Some critics and physicians said Elizabeth Bruenig’s account of a mother confronting a child’s death from measles felt ...

To open a series of essays about U.S. presidents, George W. Bush pays tribute to George Washington, who “ensured America ...

The 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest is now open. Students in grades 6-12 are invited to participate in this contest, in which students are asked to write their essays based on the ...

The sharpest minds in business and tech are responding to a viral essay on AI's impact on jobs with some approval and a lot ...

Writing a college essay is a rite of passage for many students applying to attend a college or university in the United States. Although each institution has its own application requirements, most ...

Megan Kenline, a second-grade teacher from Lewisville, Texas, was awarded second place in the American Counseling Association's Future School Counselor Essay Competition for her essay titled "Future ...

Selinsgrove High School senior Kelsey Persons is this year's statewide winner in a Veterans of Foreign Wars-sponsored essay contest. The annual Voice of Democracy contest invited ...

The word essay comes from the French word ‘essayer’ meaning ‘to try’ or ‘to attempt’. A French writer called Michel de Montaigne invented the essay in Europe as his ‘attempt’ to write about himself ...