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The Connell Guides Essay Prize 2015/16
Deadline: Sat 20 Feb 2016
Who is your favourite character from English literature and why? Whoever it is, if you’re a sixth-form student studying English Literature (including Scottish Highers), then you now have an opportunity to make your case

Is it, say, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando or plucky, headstrong Bathsheba from Far From the Madding Crowd? Or perhaps you prefer a contemporary character like Piscine Molitor Patel from Life of Pi or the enigmatic Jay Gatsby? 

Whoever it is, if you’re a sixth-form student studying English Literature (including Scottish Highers), then you now have an opportunity to make your case. The prize this year is £500, a full set of Connell Guides and your essay published! Two runners up will receive a £100 gift card to spend aConnell Guides.

Entries should be no more than 1,500 words and they should be submitted by 20th February 2016

For more information and to send your work

 

 

 

Additional Information:
Location:
National
Region(s):
UK

Contact Information:
Organisation:
Connell Guides
Contact Name:
Info
Contact Email:
Info@connellguides.com
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