Albert Schweitzer Sermon Contest
2025-2026 Contest
In the 2025-26 contest, a $1,000 prize will be awarded to the person writing and delivering the best sermon on the implications of some or all of the new “Interdependence” value and covenant statement of the UUA bylaws’ Article II—and optionally, on the implications of language in other sections of the new Article II—for UUs and "all beings.” Please let your minister and lay speakers know! Sermons must be presented between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, to a UU congregation or community. The contest entry materials must be received by midnight July 31, 2026, PDT. Detailed information on the contest, including judging criteria, can be found HERE.
To reduce unintentional biases of the judges, please submit your manuscript or notes as two documents—the first being a cover page including your name and the sermon name, and the second with just the name of the sermon and the sermon text—and a slideshow or audio or video recording if you’d like. If possible, please include an order of service for context. If your sermon was presented in a language other than English, please provide an English translation. Please email all materials to info[at]uuam[dot]org with the subject line: “Sermon contest”. Full instructions available at the link above.
We welcome submissions from people of any religion, race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, family or parental status, veteran or disability status. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities, and people from frontline/impacted communities are especially encouraged to apply.
The information contained in these sermons represents the views and opinions of the original creators at the time that they were presented to Unitarian Universalist communities and does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of UUAM.