While every professor hopes to inspire students to challenge themselves, there’s nothing quite like cold, hard cash to get students’ intellectual gears going.

City College students Dale Nelson, Jack Hill and Tighearnan Lee rose to the occasion and were announced the winners of City College’s first essay contest Sept. 18, taking home $1,000, $700, and $300 respectively.

All three students cited the money as their primary motivation to enter the contest.

Nelson, a history major tutor at the City College Writing Center and published
author, says he wrote his essay in two days during finals week, while also writing
a final paper for another class.

“It wasn’t shocking, but obviously it was a nice surprise,” Nelson says about winning top prize.

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Nelson says the prize money will go toward “regular expenses”.

“Maybe I’ll take my wife out to dinner. I’ll probably buy some shoes- maybe a couple books,” he added.

City College reading professor Denise Castenada says her objective with the essay contest was to encourage students to more fully explore an idea or concept that they wouldn’t have been able to on the typical two-week deadline.

“It provides an opportunity for each of those students to really delve much deeper into that topic, or that stance… and spend a considerably longer time during that semester fleshing it out.”

Casteneda said she plans to continue the essay contest. The next round will begin next semester.