WINNER, World’s Shortest Essay. This is a story of a 16 year-old boy from London who won the World’s Shortest Essay competition.
He was awarded a scholarship for his imagination and humour. Here’s an example of absolute brilliance:
A university creative writing class was asked to write a concise essay containing the following elements:
1) Religion
2) Royalty
3) Physical Disability
4) Racism
5) Homosexuality
The prize-winner wrote:
‘My God,‘ cried the Queen, ‘That one-legged nigger is a queer’.
