This is a story of a 16 year-old boy from Tamworth who won the World’s Shortest Essay competition.
He was awarded a scholarship at the University of Sydney for his imagination and humour…
Here it is…
Shortest Essay:
An English university creative writing class was asked to write a concise essay containing the following elements:
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Religion
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Royalty
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Physical Disability
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Racism
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Homosexuality
The prize-winner wrote:
‘My God,’ cried the Queen, ‘That one-legged coon is a poofter’.