Period：2018 March 28 – July 23 Jump to the previous essay contest results GRAND Prize SHOULDER TO SHOULDER Oi Kenichi | age: 47 yr. | Tokyo In my second year of junior high, I had a fight with one of my classmates and got in trouble because I hurt him. At the time, I was in the middle of a relapse into adolescent revolt. But, since I was also defending some friends this classmate had bullied, I thought I had done the right thing and didn’t have any second thoughts about it. As it was, I wasn’t taken to the teachers room to discuss how the incident occurred. I was…

開催・応募期間：2018年3月28日〜7月23日 2017年のエッセイコンテスト受賞作品はこちら2016年以前のエッセイコンテスト受賞作品はこちら GRAND Prize SHOULDER TO SHOULDER　Oi Kenichi　Age: 47　Tokyo In my second year of junior high, I had a fight with one of my classmates and got in trouble because I hurt him. At the time, I was in the middle of a relapse into adolescent revolt. But, since I was also defending some friends this classmate had bullied, I thought I had done the right thing and didn’t have any second thoughts about it. As it was, I wasn’t taken to the teachers room to discuss how the incident occurred. I was immediately given sole blame for the injury. When I kicked up a storm about how he’d bullied…

Period：2017 March 28 – July 24 Jump to the previous essay contest results GRAND Prize Specialty products from Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture I COULD HAVE PICKED A BETTER MOTHER HARADA Eri | age: 28 yr. | Hyōgo Prefecture Always at work, never at home; oh, how I hated my mother. When I thought I heard her at home, I’d find her standing there at the kitchen sink with her back to me. By middle school, I was fed up with everything. One day something happened at school that bothered me and everything went haywire. At home, I blew my top and turned on my mother. “If only I could have…