The Big Read Essay Contest
As part of its contribution to the Big Read, the Department of English is sponsoring an essay contest open to all Washington University undergraduates for an essay of approximately 3,000 words on the theme "Burning to Read". The essay may concern itself with the history of reading or of specific books, with the love of reading or with the desire to burn, ban or censor books. The essay should be submitted by March 1, 2007. There will be a prize of $2,000.
Professor and chair David Lawton spoke at the Assembly Series on the topic, "Burning to Read." Follow this link to hear the audio from his lecture.
Guidelines for Contest
Entries can be submitted to the English Department by
--delivering a printed copy to Duncker Hall, Suite 116
--using campus mail, addressing the envelope to English, CB 1122
--using USPS and addressing it to the Department of English, Washington University, CB 1122, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130
--emailing a formatted document to bigread@wustl.edu, with the subject line "Essay Contest."
Entries must be submitted no later than 5 pm on Thursday, March 1st. A coversheet should accompany each entry, listing your name, email, and student ID number (do NOT include your social security number). The winner will be contacted via email. We'll also select from among the entries a number of strong essays to include in a departmental publication for release late in the spring term. Details on this effort will be forthcoming. Please, all inquiries via email only to bigread@wustl.edu.
