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You\u2019ve only got a few weeks left to write a prize-winning essay; what are you waiting for? Spokeo\u2019s giving away a cool $1,000 to help with college for the best-written essay this semester. A thousand dollars\u2026just think of how many textbooks that would buy! (Welcome to adulthood. These are your priorities now.)<\/p>\n

So, what are you writing about? We want to hear from you on one of three super-relevant topics to our world: Connections<\/b>, Relationships<\/b>, or Access to Data.<\/b><\/p>\n

– \u00a0Want to have a direct connection<\/b> to Oprah Winfrey? Tell us why.
\n– \u00a0We\u2019d also like to hear about how you use technology to nurture your relationships<\/b>, if that\u2019s more up your alley.
\n– \u00a0Got an affinity for data? Tell us how access to data<\/b> impacts your life and where you see it going in the future.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really up to you.<\/i><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that the deadline is coming up soon on July 1st and that you must <\/i>submit your essay via our\u00a0online essay submission form<\/a>. And it should go without saying the piece needs to be an original \u2013 better get those typing fingers warmed up!<\/p>\n

The good news is, Spokeo\u2019s scholarship contest is open to current college students as well as high school seniors. You\u2019ve got to be enrolled or about to enroll in a four- or two-year school but, unlike your mom, we don\u2019t need you to have your course schedule mapped out for the next three years. We\u2019re just excited you\u2019re getting an education.<\/p>\n

Life\u2019s different now than it was for a college student back in the \u201850s, the 80\u2019s and even the \u201800s. Spokeo wants to know more about your experience. The way we see it, connections, relationships, and technology are what makes the world go \u2018round \u2013 tell us how one of these issues has impacted you and you could win $1,000 in scholarship money to make this semester the best one yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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