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Writing Competition

Coaching for students entering writing competitions: choosing the right contest, developing a piece through honest revision, and meeting each contest's rules. The writing stays the student's own.

What we cover

  • Choosing competitions
  • Developing and revising entries
  • Essay, fiction and poetry
  • Journalism

Grades 6–12. Online, one-to-one.

How it works

  1. 01

    Diagnostic

    We start by finding exactly where the student is, not where the course assumes they are.

  2. 02

    Written plan

    Goals, session cadence and the skills to build, shared with the family.

  3. 03

    Instruction and practice

    One-to-one sessions that teach the underlying idea, with practice sized to get done.

  4. 04

    Measured progress

    Progress checked against the plan, and the plan adjusted when the evidence changes.