2002 is going to be a year of prizes here at MAYHEM. Since we have decided that the focus of MAYHEM will be on pre-university mathematics, prizes will be awarded to students enrolled in elementary or secondary schools or equivalent.

To be eligible, each solution to a MAYHEM Problem must be handwritten on a sheet of paper (one question per sheet). Attached to each solution of each problem must be a completed student information sheet signed by the student and a representative of the student's school (teacher or administrator).

Students may work alone, or in groups. If the problem is solved by a group please submit one solution with the information of all the group members.

Prizes will be awarded based on the following criteria:

• first solution to a problem;
• most correct solutions from a single person;
• youngest solver;
• most elegant solution.

Other prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the MAYHEM Editors. In all cases the decision of the MAYHEM Editors is final!

Our purpose is also to support schools, and as a result we will have some prizes for schools. To aid us in this process, we would ask that the school information for the student is filled out with care.

Prizes will range from past copies of MAYHEM to subscriptions to CRUX with MAYHEM to book prizes from the Canadian Mathematical Society. The prizes are made possible from a grant from the Endowment Fund of the Canadian Mathematical Society, and we thank the board of the Endowment Grants Committee for providing us with the money to make this possible.