Enter the 2011 The Quest For Brian Essay Contest and share your thoughts on Jeff Graubart’s shocking memoir about radical gay activism in 1970’s Chicago and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

The specific topic of the essay is open and can, for instance, address any or all of the themes, ironies, literary allusions, philosophy, genre, interpretations, or lessons of the fictional novel, or factual corrections and additions, political philosophy, or eye witness accounts to the actual events.

Your essay must be 1000 - 4000 words and be submitted by December 31st, 2011. Visit our website for complete contest rules.

Prizes (winners will be announced on our website March 15th, 2012):

1st Prize:	$1500
2nd Prize:	$1000
3rd Prize:	$500
4th Prize:	$100
5th Prize:	$50

Quest For Brian Book Reviews

• Alan Chin, Award winning author: The Lonely War, Match Maker, Butterfly’s Child
  This autobiographical historical fiction is an important work, and should raise questions in the soul of every reader, gay or straight, red neck or liberal.
   
• Amos Lassen, Literary Pride, ReviewsByAmosLassen.com
  ...must be read especially by those of us who lived through and experienced some of it and by the younger generations who must get a sense of our history and who we are....I cannot recommend this highly enough and must say that even with its tremendous length, I did not want it to end.