Call for submisisons

Use current events, historical perspective and/or your personal experiences to write an essay, and you could win a $300 scholarship. This topic is intentionally vague, but we're looking for insightful commentary that promotes the spirit of the First Amendment.

Some guidelines:

• All entries must be turned in to 350A Squires Student Center or preferably, e-mailed to firstamendment [at] vt [dot] edu by 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Only work produced by students enrolled at Virginia Tech will be accepted.
• Provide a title page for your essay that includes the title of your essay, your name, e-mail address, phone number, year, major and your student ID number. (Subsequent pages should include the title of your essay, but not your name or ID number.)
• The length of the essay should be 800-1,000 words.
• The essay must be typed. Emailed entries should be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc) attachment.
• Essays will be published online with credit given to the writer. The winning entry also may be published in the Collegiate Times, and the winning entrant may be asked to read the essay on-air at WUVT-FM.
• Essays will not be returned.

Read previous winning essays here:

• 2007: "From Paper to Protest: The Impact of the First Amendment" by Elena Dulys-Nusbaum
• 2006: "Thoughts on Freedom: A long drive to a small town" by Scott Bliss