Essays will be reviewed by the Review Committee, consisting of some members of the Steering Committee and Advisory Committee.

Evaluation criteria include: quality of proposals, structure, coherence of arguments, originality/creativity, style, use of sources and evidence.

The jury will complete their selections of 8-9 finalists in April, 2008, after a three-stage review process. Essays will be blind-reviewed. Finalists will be invited to present their essays to a panel of experts during the Final Jury. The winner(s) will present their work to the audience of the ABCDE 2008 conference in Cape Town, South Africa (June 9-11, 2008).