Out of the Easy College Scholarship Essay Contest
ENTER THE OUT OF THE EASY WRITING SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST
for the opportunity to win $5,000 towards the college of your choice.
Submit your three page essay answering the following question:
Out of the Easy references the following quote from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. How does this quote relate to the journey of the characters in "Out of the Easy" and also to your personal journey as you prepare for college?
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.— Charles Dickens
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Open to 12th grade full-time matriculated students who are attending high schools located in the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions, or home-schooled students between the ages of 17-18 who are residents of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions.
Submissions
- Scroll down for full Official Rules and a submission form, including a box for teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, college application mentors, or parents/legal guardians to upload essays.
- Essays must be exactly three double-spaced pages, single or double sided pages, in 12-point Time Roman with one-inch margins all around.
- Essays must be submitted by entrant's English teacher, school librarian, guidance counselor or other college application mentor. Home-schooled students must submit their entries through their parent or legal guardian.
- Uploaded entries must be received no later than May 31, 2013, 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time.
- Entries may also be mailed to:
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- School and Library Marketing
- 345 Hudson Street
- New York, New York 10014
- Attn.: Out of the Easy College Scholarship Essay Contest
- Mailed entries must be postmarked no later than May 24, 2013, and received on or by May 30, 2013.
- Winners will be selected on or about July 15, 2013.
- Void where prohibited by law.
Prizes
One winner will receive a check in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars to be used toward winner's college tuition made payable to the college/university that the winner will be attending (ARV = $5,000.00). The winner's teacher or parent/legal guardian (in the case of a home-schooled winner) will receive their choice of a library of twenty-five (25) Penguin Classics for their school or local public library (ARV = $625.00).
Judging
Five (5) finalists will be selected by Sponsor, and then one out of the five will be determined to be the winning essay by a qualified panel of judges chosen by Sponsor. Entries will be judged based upon the writer's understanding of one of the book's central themes, the journeys of the characters, and on style, content, grammar and originality.
