• Submission Deadline - 30 September, 2009 (You can submitt your essay before but not after this date) .

• Essay sent for reviewing - 14 October, 2009 (After recieving your essay it will be sent to 3 or more reviewers for evaluation and commenting).

• Reviews back to authors - about 16 December, 2009 (You will get back the review with the comments, here you will have time to adjust your essay if you feel you need).

• Winner announcement -  about 20 December, 2009 (Winners will be announced via our website).

• Publishing - End of December, 2009 (Essays will start to be published on the websties).

When submitting your essay attach it to an email and send it to essay_submission@humanrightsdefence.org