{"id":2242,"date":"2017-09-25T11:05:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wilsoncenter\/?page_id=2242"},"modified":"2019-11-12T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T17:30:36","slug":"peace-writing-prize-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wilsoncenter\/programs\/peacewritingprize2020\/peace-writing-prize-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Clarke Wilson Peace Writing Prize 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dorothy Clarke Wilson of 91¸£Àû was an internationally known peacemaker who was committed to\u00a0writing on social issues and world peace. \u00a0<\/span>To encourage today\u2019s University of Maine students to share in the\u00a0commitment, Dorothy Clarke Wilson established a $500 annual award for the most compelling written work\u00a0on a peace related topic. This competition is open to all University of Maine students.<\/p>\n \u201cAll we say to America is, \u2018Be true to what you said on paper.\u2019 If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges, because they hadn’t committed themselves to that over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.\u201d \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u2014Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from \u201cI’ve Been To The Mountain Top,\u201d April 3, 1968<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read her winning piece here:<\/p>\n\n\t2018 Topic<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2018 Winner of the Dorothy Clarke Wilson Peace Writing Prize: Aliya Uteuova
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