InvestWrite Essay Competition
SIFMA Foundation essay competition where students research investments and write reports on stock market strategies and portfolio management.
InvestWrite® is an innovative national writing competition offered exclusively to teachers and 4th-12th grade students participating in The Stock Market Game™.
Stock Market Game Advisors collect and review the essays and then submit the best ones online prior to the deadline.
InvestWrite judges review and score up to eight essays each.
How to Apply
- Stock Market Game Advisors announce the InvestWrite competition to their Stock Market Game participants and assign or invite them to write essays.
- Stock Market Game participants write their InvestWrite essays.
- Stock Market Game Advisors collect and review the essays and then submit the best ones online prior to the deadline.
- InvestWrite judges review and score up to eight essays each based on rationale, understanding the subject matter, and writing style.
- The InvestWrite team collates all the scores and announces winners.
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