CAP Contest: October 2023

🕵️‍♂️ Locating Logical Fallacies 🕵️‍♀️

This month, we would like you to become a detective who searches for logical fallacies in the media you consume 🔎 Once you spot a good one, review our rules and submit your example below. (Don’t forget to mention what kind of fallacy it is and where you found it!)
 
The winner will receive a set of Art of Argument flashcards, as well as an Art of Argument poster. We will be accepting submissions from Friday, October 6 until Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
 
Happy sleuthing!


Former Contest Winners

  • June 2023: Ken Alexander, "Painting in Winter."
  • July 2023: Natasha Richart, photo of a bee on a flower.
  • August 2023: Debbie Bratton, photo of her beautiful classroom.
  • September 2023: Michelle Gustafson, quote from The Black Cauldron.

*Official Contest Rules: The contest begins on Friday, October 6, 2023, and ends on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST. The contest is open to all ages and backgrounds, but only one entry per person is allowed. Participants must live in the United States. By entering the contest, you will agree to abide by the official rules and give Classical Academic Press the rights to your work, even if you do not win. In the future, Classical Academic Press may use your submission for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration. Any time Classical Academic Press uses your work, you will be credited as the creator. No purchase is necessary to enter the contest. Purchasing from Classical Academic Press’ website during the time of the contest will not increase your chances of winning. Classical Academic Press has the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. Classical Academic Press isn’t liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if they provided a wrong email address or if their email security settings caused the prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. Receipt of the prize is dependent upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws. By entering the contest, you agree to release and hold harmless Classical Academic Press and its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize. By entering the contest, you agree that any disputes not resolved between yourself and Classical Academic Press shall be individually resolved exclusively before a court located in Pennsylvania, without resorting to any form of class action. By participating in the contest, you waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and you waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. Classical Academic Press reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel or terminate the contest, especially in the event that non-authorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond our control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook or Instagram. By entering the contest, you have affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of these rules.


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