Instructions

1. Submit an original essay on any topic of your choice, as long as the topic is relevant to chiropractic. Themes may include: history, philosophy, practice perspectives, jurisprudence/law, ethics, theory, sociology, comparative religions, politics, and aspects of social sciences that address historical or philosophical approaches, in addition to clinical or public health-related topics.

2. Required to enter the competition:

• An original essay, submitted as a Word document. Length: no shorter than 1200 and no longer than 3500 words. Word count does not include title or references.

• A letter from your registrar confirming enrollment and that you are in good academic standing in your chiropractic program.                                                                                                                                                                                             
• The essay file must be a Word document. The file name should be no longer than 30 characters. Your last name should be listed first, then your first name, for the file name. Example: Smith_Joe_2025Essay_Contest.

3. Judging criteria: relevance to the chiropractic profession, scholarly style, writing quality, originality, and use of references. See submission site for more details

4. Announcements of winning essays will be made by December 31, 2025.

5. Only one essay is allowed per student per competition and only one author per essay. Students who submitted in the past but did not win may compete again with a new essay.

6. Submit contest materials by October 1, 2025, to:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025NBCEEssayContest

The NBCE essay competition is administered by an outside corporation, Brighthall.

All questions about the competition should be directed to Dr. Claire Johnson at NBCEstudentscholarship@gmail.com.