MACC Summer Reading Contest 2023

Sponsored by the LOGOS Committee

The LOGOS Committee was founded with the mission to promote critical thinking, critical reading, and writing.  It is our professional responsibility to help develop this proficiency among our students, faculty, and staff, and what better way to encourage critical reading than with a summer reading contest?

Literature seeks to bring readers into a conversation about powerful ideas in a novel or creative way, present varied perspectives, discuss thought-provoking ideas, and reach readers emotionally.  As a result, literature provides an irreplaceable value to both society and individual readers.  The goal of this contest is to encourage reading and reflection on the value of that reading.

For this reading contest, you will select any book of your choosing, read it, and then answer a few questions:

• What do you believe is the cultural relevance of this book?  How do you view it as a product or reflection of its society?
• What is an audience whom you believe will find specific value in this book? Why? Be specific.
• What do you believe is the value of this book to your society?
• Have you discovered that this book is valuable to you personally?  If so, please describe the ways in which this book has been valuable to you.

STUDENTS: Log in to Canvas to find the submission form.
FACULTY & STAFF: Log in to Office to find the submission form

The Grand Prize will be a $100 Gift Certificate to the MACC Bookstore (one for students and one for faculty/staff), with additional opportunities to win MACC swag including t-shirts, water bottles, and much more.  Winners will be randomly drawn from all valid entries; participants must be current MACC students or faculty/staff during the Summer and/or Fall 2023 semesters. You may read as many books as you would like; each book read counts as one submission.  The contest will run from June 1 to September 30. Winners will be selected in October 2023.  Prizes will be available for pickup at your campus.