Thursday, January 05, 2006

High School Essay Contest

Oprah's Book Club will offer an essay contest for high school students.

On January 16, 2006, The Oprah Winfrey Show is doing something we've never done before. In addition to announcing my new book club selection—which I promise is mandatory reading for every human being on the planet—I will also announce Oprah's National High School Essay Contest to accompany it.

The essay contest will be based on the book I reveal and will be open to high school students across America. Then, based on their essays, a panel of learned judges will select 50 high school students. Each finalist, along with one designated parent or guardian, will receive a trip to a special Oprah Show taping in late February.

To support this nationwide initiative, my website—Oprah.com—will offer comprehensive study materials for students, teachers and parents. This is an important book that I hope will be discussed in homes and schools across the country.

It will be interesting to see what book earns Oprah's "mandatory reading for every human being on the planet" designation. I can think of many.

2 comments:

Michele said...

I'd be interested to know, too - I hate being told I must read something in this way... I'm happy for people to rave about a particular book/series/author they've loved (heck I do it myself all the time), but being told something is "mandatory" really gets my goat... It's like those "essential" lists - who decides what's essential ? (Even the idea of "essential classics" annoys me !)

Anonymous said...

I've been intrigued by this announcement myself - will be very interesting to see what book Oprah has in mind.