If you're a speechwriter, there are only two ways to achieve prestige

1. Work in the White House, doing any kind of writing for any length of time for any old U.S. president. At this point, you are probably getting too old for that shit.

2. Win a Cicero Speechwriting Award from Vital Speeches, which happily just issued our 2013 Call for Entries. All speeches written in 2012 are eligible and the deadline is Feb. 15.