The First Annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama is pleased to announce a new award for legal fiction in honor of one of its most famous residents and former students, novelist Harper Lee. In 1960, Lee’s first (and only)...
View ArticleTableaux Vivants for the 21st Century
“Portrait of Sylvia Von Harden” remake by Stephan Hoffman & SoYeon Kim “Portrait of Sylvia Von Harden” by Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix Lest we think we, as “modern” people came up with performance...
View ArticleThe Worst (Fictional) Jobs in Literature
Every week in a competition of wits The New Yorker asks a question of the Twitter-verse. Its most recent contest asked followers to reply to the question, “What’s the worst job in literature?” Although...
View ArticleHow to Mark National Punctuation Day
Attention, grammarphiles: today is National Punctuation Day! Commemorated every September 24th, National Punctuation Day is the only holiday in existence to celebrate the wonderful, squiggly world of...
View ArticleEnlist Your Pet, Win a Kindle Fire!
We’re halfway through October… have you entered eNotes’ competition to win a Kindle Fire yet? It’s easy: Visit our Facebook page and “like” us (you like me, you really really like me!) Post a picture...
View ArticleWhat Are You Doing for the Next 30 Days? NaNoWriMo, That’s What
All you fellow writers out there know… tell anyone, anyone at all… the taxi driver, a sales clerk, your grandfather, what you do for a living and 50% of the time you will get a version of the...
View ArticleLiterary Lunch-Box Giveaway From eNotes
Agh, yes, it is that time of year again: back to school! To make things a little easier for you (and to make your friends a lot jealous), we’re giving away a super sweet lunch-box set. Our exclusive...
View ArticleAnswer Questions, Earn Money for School – eNotes’ New Scholarship Program
Each month we’re awarding a $500 grant to one of our standout students. Could it be you? Welcome to a new kind of scholarship program. At eNotes, we don’t need you to write an essay to try and stand...
View ArticleStudents: Become an eNotes TA, Redeem Your eNotes Points for Gift Cards!
We’re excited to announce that eNotes students are now able to redeem their eNotes points for real life rewards! Become an eNotes TA to turn your eNotes points into gift cards to your favorite shops....
View ArticleeNotes + Crosswords: Enter to win a Lesson Plan!
eNotes gets a lot of thank-you notes from teachers and fan mail from students daily. Okay – more like Tweets from the students. We haven’t received an actual letter since 2003. And while we love being...
View ArticleeNotes for Back-to-School (#eNotes4BTS): Win a Lifetime eNotes Pass and $500...
We are amping up for back-to-school so that we’re prepared to help our eNoters with summer reading, pop quizzes, and upcoming exams. To kick off the season and help you transition from summer sun to...
View ArticleNaughty, Naughty…Enter to Win a Stack of Banned Books!
Banned Books Week 2015 is just around the corner, and your eNotes pals are feeling impish. We handpicked a selection of our favorite and most requested books that continually battle the iron fist of...
View ArticleFebruary Giveaway: Win a Jane Austen Scarf and $50 in eNotes Homework Help...
This month we are excited to partner with Literati Club just in time for Valentine’s Day. Enter to win this Pride and Prejudice infinity scarf and $50 in eNotes Homework Help credit! This scarf is a...
View ArticleShakespeare’s 400th Commemoration Contest WINNERS!
We asked you why you think William Shakespeare is still relevant, even 400 years after his death, and we are excited to share the winners below! Runners-up will receive 50 eNotes credits (to use on...
View ArticleWin a Signed Copy of “The Hour of Land” by Terry Tempest Williams
“There is a cost in disrupting the status quo, but what is the cost if we do nothing?” This question was asked by Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge and When Women Were Birds, during a reading...
View ArticleeNotes’ Great American Read Staff Picks
If you’re not up-to-date on current happenings in the literary world, then you should definitely be in the know about PBS’s The Great American Read. This eight-part television series “explores and...
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