Common Text Essay Contest

Open to all new Wright State University first year students who are starting fall 2011

Prizes include:

• $250 cash
• Gift Certificate to WSU Barnes & Noble Bookstore
• Invitation to attend faculty/staff reception with Common Text Speaker Zeitoun

How to enter the WSU Common Text Essay Contest:

1. Get your free copy of Zeitoun at WSU Orientation
2. Read Zeitoun
3. Select a excerpt from the book (50-75 words) that best represents an important theme in Zeitoun
4. Write an essay (250-300 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 from Zeitoun will be announced at Freshman Convocation, September 9, 2011, at 3:00pm in the Nutter Center.

Contest deadline is August 14, 2011.