Writing an essay for kids

Status: Closed
Prize: $30
Entries Received: 6
Winner: JaninaTempleCamp

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Contest Brief

Write an essay for first graders (US grades) on Van Gogh OR an essay for fourth through sixth graders on the Ural Mountains. Anything sounding like a Wikipedia article (i.e. unfocused) will be disqualified. The essay should be 300-1000 words, preferably about 500. Indicate where pics could go but don't include any.

WARNING: Writing for children may look easy. It's not. REJECTED ENTRIES CANNOT BE REWRITTEN.

ANYTHING PLAGIARIZED WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS AND ALL OF OUR FUTURE CONTESTS.

The essay must:

1. Be focused around a central point.
2. Be high-interest, low vocab
3. Be grammatically correct
4. Spelled perfectly
5. Show where pics could be placed (but don't include them)

Winner will receive $50. Top writers will be invited to write essays for kids on specified subjects. Each essay, once accepted, will earn $30 US. We need about 100 essays immediately and another 800 later.

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Employer Feedback

“Janine wrote the best essay out of 71 entries. She was one of the few who established an idea that would interest kids (rather than only adults) and stuck with it through the essay. She submitted something that an editor such as myself could work with easily and that did not sound like an encyclopedia article. ”

glguthridge, United States.

Public Clarification Board

Contest Holder
- 1 year ago
The contest is closed and the winner has been selected. Dr. G.
- 1 year ago
asharali991
- 1 year ago
entry #44 Can I have a chance? Because I was not rejected by you
- 1 year ago
Deepanshu0405
- 1 year ago
hi, please check entry 67.
- 1 year ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 1 year ago
  Hello, I did. You are still "in the running," as they say.
  - 1 year ago
noumanar356
- 1 year ago
Please chek #55.I hope you like at this time.
- 1 year ago
noumanar356
- 1 year ago
please chek #17
- 1 year ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 1 year ago
  I looked at it again, and my judgment is the same. It lacks focus and it is way above grade level. Writing for children looks easy. It isn't. Dr. G.
  - 1 year ago
asharali991
- 1 year ago
Please tell me why you reject my entry.
- 1 year ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 1 year ago
  What is the number?
  - 1 year ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 1 year ago
  I did comment already.
  - 1 year ago
Prionto7979
- 1 year ago
should I have to write exactly the same type of content you have to given in the attachment?
- 1 year ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 1 year ago
  You don't have to write in the same style, but your writing must be age-appropriate
  - 1 year ago
Prionto7979
- 1 year ago
Thank you! for your essay example.
- 1 year ago