Deadline: June 7, 2013
Planning & Law Division of the American Planning Association
The Competition, which honors the memory of three leading figures in American city planning law (R. Marlin Smith, Richard Babcock, and Norman Williams) is open to law students and planning students writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law. The winning entry will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer.
First prize: $2,500
Second prize: $500
Third prize: $250
Winners will be announced by September 13, 2013.
Entries shall not exceed forty-five pages with a 1″ margin on all sides. To enter, send 5 copies of your entry, postmarked no later than June 7, to the address on the American Planning Association Writing Competion Announcement.






