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Essay Contest

The 2007 book selection to be announced soon! Check back.

2006 ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

1st Place
Andrea Howland-Myers
"Love & Human Goodness"

2nd Place
Ashley Knuckles
"I, Too, Lost My Father"

3rd Place
Amanda Lautermilch
"Good, Evil and the Gray Between"

 

OCUReads Book

Each student who wishes to enter the OCUReads Essay Contest will write a 750-1000 word essay in response to a topic based on Loung Ung's book First They Killed My Father: a daughter of Cambodia remembers.

The topics for this year’s essay contest are now availible. Please review the OCU Reads Essay options by clicking on the blue box to the right.

Essay Contest Winners

Essay Contest Winners will be announced prior to Loung Ung's Lecture and Book Presentation on Thursday, August 17, 2006 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Petree Recital Hall, Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Building.

Essay Options


Prizes


The following prizes will be awarded for the winning OCUReads essays. To be eligible for the contest you must be enrolled in the Fall 2006 Semester as a first time OCU student and be working toward an undergraduate degree.


Direct questions about the contest to:
Dr. Mitzi McGuire
Assistant Professor of English
mmcguire@okcu.edu

 

 
First Prize $250 Second Prize $150 Third Prize $100


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