A Responsible Banana Boy - TERRY WOO wins Essay Competition

Turns out TERRY WOO, the Asian Canadian lit boy (You may heard of his little novel called BANANA BOYS), is now a student at Ryerson University’s journalism programme in Toronto. A second-year magazine journalism student to be precise. WOO’s a pretty good journalism student too, with further proof his first novel wasn't a fluke when HIS ESSAY “RESPONSIBILITY” WON FIRST PLACE IN THE ROBERT STEWART ESSAY COMPETITION, a national contest organized by the Montreal Press Club.

WOO’S essay questions human behaviour in a PERSONALIZED ESSAY ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES in southwestern Ontario where he recalls being bullied and enduring racial slurs. “It’s almost natural when someone hurts you, or someone disappoints you, to want to lash out,” said WOO. “And I think the very essay is saying, ‘you can’t do that, you have to wrestle the demons within and not let that monster out.’”

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Read TERRY WOO’s essay “RESPONSIBILITY” here
Learn more about the The Montreal Press Club & the Russell Stewart Essay Competition (I mean who was this guy?), click here.