Please join the One Book One College Committee as we celebrate the Student Winners of the Writing Contest !
Student winners read from their winning essays and poems. Prizes awarded on Friday, March 24, 2017, 12PM, Upper Student lounge, SC Building on the Brockton Campus. If you miss attending, please take the opportunity to congratulate your classmates when you see them.
One Book One College Writing Contest
Steve Pemberton’s A Chance in the World narrates the story of a boy who defied the odds. Despite the mental and physical abuse Steve encountered in his foster home, kindness came to him in unexpected ways: the gift of books from a woman whose name he didn’t know, the director of the Upward Bound program who saw Steve’s potential and helped to cultivate it, a social worker who helped him walk away, and a teacher who opened his doors to Steve, offering him a safe place to live. Steve Pemberton overcame a bleak, often terrifying and abusive past to grow into a remarkable man and find his way home.
Write about a time you faced a challenge of some kind. What did you do? What were your survival strategies? Who gave you hope? What happened in the end?
Prizes
1st : $200 Massasoit Barnes and Noble gift certificate
2nd : $100 Massasoit Barnes and Noble gift certificate
3rd : $50 Massasoit Barnes and Noble gift certificate
Submission Details
Format: Memoir/personal essays or poems. Typed & double-spaced, with your name & contact info. 5 pages maximum.
Submission: Send your entry to: onebook@massasoit.mass.edu, by Friday, March 3, 2017.
A faculty/staff panel will judge the submissions based on creativity, clarity, and depth. Winners will be announced on Friday, March 10 and will be invited to participate in a reading in the Upper Student Lounge in the Brockton Campus SC building on March 24th, 2017 from 12pm-1pm.
