The US section asks readers to write about subjects on which they’re the only authority. Topics are intentionally broad, in order to give you room to express yourself. Writing style isn’t as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity.
US Section
Breaking Up
My girlfriend and I are trying to break up, but lack the courage, so far, to go through with it. We have reached, it seems, that point where we couldn’t really leave each other behind anyway not in our hearts…
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Signs and Symbols
A sign indicates; a symbol penetrates. Shooting pains down your left arm is a sign to cut your jog short today, perhaps to see a doctor; waking up consistently at 3 in the morning indicates depression. Sometimes signs go beyond…
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Two Worlds
World Number One is darkness, life feeding on itself, forms eating other forms until they are eaten themselves. In this world, everything born is fated to be eaten by something—wild animals, vultures, insects, worms, microscopic bacteria, cancer cells. Every living…
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