Essay Prompt:
If you could say one thing to the entire world at once, what would it be and why?
Please compose your response in a word processing program before pasting into the application. You should keep your formatting as simple as possible; special features such as bold, italic, underline and quotation marks are generally lost when the text is placed into the application text boxes. Entries will be judged on expression of thought, clarity of information, writing style, and originality (250 words or less). Creativity is encouraged!
My response: (currently at 171 words)
I lay on my bedroom floor, motionless except the uneven release of hushed breaths. The shirt sleeve pressed against my face soon grows damp. Through a wet blur, I see my bedroom wall opposite me. It's covered in photographs. A particular picture catches my eye. My cousin, who has just turned two, beams at me from a tiny rectangle taped to my wall. She's so precious. A sudden and new wave of tears drowns me. She will inevitably feel as I do right now. Why?
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If you could say one thing to the entire world at once, what would it be and why?
Please compose your response in a word processing program before pasting into the application. You should keep your formatting as simple as possible; special features such as bold, italic, underline and quotation marks are generally lost when the text is placed into the application text boxes. Entries will be judged on expression of thought, clarity of information, writing style, and originality (250 words or less). Creativity is encouraged!
My response: (currently at 171 words)
I lay on my bedroom floor, motionless except the uneven release of hushed breaths. The shirt sleeve pressed against my face soon grows damp. Through a wet blur, I see my bedroom wall opposite me. It's covered in photographs. A particular picture catches my eye. My cousin, who has just turned two, beams at me from a tiny rectangle taped to my wall. She's so precious. A sudden and new wave of tears drowns me. She will inevitably feel as I do right now. Why?
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