Organizer: Željko Markota, Zagreb, Croatia.

Who Can Enter: Undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate students enrolled at accredited institutions worldwide.

Submission Period: From (TBA) to (TBA) 2025, or until the submission cap is reached.

Entry Fee: $7 per entry (non-refundable). Multiple entries allowed (one per account).

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.

Word Count: 420–500 words.

Accepted Formats: Allegory / Parable, Diary / Journal Entry, Dialogue / Dramatic Fragment, Essay, Fictional Report / Verdict / Investigative Note, Letter / Epistolary Form, Manifesto / Proclamation, Monologue, Prose Poem, Short Story, Speech.

Theme: Explore ethical, legal, and symbolic aspects of modern power through a David-and-Goliath lens. Choose one of 50 provided illustrations and briefly explain your choice.

Submission: Online only, via the contest website. Author identity must not appear in the text.

Evaluation Process:
1. AI Screening: Removes off-topic or inadequate entries.
2. Peer Review: Participants evaluate up to 10 anonymized entries.
3. Public Voting: Top-rated stories go to the public vote.
Participants who skip their peer reviews will be disqualified.

Prizes:
WWYD?
• Best writing: $5,000 to $10,000+
• Best evaluator: $500 to $5,000

WWGS?
• Best writing: up to $1,000,000
• Best evaluator: up to $500,000

Maximum prizes depend on number of contestants, donations, and voting activity. Minimal prizes are guaranteed by the Organizer.

Transparency & Rights
• Only awarded entries will be published with the author’s name and nickname, country, and university. Others will be published with nickname only.
• Winners may be invited to an award ceremony.
• Personal data is confidential and used solely for contest administration.
• Each entry will receive a symbolic “PScore” based on philosophical alignment.
• The Organizer may disqualify attempts to manipulate results.
• All Organizer’s decisions are final.

This contest is a one-time global initiative led by an individual (the Organizer) — not an institution — to foster public conversation and an intellectual fight for truth and morality in the face of power.

Not Just a Contest, but a Gate

This contest is not merely a competition — it is a form of civic intervention through literary imagination. I never planned to become a contest organizer; I am, first and foremost, someone searching for what was taken from me. But in that search, I encountered something larger — a silent, dark void that demands to be named, challenged, and reshaped.

If you are someone who sees more, understands deeper, and feels the need to leave a mark — not with slogans, but with ideas — then this is your place. Your story could be the spark that helps truth find its way not only into public awareness, but into public courage and remembernes.

And when considering whether to take part, just ask yourself: Who would know, remember, or quote Socrates if he hadn’t dared to face difficult, essential questions?

To fully understand the idea behind this Contest, we strongly recommend reading the following pages:
1. About the WWYD Contest
2. The Story Behind the Project
3. Contest Rules

For an even deeper insight into the broader context and values that inspired this initiative, we also suggest exploring the content available at: puni.nomoresilence.de