Best of Freshman Comp Essay Contest

Best of Freshman Comp Essay Contest

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Georgia Highlands College
Presents the First Annual
Best of Freshman Comp Essay Contest

Submit your best work from ENGL 1101 and 1102.  You could win a prize, and your work could be published in our Best of Freshman Comp eZine! 

Guidelines:

  • Contest is open to GHC students enrolled in ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102
  • Essays may be in any category—Persuasion, Analysis, Literary Analysis, Description, Narration, Comparison/Contrast, Process Analysis, Definition, Etc.
  • Essays should be at least 500 words.
  • Students may submit directly OR Instructors may send nominations (with the permission of the student)
  • Each submission should include the writer’s name and email address, as well as the course name (ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102), the instructor’s name, and the essay topic
  • Limit 2 submissions per student

Please email your submissions to BFCsubmissions@highlands.edu

Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2018.

Three winners will be announced in spring of 2018.  1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive $50, $30, and $20, respectively, as well as publication in GHC’s Best of Freshman Comp eZine.  Honorable mentions will also be published in the eZine.

Questions?  Please contact Mackleen Desravines (mdesravi@highlands.edu), Jake Sullins (jsullins@highlands.edu), Nancy Applegate (napplega@highlands.edu), or Cindy Wheeler (cwheeler@highlands.edu).