Common Text Essay Contest

Open to all new Wright State University first year students who are starting fall 2013

Prizes include:

• $250 cash
• Gift Certificate to WSU Barnes & Noble Bookstore
• Invitation to attend a dinner with Common Text author Wes Moore

How to enter the WSU Common Text Essay Contest:

1. Get your free copy of The Other Wes Moore - One Name, Two Fates at WSU Orientation
2. Read The Other Wes Moore - One Name, Two Fates
3. Select a excerpt from the book (25-50 words) that best represents an important theme in The Other Wes Moore - One Name, Two Fates
4. Write an essay (250-350 words) explaining why the theme you name is important and why your excerpt represents it well
5. Submit your excerpt, theme, and essay below.

The winner and winning excerpt fromThe Other Wes Moore - One Name, Two Fates will be announced at Freshman Convocation in the Nutter Center.

Contest deadline is August 7, 2013.