writing contest

collocation in English

meaningsofwritingandcontest

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writing
noun
uk
/ˈraɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈraɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
a person's style of writing with a pen on paper that can be recognized as ...
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contest
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.test/us
/ˈkɑːn.test/
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes ...
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(Definition ofwritingandcontestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thewritingcontestincludes both students from the elementary and secondary level.
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A writer since early childhood, she won awritingcontestat age fourteen and another at seventeen.
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She later served as a judge for this creativewritingcontest.
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Each creativewritingcontesthas four categories, based upon the type of writing and the age level of the participants.
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In school, at aged eight he recalled entering awritingcontest, writing on how he wanted to become a minister like his father.
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There is also awritingcontestfor high-school students.
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Soon after he entered awritingcontestand won $500.
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He started writing at a young age, winning a short storywritingcontestin 1936.
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His father arranged a storywritingcontestbetween him and his sister.
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In around 1999, he won awritingcontest.
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This annualwritingcontestasks high school students to create a children's book dedicated to the message of ending intolerance and bigotry.
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As a boy he won a children's sportswritingcontestfor a local newspaper by writing about a dog that got loose on the field during a baseball game.
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In the festival, people enjoy cherry blossoms all day at a variety of musical concerts and participate cherry blossom road walking event, photo contest andwritingcontest.
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Some students have won recognition in national writing contests.
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