Campus Read Essay Contest - Earn Scholarship Money!

You’re already reading, discussing, and writing about Marjane Satrapi’s The Complete Persepolis, this year’s Campus Read selection. Shape up those ideas and submit an essay to the Campus Read Essay Contest.

The BSC student with the winning essay will be awarded a $500 scholarship from the BSC Foundation for the Spring 2010 semester.

Essay Guidelines:

• Submit your best work of 600 words or more.
• The topic for your essay may be anything related to your consideration of The Complete Persepolis. For example, a critical response to the book or a narrative essay relating your own experiences that relate to the theme of the book. These are only examples. Don’t be afraid to be creative with other ideas.
• The essay must be typed and must be a polished finished product.
• Essays will be judged anonymously, so include your name on a separate cover page with the title of your essay.
• The deadline to submit an essay is Monday, November 30, 2009. Essays may be submitted electronically as an attachment and emailed to Katherine.Netzer@bsc.nodak.edu; submissions may also be hand-delivered to the BSC Library front desk.
• Winners will be announced towards the end of the semester. The winning essay will be published in the Mystician.