I have been writing for years but I never have thought of entering a writing competition - not until December 2014, when I decided to challenge myself and try writing a 3000-word essay.
I was fortunate that I had just finished finalising the first, second and third chapter of my doctoral thesis, which means I had two weeks to be spent before data collection started. The dateline for the competition was real soon and so, the two weeks of a holiday was a great relief.
Couples of months later, I received a call from the organiser. They congratulated me for winning the first runner-up prize in the competition. That was a big surprise! - I never expected that, though I did put some hopes on winning the Ipad XD.
As you might have noticed, my writing skills are still immature so I still have a great deal of work to be done on making it better. On the other side of the coin, winning this competition means a lot to me - It is a stepping stone for me to achieve more in the future.
