How to Win a Writing Contest (Tips from a Contest Judge)

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  • @scottscherr171
    @scottscherr171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    When you don’t do any of these things but still lose... 😂

  • @han5207
    @han5207 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    "And also, I'm not like other girls, eww." HAHA! Thank you for sharing professional advice to us aspiring writers, it was really encouraging. [thumbs up!]

    • @archanasrinivas6782
      @archanasrinivas6782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      she did not put her lipstick correctly

    • @thepixelwizard01
      @thepixelwizard01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@archanasrinivas6782 Which is why some of us watched the video till the end. We humans can judge people well, especially on a screen

  • @ShivamTiwari-bd3pq
    @ShivamTiwari-bd3pq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thank you for sharing your valuable advises. These mean a lot to new emerging passionate writers like me.

  • @amandulagarcia2666
    @amandulagarcia2666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jaime, thanks so much for sharing your tips on contest writing. I don't care if you are 16- you clearly have the skills. That's what counts! I'm 60 years old, a beginning writer, and I just learned a lot from you. Thanks again for your time.✌😊

  • @DrJeremyHolloway
    @DrJeremyHolloway ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Breath of fresh air was this video :-)
    Thank you!!

  • @x.x691
    @x.x691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That $500 Barnes and Noble gift card will be mine

    • @Boggeyman1
      @Boggeyman1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂

  • @thehealthyhabitsscholar
    @thehealthyhabitsscholar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My grade is doing a writing competition for Remembrance Day and the winner gets $100 cash and I so badly want it and I have no idea to write so thank you for these tips!

  • @justincowgill8875
    @justincowgill8875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I’ve always hated the *not like other girls* trope

  • @insertwittyname8607
    @insertwittyname8607 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    So for the competition I'm entering in we have to write a two page story about finding out that one of my parents is a mythological god and having a conversation with them. Should I include how I ended up meeting them or just the conversation itself? Would including how I end up meeting them be off topic?

  • @razialodi
    @razialodi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    anyone finds the moo-ing specifically annoying?......Great video though

  • @livingabundantly100
    @livingabundantly100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Nice Video,congats for starting young and having so much success!!#DeSean

  • @elsaprincess3343
    @elsaprincess3343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hi Ms. Margolin ,
    I am of same age , gender and passion as that of yours...
    Can you please summarize your biography that how did you reach this point ... İ mean that's great that you are now a judge...

  • @ogechiifeoma6178
    @ogechiifeoma6178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi miss I watched the video you uploaded and it really helped me in
    conducting my essay but I'm scared if I didn't write enough points to impress the judges.

  • @evemarianekim8919
    @evemarianekim8919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There'll be an interschool that I'll be joining. My penmanship and spacing isn't that good according to my coach. Please give me some tips in that and I don't know how to make myown title. And there are times that I have so many ideas in my head but I don't know how to compose it. Please help me. Thank you in advance. 🇵🇭

  • @jonafrancescamojica237
    @jonafrancescamojica237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you! I'm joining an Essay Writing, so your tip/ advice was really helpful.

  • @thisumnew664
    @thisumnew664 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can I know what judges look for in a creative writing competition ?

  • @chaoticbard1538
    @chaoticbard1538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been thinking about entering a teen writing contest put on by my local library, and I'm not sure how approriate it is for my story to be about a cowboy mourning his dead boyfriend

  • @ohmymatchamia
    @ohmymatchamia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Omg i am a grade 5 we have a esay writing contest in our school first we will write a speech and they will pick. So they had pick earliyer in school and i am in there hope i win

    • @no-en3mq
      @no-en3mq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you win?

    • @ohmymatchamia
      @ohmymatchamia 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      CAJ we are going to do it... umm i still don't know but i have pass a speech again thankyou very much

    • @no-en3mq
      @no-en3mq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ohmymatchamia oh, good luck

    • @spyrolover8252
      @spyrolover8252 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did u fucking win?

    • @plasticfrog4533
      @plasticfrog4533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you win?

  • @selineedayawansha3224
    @selineedayawansha3224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I i was watching this video in full blast and when i heard the cow mooing is sort of almost blocked my ears.But i found this video very useful

  • @MargaretCHarmon1
    @MargaretCHarmon1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My church wants to set up an Essat Writing Contest on one subject. Where can we find an outline of the rules and regulations for the contest?

  • @kaiserreichmapping805
    @kaiserreichmapping805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well I entered a contest sort of through school (13) and I had to write about something (Not create a story) about one of 3 things
    1. # Stuff (It had to do with social media and if I'm being honest I don't know a lot about social media)
    2. Why life keeps getting better (Write about why or why not life is getting better)
    3. About civil liberties in Authoritarian Regimes (Which being the history buff I am chose that one)
    I think I did a pretty good job with it and from what I can see this writing contest does one every year so if I don't win this time, well... maybe next time! Are there any tips on essays were I don't write a story, but talk about something?

  • @kyndoll5219
    @kyndoll5219 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this!

  • @amardeep4104
    @amardeep4104 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    very impressive knowledge

  • @catherineann5778
    @catherineann5778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi there, I pretty new to the writing scene and I'm entering a contest where I have to rewrite an ending to a short story. I was wondering if you had any tips for character mimicry.

    • @8rynjar
      @8rynjar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A character minicry will sound something like this; "ehwiwiwi"

  • @kiwifruitkl
    @kiwifruitkl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    All the tips offered above are easy to fix.
    If the contest has a ton of qualifying entries, then the judges will choose the best ones based on subjective opinion. It's a contest, and the judges make the call after all.
    Maybe your piece of writing just doesn't go with modern reader's tastes or sensibilities. I mean, if you have a super-sensitive queer reader and the reader doesn't like your portrayal of queer characters, then your writing will probably not fare well with that reader. And if that person is the judge, well, tough luck.

  • @Muhammed.Yaseen
    @Muhammed.Yaseen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What if you have only 30 minutes?

  • @stormpiston7693
    @stormpiston7693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you

  • @Minakshi_Srivas
    @Minakshi_Srivas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mam we would love know more about all this kind of stuff like what judges are looking for nd do they support any irrational idea brought before them like in science field if we put before them the concept of not being money oriented but focusing on the really needy people and being solution oriented to their problems...nd giving the various methods , strategies , solutions supporting this point of view ....But this might not be very pleasing to bussiness oriented people ...so would it result in losing marks...so should we write our perspective of doing more of selfless help instead of return oriented nd profit making help ....nd using technology for the same instead of working for the comfort zone for just one particular class of people rather we should use it as a tool for the betterment of humanity as a whole...So the essay would not be very pleasing might be sometimes criticizing the current scenario bt yes it would be solution oriented bringing hopes nd giving examples of the role models who have actually done it nd would overall suggesting to switch to that.....
    So will that be acceptable ?nd also we would like to know about what the judges are looking for in science related essay(ex. Innovation nd technology-an outlook)

  • @kiki_1647
    @kiki_1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I needed a tip cz of my eng class competition I don't rlly care but when I heard about the money we'll hehehehhe

  • @renielgreg
    @renielgreg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow thanks

  • @annabelle7779
    @annabelle7779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    omg hey it’s been a bit so just wondering, what college are you going to 😏 i’m assuming a rlly good one since you sound super smart

  • @jaseemshan2602
    @jaseemshan2602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How I can surely win essay competition?
    What I can do to win surely...?
    Please tell miss..
    I going to an essay competition next week...

  • @rawatknight
    @rawatknight 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome video 🔥

  • @justinhatim7851
    @justinhatim7851 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    really don't understand how and what basic principles of writing. Sorry If I'm not mistaken writing is just by nature.

  • @saniyakhanikar7400
    @saniyakhanikar7400 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou very much

  • @amitamridha6036
    @amitamridha6036 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    welp this came up in my youtube reccomendations... i am writing an angsty ass fanfic 😭

  • @scouttheboston3005
    @scouttheboston3005 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This helped

  • @krisandjhakshirebba3392
    @krisandjhakshirebba3392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Jamie do you win writing contest ???

  • @ryanpendley1826
    @ryanpendley1826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to add this one right here to something and I don't know where to put it at... Very amateur but I just want to see where to add this... Hopefully you get this and you hit me back up to give me some pointers where to go...
    COINCIDENCE
    _______________
    Is it a miracle or a coincidence
    That I exist in this existence
    I'm innocent
    What's your significance
    I hear in the distance
    Oh Lucifer with your stringed instruments
    Lookin powerless with your impotance
    I'm the one that's omnipotent
    Did you affect me with your omniscientness
    Unconsciousness common sense
    Like peanut butter dipped in chocolate
    That's Heaven sent
    Magnificent
    Annihilating the melody
    Feel the rage of my symphony
    Enter your heart of jealousy
    Mind zodiac imagery
    Instruction or philosophy
    Constantly prophesying my sovereignty
    Theoretical angelical comedy
    Spiritual technology
    Reflection of ideology
    DNA genealogy
    Calculus and trigonometry
    Mathematical equality
    Devine eschatology
    Crucifying scientology
    _________
    Writer
    Ryan K Pendley

  • @kaiinsaf8284
    @kaiinsaf8284 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @sharmilarai82
    @sharmilarai82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    😂😂😂😂😂😂really

  • @vintagelover2211
    @vintagelover2211 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i'm 16 too but i'm terrible haha

  • @browncanvas7095
    @browncanvas7095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like you girl you published a great video

  • @AyushSharma-jz1jo
    @AyushSharma-jz1jo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why the cow?

    • @ridhammahajan8482
      @ridhammahajan8482 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah..it sounded unnecessary and annoying to me

  • @msg5504
    @msg5504 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @8rynjar
    @8rynjar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Writing contest? I'm guessing americans. "Let your writing speak for itself", kinda contradicts taking it to a podium. :D

  • @muezaffar
    @muezaffar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    there was 665 likes so here is my to make it 666

  • @robert_redd1528
    @robert_redd1528 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    damn she’s not like other girls

    • @ogechiifeoma6178
      @ogechiifeoma6178 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi pls this is my first time participating in a writing competition and after I watched the video I was inspired to participate in more competitions. Thank you so much.

  • @fernandoescalante5755
    @fernandoescalante5755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Espanol por favor

    • @JamieMargolinSarai
      @JamieMargolinSarai  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo hablo espanol pero no tengo tiempo para translar el video

    • @fishingtrollspinninglabara7241
      @fishingtrollspinninglabara7241 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JamieMargolinSarai Racist.

    • @8rynjar
      @8rynjar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fishingtrollspinninglabara7241 Dont use that word in vain, its offensive to us real racists

    • @gsjdndnndns1818
      @gsjdndnndns1818 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@8rynjar wut?

    • @minisayya5396
      @minisayya5396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@8rynjaryou're crazy!

  • @joyichakrabarty4063
    @joyichakrabarty4063 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    please turn off the moo sound its totally disgusting

  • @cholericimp1358
    @cholericimp1358 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seem a little young to be in a position to judge for competitions.

  • @josephinenaadutoxla4888
    @josephinenaadutoxla4888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you