Sentence examples for contest writing from inspiring English sources

Upton went online and submitted herself to American Apparel's contest, writing in her entry, "I'm a size 12.

The Washington Post has a contest: write the first paragraph Of Dick Cheney's memoir.

"The algorithm functions as a mechanical judge in a voice-based beauty contest", wrote Chamorro-Premuzic and Adler in The Harvard Business Review.

"For the United States men's team, the later stages of its Olympic opener against France on Sunday looked less like a game and more like a dunk contest," wrote an exuberantly triumphant Greg Bishop.

Much media attention has been paid to some of the more outlandish aspects of the Republican nominating contest, writes Anand Giridharadas in his latest Page Two column: Newt Gingrich's call for colonizing the moon, Mitt Romney baptizing dead non-Mormons long ago, or Ron Paul half-joking that New York ought to be renamed Welfaria, Rapetown or Dirtburg.

Mr Cameron said Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey, who backed Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership contest, "wrote the questions" for the opposition leader and dictated policy on issues like education and health.

Samantha DeMonte and Kyle Sauer, students at Public School 129 in College Point, Queens, won a citywide writing contest for writing and illustrating their own book in the annual Ezra Jack Keats competition.

Then he entered — and won — a contest for writing a picture book.

Back at the school, Wendy looks through Mr. Garrison's papers and confirms Cartman indeed cheated on the contest by writing his name on a copy of Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

However, if you're submitting to an essay contest or writing an essay for college admissions, your title and introduction have to hook the reader if you want to meet your objectives.

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