Timeline and upcoming events
Tips from the champions
This webinar has ended but you can still find out why joining global competitions is important, how they can impact your life, and how to write a winning essay from last year’s winners by watching the recording!
Professionals in writing
Find out why you should choose a career in writing, what a day in the life of a professional writer is like, and how to pursue a career in writing from industry professionals!
SPEAKERS:
Martin Puchner - Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University, author of The Language of Thieves, and more
John Stauffer - Professor of English and American Literature, American and African American studies at Harvard University, author of The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, and more
Storytelling
Learn about career trajectories and steps needed to become a professional writer, expectations VS the reality of a writing career, and where to draw inspiration from seasoned writers in the entertainment industry.
SPEAKERS:
Nell Scovel - Television writer, director, producer, and contributing writer for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and more, creator of TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Daniel Chun - Television writer and producer, Harvard Graduate, writer for The Simpsons, The Office, Speechless, and many more
Colleen McGuinness - Television writer, producer, and co-producer, Harvard Graduate, Writer and producer for 30 Rock, Stargirl, About a Boy, and many more
creative essay writing
Discover how an interest in creative writing is kindled, how to strengthen your creative writing skills, how creative writing is distinct from other forms of writing, and more!
February 17th at 3PM ET
SPEAKER
Eleanor Wikstrom - Editorial chair at The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University class of 2024
journalistic essay writing
Find out how to gain an interest in journalistic writing, learn how to strengthen your journalistic writing skills, and how journalistic writing is distinct from other forms of writing!
February 18th at 2PM ET
SPEAKER:
Cara Chang - President of The Harvard Crimson, staff writer, majoring in History at Harvard University
argumentative essay writing
Learn how to develop an interest in argumentative writing, methods to strengthen your argumentative writing abilities, how argumentative writing differentiates itself from other forms of writing, and more!
February 19th at 4PM ET
personal essay writing
Gain knowledge on how to edit and revise your work to make it stand apart, enhance your personal essay writing skills, discover the ways in which personal essay writing is different from other forms.
February 22nd at 9PM ET
SPEAKER:
Keir Roopnarine - Application Mentor at Crimson Education, University of Pennsylvania MSc in Education, Associate Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency
How to Get Into The World's Best Universities
Learn how to approach writing an application essay to stand out from the crowd, how to improve your application essay writing abilities, and how application essay writing sets itself apart from other forms of writing!
February 25th at 9AM ET
SPEAKER:
George Baxter - Senior US & UK Strategy Consultant, Harvard University BA Sociology and African American Studies, University College London MSc Public Policy
