World's shortest essay competition

virtualzin

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  • Dec 23, 2006
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    Between Heaven And Earth
    This is a story of a 16 year old boy from New Hampshire who won the
    World's shortest essay competition.

    He was awarded a scholarship at Harvard for his
    imagination and humour ....Here's an example of absolute
    brilliance....

    Shortest Essay:

    An English university creative writing class was asked to write a
    concise essay containing 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."