Celebrate Recent Winners
Anaiya C.
4th Place, Fall 2023
Westwood, Massachusetts
Johan Z.
1st Place, Spring 2024
Arnold, Maryland
Aaron B.
State Winner, Spring 2024
Proctor, Vermont
Competition Process
Stock Market Game Advisors announce the InvestWrite competition to their Stock Market Game participants and assign or invite them to write essays.
See Writing PromptStock 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.
Download ResourcesInvestWrite judges review and score up to eight essays each. Essays are evaluated on (1) Rationale, (2) Understanding the Subject Matter, and (3) Writing Style.
See ScoringThe InvestWrite team collates all the scores and Stock Market Game Advisors are notified if they submitted any winning entries. Then it’s time to celebrate!
See Past WinnersHow Can You Participate?
Stock Market Game Advisors are educators actively engaged in The Stock Market Game and using InvestWrite to deepen participants' learning by writing about, applying and reflecting on the investing concepts of the Stock Market Game.
Learn MoreJudges volunteer their time and expertise to review essays written by youth reflecting on their newly acquired knowledge of personal finance and investing for the long term.
Learn MoreStudents submitted essays
Teachers engaged a classroom
Champion titles offered to participants
Volunteers judged essays
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