Contest Info
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ESSAY WRITING CONTEST FOR GLYNN COUNTY STUDENTS GRADES 6 – 12.
Contact GIAHA at 912-262-6934 or info@goldenislesarts.org for more information.
ESSAY QUESTION/TOPIC:
In Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist, Guy Montag, comes to learn that “firemen
are rarely necessary,” because “the public stopped reading of its own accord.”
Ray Bradbury wrote his novel in 1953: to what extent has his prophecy come
true today? How do you see the state of affairs changing in the coming years?
Guidelines
1. Essays may be no longer than 750 words
2. The work must be submitted typed or printed (ink only), double spaced, on one side of
the paper only.
3. VERY IMPORTANT: Submit a cover sheet with the title of the work, student’s name,
address, phone number, school name, grade level and teacher’s name.
4. Essays must be submitted by Friday September 21, 2007 by 5:00 pm to Golden
Isles Arts and Humanities Association at the Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street,
Brunswick, GA., 31520.
5. Essays will be judged by a panel of experts. The top ten entries will then be judged
by Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury’s biographer and a Professor in the Fiction and English
Departments of Columbia College in Chicago.
6. The winning essay will be announced by Sam Weller at the keynote address on
Saturday, October 6, 2007. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to a local bookstore
and $100 cash prize.
This contest is presented by Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association (GIAHA) in
partnership with the Brunswick-Glynn County Library and the Glynn County School System.
They are part of The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in
partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. This unique
program is designed to encourage literary reading by engaging the entire Brunswick-Golden
Isles community in focusing on a single book for the month—Ray Bradbury’s chillingly
prophetic 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, about a world in which books are burned and media
has taken control over society.
