Essay Contests Coaching
For students who love reading and writing, participating in essay contests is a great way to showcase to colleges the students’ reading, writing, and analytical skills.
Our professional writers coach students on the following essay contests:
- Scholastic Essay Contest
- We The Students
- New York Times Essay Contest
- Student Poetry Contest
- High School Essay Contest
- Narrative Magazine Creative Writing Contest
- Ocean Awareness
- EngineerGirl Writing Contest
- JASNA Essay Contest
- Adroit Journal Creative Writing Contest
Students meet one-on-one or in small groups with a professional writer and:
- set writing goals
- explore writing genres and contests
- brainstorm
- practice revision skills
- generate writing through creative prompts
- read examples of published writing and past contest winners
- learn the components of a good story/poem/essay/etc.
- set a plan for future drafts
- receive two rounds of edits and feedback from the instructor
Components of a good story
- setting
- characterization
- syntax
- figurative language
- description
- plot/structure
- pacing
- voice
- conflict/tension/suspense
Goals: Students will
- leave with a finished essay, or a perfected essay they wrote prior to class
- understand the edits and feedback from the instructor
- expand their vocabulary
- have new writing to continue working on after class
- improve writing skills overall
- have completed and edited work ready to submit to contests
- be exposed to other contests or literary journals that publish high school work
Parents and Students Love Us:
“Michael is great at inspiring students and bringing out their potential. The brainstorming strategies he uses are really helpful, and he always remains patient. Michael is also very professional at editing papers and language choices. It’s especially important to international students.”
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