{"id":131,"date":"2019-03-26T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2019-05-03T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:01:32","slug":"essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/montclair-book\/montclair-book-archives\/2015-montclair-book\/essay-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>MONTCLAIR BOOK ESSAY CONTEST 2016<br \/>\n<em>Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>ESSAY PROMPT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation\u2014in Little Rock and throughout the South\u2014and an epic moment in the civil rights movement.\u00a0 David Margolick\u2019s book tells the remarkable story of two separate lives unexpectedly braided together.<\/p>\n<p>Write an essay in which you make an argument for the possible meanings\u00a0<em>Elizabeth and Hazel:\u00a0 Two Women of Little Rock<\/em>\u00a0might have for today\u2019s readers. Here are some questions that may be useful: \u00a0What did you learn from reading this book?\u00a0 How might the book be helpful in talking about racism and discrimination?\u00a0 What does it mean to take a stand against social injustice? Your essay should also make specific references to passages in\u00a0<em>Elizabeth and Hazel<\/em>\u00a0that support your conclusions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ESSAY CONTEST REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0Between 1,000-1,500 words<br \/>\n<strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Double space and use a 12-point font<br \/>\n<strong>Submission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<em>Entries must include<\/em>\u00a0<em>a separate title page with your name, essay title and contact information: phone number, email address and mailing address.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Evaluation criteria:\u00a0<\/strong>Each essay will be judged based on the extent and effectiveness with which it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engages audience<\/li>\n<li>Communicates an argument effectively<\/li>\n<li>Uses persuasive evidence<\/li>\n<li>Addresses the question asked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligible contestants:<\/strong>\u00a0Open to all undergraduates enrolled at Montclair State University during the Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 semester<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prizes: <\/strong>\u00a0One\u00a0winner will receive $100<br \/>\nTwo runners up will receive $25 each<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday, April 4, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Submit<\/strong>:\u00a0 Send an electronic copy to <a href=\"mailto:cwe@montclair.edu\">cwe@montclair.edu<\/a> and in the subject line enter \u201cMontclair Book Essay Contest.\u201d\u00a0 In the email message, indicate the college or school in which you are enrolled, the degree for which you are a candidate, and when you expect to graduate.\u00a0 If you have not yet declared a major, please indicate that as well.\u00a0<em>Entries must include<\/em>\u00a0<em>a separate title page with your name, essay title and contact information: phone number, email address and mailing address.<\/em>\u00a0Entries without these requirements will not be accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTCLAIR BOOK ESSAY CONTEST 2016 Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock ESSAY PROMPT The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671,"parent":123,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/875"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}