Attention Sites: Opportunity for You or Your Patients to Win up to $500!

The CURESZ Foundation invites submissions for an essay competition on serious psychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Two $500 prizes will be awarded: one for authors aged 25 or younger and another for authors over 25. Runners-up in each category receive $250.

CureSZ welcomes submissions from students, professors, caregivers and anyone who has a story to tell. Essays (1,000-1,500 words) can share personal stories of overcoming psychiatric brain disorders in yourself or in relatives and friends. Also of interest are articles related to governmental policies, experience with navigating the system of mental health care in the US or abroad, suicide, homelessness, substance abuse, anosognosia, and other conditions that are associated with schizophrenia and related psychoses.

Winning essays will be published in CURESZ News, with potential for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Submit entries by email to bethany.yeiser@curesz.org or by mail by August 15, 2025. Winners announced September 15, 2025.