Georgetown University Student Wins Top Prize in National Essay Contest

Business Wire (January 24, 2006) - Norwalk, CT (January 5, 2006)—Wesley Jenkins, a freshman at Georgetown University, has won the first place prize in TextbookX.com’s Fall 2005 scholarship contest. The essay contest, which was open to all undergraduate and graduate students studying in the US, required entrants to answer the question, “When, if ever, does a person have the right to end his or her own life?” while making use of a book that influenced their thinking on the issue. Wesley’s essay referenced Dalton Trumbo’s celebrated novel, Johnny Got His Gun, an influential study on the devastating psychological and physical effects of war.

TextbookX.com received thousands of submissions during the contest period, and Ms. Jenkins’ essay was one of three award winners. She will receive $2,000 towards her education, and her winning essay will be posted online at www.textbookx.com. Wesley, a native of Maryland, plans to pursue a career in government or the non-profit sector after graduation. Tristan Johnson, a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and Kimberly Early, a senior majoring in writing at University of Wisconsin Whitewater were each awarded $250 TextbookX.com gift certificates as runners-up.

The editors of the Internationalist magazine, a student-oriented publication dedicated to encouraging discussion about global issues and ideas, joined TextbookX.com in selecting the winners for the Fall 2005 Contest. Internationalist content can be found online at www.textbookx.com/journal.php.

Akademos, Inc, the parent company of TextbookX.com, hosts a new scholarship contest every semester. The current competition asks the question, “How, if at all, would American society change if the current legal right to abortion is either severely restricted or eliminated?” with a total of $2500 in awards. Applicants must be enrolled full-time during the current semester, and the submission deadline is April 30th, 2006. For full eligibility rules, and to submit an essay, students should visit the website at www.textbookx.com.

Akademos, Inc. was founded in April 1999 by Brian Jacobs, Ph.D., who was then a professor of political philosophy at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The website’s mission is to use new distribution models and media to democratize and enhance opportunities for students in higher education. Akademos operates TextbookX.com, a discount online bookstore offering over one million new and used textbooks and other media.

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