Deadline approaches for CMAJ contest for medical students

The deadline for entries to CMAJ's 1996 Logie Medical Ethics Essay Contest is fast approaching. The contest is open to undergraduate medical students attending Canadian universities and entries must be received by June 1, 1996. The essays are expected to raise and discuss ethical issues that will interest Canada's physicians. This year the prize money for the contest's three awards has been increased to $1500, $1000 and $750. Essays are judged by editors from CMAJ's scientific and news and features sections, and the winning entries will be published in the journal early in 1997.

"With the contest we are trying to encourage Canada's future physicians to write for a medical audience," said Dr. Bruce Squires, the editor-in-chief. "I hope we are also sending a message about the importance the CMA and this journal place on the ethical issues physicians face in daily practice." Submissions should be addressed to the News and Features Editor, CMAJ, PO Box 8650, Ottawa ON K1G 0G8; if sent by courier, use this address: 1867 Alta Vista Dr., Ottawa ON K1G 3Y6.

| CMAJ May 15, 1996 (vol 154, no 10)