• About the Essay Competitions
• Competition Rules
• 2019 Coordinators
• 2019 Judges
• SECDEF National Strategy Essay Competition
• CJCS National Defense and Military Strategy Essay Competition

March 27, 2020:
Coordinators provide names of judges to NDU Press

April 24, 2020:
Deadline for schools to submit nominated papers to NDU Press

May 8, 2020:
Judges report first-round scores to NDU Press

May 14-15, 2020:
Judges attend final-round conference at NDU

Jeff Smotherman
Managing Editor
202-685-4377
smothermanj@ndu.edu

Air Command and Staff College
Dr. Paul J. Springer

Air University eSchool of Graduate PME
Dr. Ryan Wadle

Air War College
Dr. Margaret Sankey

Command and General Staff College
Dr. Robert F. Baumann

College of Information and Cyberspace
Dr. Carl "CJ" Horn

College of International Security Affairs
Dr. Kathryn Fisher

Eisenhower School
Dr. Benjamin (Frank) Cooling

Joint Forces Staff College / Joint Advanced Warfighting School
Captain Bill Marlowe, USN (Ret.)

Marine Corps Command and Staff College / Marine Corps War College / School of Advanced Warfighting / College of Distance Education and Training
Dr. Linda Di Desidero 

National War College
Mr. Robert "Jaimie" Orr

School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
Dr. Thomas A. Hughes

U.S. Army War College 
Dr. Larry D. Miller

U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Kristin Mulready-Stone