The NIP Essay Contest is conducted in cooperation with the United States Naval Institute (USNI). Rules and deadlines are promulgated through an ALLNIP email and published on both the NIP and USNI websites during the Mar/April timeframe.
Each year NIP will identify a theme pertaining to maritime intelligence or intelligence support to naval forces. Any author (officer, enlisted, military or civilian, foreign or domestic) is eligible to enter with an original composition related to the annual theme.
The following prizes will be awarded:
1st Place: $5,000 cash prize, a commemorative wall plaque, a 5-year membership to NIP and a one-year USNI membership. Additionally, the first place essay will be published in USNI’s Proceedings.
2nd Place: $2,500 case prize, a 1-year membership to both NIP and USNI
3rd Place: $1,500 cash prize, a 1-year membership to both NIP and USNI
Guidelines for the 2021 Essay Contest, to include the topic, will be available by May 2021.
Awardees
2nd Place: Maj Brian Kerg, USMC: “Naval Intelligence for Maritime COIN”
3rd Place: LT Sean Margot, USN and LCDR Tyson Meadors, USN: “HC SVNT DRACONES — There Be Dragons”
2nd Prize: Commander Christopher Nelson, USN and Eric Pedersen
3rd Prize: LT Commander James Landreth, USN
2nd Prize: LCDR Wolf Melbourne, USN - “Ten Years on the Beach”
3rd Prize: LT William N. Murray, USN - “Want to Win Great Power Competition? Professionalize Initial Naval Intelligence Officer Training Now”
2nd Prize: CAPT William R. Bray, USN (Ret.) - “Intelligence Needs Regional Career Paths”
3rd Prize: CAPT Dale C. Rielage, USN - “Ocean Surveillance for the Future”
2nd Prize: CDR J. Michael Dahm, USN - “Integrate to Dominate” - $2,500 + 1-year USNI Membership
3rd Prize: CDR Nathaniel (Nate) Bailey, USNR - “What Is Past Is Prologue”
2nd Prize: Ms. Reychal Windham
3rd Prize: First Lieutenant Adam Davis, USA
2nd Prize: Mr. Ryan D. Martinson
3rd Prize: Ms. Jacquelyn Schneider
2nd Prize: Mr. Thanh Dinh
3rd Prize: Ms. Jacquelyn Schneider
2nd Prize: LT Daniel T. Murphy, USN
3rd Prize-Expeditionary: LTC Gregory Motes, USA
2nd Prize: CAPT Mark D. Dowd, USNR
2nd Prize: LTJG Edward P. Wynne, USN
2nd Prize: LCDR Robert F. Hight, Jr, USN
2nd Prize: LT David Barr, USN
2nd Prize: CDR William R. Bray, USN