Write a policy memo The Memo Round
Write an 800-word policy memo to a fictional office on a real public problem, with at least four sources. You also score three other memos.
Not open yet Rounds open on set dates each term. The first date has not been set yet.
- In detail
- An 800-word policy memo to a fictional office on a real public problem, with four or more sources at permanent references
- What you leave with
- Round result
- Who confirms it
- Scored blind by three other entrants against criteria published before the round opened. Tillyard adds up the scores and judges nothing.
- What goes on your résumé
- Projects: Memo on school-bus driver shortages; one of 14 entries scored by other entrants, The Memo Round, Tillyard, Spring 2027
An example. Yours will say what you did.
Not for here: structures, pressure systems, mains electricity, vehicles, medical devices, weapons, or advice to a real person on law, tax, medicine, engineering or investments.
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Before you start
You own what you make here. If you made it for a class, a lab or an employer, someone else may have a claim on it, so leave it out. You do this unpaid and by choice, and you do not work for Tillyard. You are keeping a record of something you chose to do.