Adil Sayyad
– Adil Sayyad Ashoka Universal School Grade 12 Passionately pursuing literature since childhood, Shakespeare to Rowling, my palette is exquisitely open to great works! 2nd Runner-up (Junior Season 1) Featured Works
To my favorite Dictator
To my favorite Dictator Poem 2nd Runner-up (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 1017 Oct 31, 2024 8:15 pm To my favorite DictatorRafai Encampment, East of the capital, 822101 To my favorite dictator I write again this morning waiting for a replyfrom the post office I assume where all the letters have been stalling Good grief!I […]
Letters to Erika
Letters to Erika Personal Expression Runner-up 🥈 (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 954 Jan 5, 2025 7:32 pm December 25th, 2024Dear Erika, I should preface this by saying that you, “Erika”, do not exist. Millions exist who share your name yet none could truly be called you. You were made by me and you exist […]
Butterflies In Reverse
Butterflies In Reverse Non-Fiction Winner (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 1424 Dec 30, 2024 11:51 pm Have you ever heard of the Butterfly Effect? Simply put, scientists believe that a small change in the present can significantly affect future events.I have a theory: the reverse is true too. The most insignificant traits in a person’s […]
Death’s Life Thesis
Death’s Life Thesis Personal Expression Runner-up (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 1192 Jan 4, 2025 11:48 pm DEATH’S LIFE THESIS Death considered himself vastly misunderstood. He performed an unsightly task, undoubtedly so, but he took no pleasure in it. He was not some sadistic, malicious force prying over men, awaiting their downfall. Rather, he simply […]
The Curious Pea
The Curious Pea Poem 2nd Runner-up (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 99 Jan 5, 2025 11:20 am There was once, A small green pea,Who came from a plant,Much smaller than a tree. Everyone said,She had a pea-sized brain,It was pure knowledge,She wanted to gain. She travelled the world,Over hills, across seas,But her thirst for knowledge,She […]
Why I think I have a good life?
Why I think I have a good life? Article/Essay Winner (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 1500 Nov 3, 2024 12:17 pm I woke up to the the rich aroma of coffee wafting through the air, mingling with the scent of aromatic ghee chapathi and the famishing aroma of potato bhaji. I stretched, blinking against the […]
L’Archiduchesse d’Autriche
L’Archiduchesse d’Autriche Non-Fiction Winner (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 1479 Jan 5, 2025 12:20 pm I From Archduchess to Dauphine I woke up to a hassle in my house. Everyone in a run from here to there, almost like knights preparing for battle. Au contraire, they were preparing for my alliance with the Dauphin of France. […]
Cloudy and the Raindrop Army
Cloudy and the Raindrop Army Fiction Winner (Junior Season 1) Word Count: 483 Jan 5, 2025 8:11 pm Once upon a time, in a sky far, far away, there lived a little cloud named Cloudy. He was small and fluffy, but unlike the other clouds who loved to float around aimlessly, Cloudy had a big […]
We Must Rise
Editor’s Choice
Category: Poem
Author: Alokparna Das
Season 7
