The inscription ceremony will honor the addition onto the Monument of the names of the 2004 American Nobel Laureates: David J. Gross (Physics), H. David Politzer (Physics), Frank A. Wilczek (Physics), Irwin A. Rose (Chemistry), Richard Axel (Medicine), Linda B. Buck, (Medicine) and Edward C. Prescott (Economics). The program will include remarks by Dr. Richard Axel and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, as well as Ambassador Kjell Anneling, Consul General of Sweden in New York, who will also present the three winners of the newly established Nobel Essay Contest.The concept of the essay contest was born out of an enthusiasm for the monument and what it symbolizes, as the Consulate General of Sweden wanted to inspire local high school students to strive for the utmost level of achievement and to envision the possibility of one day having their own names engraved onto the monument.The contest is open to all juniors attending public, private, or parochial high schools in New York City. Each applicant may submit an essay in only one of three categories: Physics, Chemistry, or Physiology/Medicine. The grand prize, courtesy of the Consulate General of Sweden, is an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden to attend the Nobel Week Festivities in December 2005.The contest is a collaboration between the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, The New York Academy of Sciences, Nobelprize.org – the official website of the Nobel Foundation, the New York City Department of Education, and the City University of New York. The contest is also generously supported by Sony Ericsson, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.For more information about the Nobel Essay Contest:www.nyas.org/nobelwww.swedennewyork.com/nobelFor more information about the Nobel Monument:www.nobelmonument.comPhoto: Students from the Rodeph Sholom School at the Nobel Monument, © Catarina Lundgren Åström