Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Shortest Essay

This is a story of a 16 year old boy from New Hampshire who won the 'World Title' for the 'Shortest Essay Competition.'

He was awarded a full scholarship at the University of Harvard for his imagination and humor ... Here's an example of absolute brilliance in brevity.
Shortest Essay:
An English university creative writing class was asked to write a concise essay with reference to all of the following elements:
1) Religion 2) Royalty 3) Sex 4) Mystery
The prize-winner wrote:
"My God," said the Queen, "I'm pregnant. I wonder who the father is."

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