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Watt Essay Contest
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)Overview
The Watt Essay Contest provides up to $1,000 for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students with a passion for History. To apply, you'll need to submit an essay or thesis chapter about any aspect of the Spanish Civil War, the global political or cultural struggles against fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, or the lifetime histories and contributions of the international volunteers who fought in support of the Spanish Republic from 1936 to 1938. If that sounds like a fit for you, apply!
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