scholarships essay competitions

"Making your own decisions by yourself... what does that really mean?" Most people never ask themselves that question, but some have no choice but to face it. Following an incident that caused the disappearance of the two people she relied on the most, Liu, a young girl just beginning her adolescence, is forced to face hardships on her own. Having lost her grandparents, the two pillars of her life, she had no choice but to make choices and decisions by herself... Good choices as well as bad ones... Good decisions as well as bad ones... This leads her to discover a new world—or rather, to discover the true vastness of the world she has lived in all along. An adventure filled with goals to accomplish, but uncertain outcomes...

This is a collection of my favorite undergraduate and graduate essays, response papers, and research papers. Papers are published by the dates written and when the papers were finalized.

English writing tutor Steve Smith only has two more semesters to graduate from Vermillion College in California. Then he hopes to get a top-paying job writing copy for a tech firm. Until he reaches his self-fulfilled dreams, however, he’s working his way through school without borrowing from his successful Chinese-American parents.<br><br>Vermillion football star Jason Woodard, on the other hand, grew up in a state-run home and is struggling to make his athletic scholarship and all that goes with it mesh with his academic requirements. He too is about to finish but, having put off first year English composition, has to rely on the writing lab where Steve works for help with an essay about love. Since Jase says he’s never encountered love, he can’t figure out how to write his essay.<br><br>As they talk about love, they discover two things: falling in love is easier than talking about it and nobody in the school’s athletic program wants two guys to fall in love.<br><br>When the abuse of athletes across the country comes to light, Steve realizes Jase too has been abused and needs more help than a tutor can give.

This essay has no definite meaning, just a long introspection of myself. Just ills intertwining in me and lying on a pale cavier. Hoping that others will find meaning in it

TD;LR = Too darn lengthy to read. Only read this if you are willing to or interested in the four characters. Also there’s a timeline which is awesome, I’ll post the draft of the novel soon in another work £o£ kudos to those who visited the ao3 site first

A collection of Micro-fiction insprired by Dictionary.com's "Word of the Day". A one word prompt that can take my mind anywhere. This is the Rorschach test of my mind.

A hundred years ago, the sun’s flames crept hotter and brighter until daylight became a furnace—mankind retreated into the night, and the world was claimed by shadow. In the silence of moonlit streets, water became worship, and three mighty prophets—Children of the Sun, Moon, and Stars—rose from ash to rule with fire-forged faith. No one knows if the Scorch was divine wrath or a cosmic accident, but for a century the faithful have burned heretics, torn nations apart, and lived by ritual “Purification” to prove their worth. Now, sixteen-year-old Ádin survives in a hidden bunker, trading scraps for scraps and precious drops of water. Marked by secret scars that only glow under his skin he lives with Fletcher, his mute golden retriever, and clings to the cryptic lullaby his grandmother left him. Out in the ruins roams Salvator Morgan, a man whose ageless eyes have seen the fall of empires and who whispers rumors of a “true child of prophecy.” When Ádin discovers the first fragment of a hidden map— he realizes he may hold the key to a long-lost salvation. But every step toward the truth draws the attention of the Children of the Stars, a fanatical cult whose young prophet will stop at nothing to claim destiny for himself. As the moon circles high and the ashes swirl, Ádin must decide: cling to everything he’s known, or embrace a perilous path that could either resurrect humanity… or consume him in the flames of betrayal. In a world where water is worship and every lie is branded in blood, survival means choosing whom to trust—and what you’re willing to burn.

Centuries after the war that shattered the world of Avalon, peace is little more than a fragile veil, concealing ancient ambitions and long-buried secrets. Kael Ashvern, a teenager from Ashfall village, lives a quiet life until a sudden tragedy forces him beyond the boundaries of everything he has ever known and reveals that the necklace left by his parents is one of the twenty Philosopher Stones, the most powerful artifacts born from the lingering remnants of The Great War. Hunted by rival factions and shadowed by dark forces beginning to stir once more, Kael gradually comes to understand that he is not merely a victim of fate. To survive, he must face a world where great power is never granted without sacrifice. Can Kael endure the trials ahead and uncover the truth behind his parents’ disappearance?

Kleine dunkle Geschichte

1805 years of the Age Of The First King, a boy by the name of Scorch and his twin sister run away from their abusive father and find themselves in the royal capital of the Edessa Kingdom. After another tragedy that scars Scorch for the rest of his life, he joins the army in order to achieve his dream: make the world a better place. Years after he joins the army he encounters a mage on the battlefield, who takes away his arms and stabs him through the heart. Luckily he is saved by a mysterious man, but now he seeks revenge on the man who killed him.