This is the motive and purpose of my writing: *the projection of an ideal man*. The portrayal of a moral ideal, as my ultimate literary goal, as an end in itself--to which any didactic, intellectual or philosophical values contained in a novel are only the means.

2001 Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest

Atlas Shrugged Essay Winners

Winners:

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First Place

  • David Matthew Press, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
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Second Place

  • Natalia Ardatova, City University of New York, New York, NY
  • Michael Balter, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Aaron Patzer, Duke University, Durham, NC

Third Place

  • Tim Hallenbeck, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
  • Austin Henderson, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  • David A. Johnston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  • Heather Kastner, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
  • Michael E. Rolish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA