavod and Yaasher Koach! (you can get from context what the last two mean ) I can’t wait to read your essay… Maybe it will give me tips for the AS one I plan to write for this fall
YES!!! Congratulations! Which topic did you choose to do your essay on? Yeah, don’t post it here, since it’s the property of ARI. Maybe it will end up in an essay book!
Congratulations! Yes. I know how hard it is too even finish an essay on The Fountainhead when one is young, and so it is tremendous to win, given the types of judges, and their high standards. You should be really proud of yourself and use this as motivation to continue to write essays on Objectivism and other intellectuall ideas that interest you for the rest of your life.
Thanks so much, guys, for the kind words and presents! I feel great.
I chose the first essay topic, on the practical vs. moral dichotomy. I am going to email ARI and ask them exactly what the deal is with copyrights and whatnot, since many people have been asking to read my essay. Either way, I feel famous. This has been a fun experience. I really wasn’t expecting winning first place. I knew my essay’s content was correct, but of course I did not know how many other people’s work would be just as good. They told me it was pretty close in the end, but mine held out. So cheers!
(They usually post it on the ARI site soon after announcing the winner).