<p>I was nominated by my school for this award, but ... I think I'm going to have to write another essay or something. What are some common prompts / what kind of prompts do they give, anyway?
is the award any good?
thank you</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, there are two parts to the competition. </p>
<p>One is an on-site, timed session in which you compose response(s) to prompts. You type at a computer and submit at that point. A teacher or counselor is supposed to be present as a proctor.</p>
<p>The other part is a collection of your writings (poems, essays, movie reviews, anything I think) that have been done previously. You are supposed to put together a packet of about 10 pages.</p>
<p>My son was a winner of this award. I don't know what the prompts were.</p>
<p>The award is a nice addition to your college applications. There is no money involved. My son happens to be a computer science/math student so I don't know how much it counted for him, but I'm sure it didn't hurt. </p>
<p>Results are not known until September or October of the following year. It should be in time for your college applications.</p>
<p>And congratulations, by the way! Have fun with the competition. It doesn't involve that much work, and awards are always nice to have.</p>
<p>There are some examples of the impromptu prompts on the site: Achievement</a> Awards in Writing Past Topics </p>
<p>They seem easy enough. </p>
<p>I'm excited. :]</p>
<p>Congratulations to you, too, Poseur.</p>
<p>OK, I checked the link and now I'm wondering what my son wrote.</p>
<p>If you did it because you were nominated, but didn't win an award, but still participate, should you include under awards on app</p>
<p>ew, they seem so corny to me. lol</p>
<p>^ agreed. My timed essay was kind of terrible...expected more creative prompts...</p>
<p>yeah, not only are they not creative, but they sort of limit you to portraying a positive view of society.... you could argue the negative side but it is less geared towards that, imho</p>