Tsunami of Essays

The Essay Contest is now closed

The staff here in the Oakseed office would like to thank everyone who took the time to write and submit an essay to the 2008 International Essay Contest focusing on Compassion and children with disability. It was an amazing last 24 hours, every single time we checked the submissions the number kept rising at exponential rates (Over 500 essays submitted in the final 24 hours). Right now we’ve got several desk piled high with essays getting processed and ready to be distributed to the judges.

Many of you have been emailing questions about the judging process and what the next steps are in the contest. Hopefully the following information will help.

1. April 17 – May 2 : The first round of judging takes place. Historically, about 10% of the essays make it out of the first round.
2. May 2 – May 16 : Second round of judging.
3. May 16 – May 30 : Final round of judging.
4. May 31 : Winners will be notified by email or phone and the names of the winners (as well as their essays) will be posted on this site. (www.oakseed.org)

Thank you again, and stay tuned for some exciting news.

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