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  1. QCEC Winners

    We were thrilled to receive a record-breaking 26,322 entries to the QCEC from every Commonwealth region, with the winners and runners-up from New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and India. 2021 WINNERS. We were delighted to receive a record-breaking 25,648 entries to The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021, with entries from ...

  2. 2022 WINNERS

    The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world's oldest international schools' writing contest, established by the Society in 1883. With thousands of young people taking part each year, it is an important way to recognise achievement, elevate youth voices and develop key skills through creative writing. ... Read her winning poem ...

  3. Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024 (Prize + Certificate)

    The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024 is the world's oldest international writing competition for schools, established in 1883. With thousands of young people taking part each year, it is an important way to recognize achievement, elevate youth voices and develop key skills through creative writing.

  4. The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Prize

    The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Prize. Published 16 November 2023. The Queen has celebrated 140 years of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Prize with winners, supporters and a host of well-known writers at Buckingham Palace. The competition was founded during Queen Victoria's reign, and since then, it has given young people aged 11 to 17 ...

  5. Queen's Essay Competition

    The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world's oldest schools' international writing competition, managed by The Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883. ... Past winners include author Elspeth Huxley, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Mei Fong, and the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. Quick Links: Membership Contact ...

  6. Commonwealth writing competition prize winners visit the Evening

    Extracts from their winning pieces were read by RCS Ambassadors Geri Horner, Alexandra Burke and Ayesha Dharker, as well as Booker Prize winner Ben Okri. ... The Commonwealth Essay Competition ...

  7. Winners of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition announced

    The winning essays were selected from approximately 12,300 entries spanning the five regions of the Commonwealth. The competition is the world's oldest international schools' writing competition and sponsored by Cambridge University Press. Representing nearly every Commonwealth country, entrants wrote about topical issues including social ...

  8. The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition reception 2018

    The Duchess of Cornwall, Vice Patron of The Royal Commonwealth Society, held a reception for winners of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition at Buckingham Palace.. The Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world's oldest schools' international writing competition, founded in 1883 to promote literacy, expression and creativity among young people throughout the Commonwealth.

  9. Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition

    The Award Ceremony for the 2019 Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition was held at Buckingham Palace in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall on 31 October 2019. The competition was founded by the Royal Commonwealth Society in 1883 and is the world's oldest international schools writing contest. The 2019 theme was 'A Connected Commonwealth' and more than 11,000 entries arrived ...

  10. Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition: write around the world

    The theme of the 2017 competition is 'A Commonwealth for Peace.' The library already holds essays from 1922 to 1985 (with some gaps), and all surviving prize winning entries from these years have been digitised and are freely available on the Apollo digital repository.

  11. Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Competition

    The Royal Commonwealth Society collections in Cambridge University Library contain the archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Competition. This competition, which still runs today, ... Cambridge University Library has digitised only the prize-winning essays from its archive. These include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes for each topic, plus ...

  12. The Queen'S Commonwealth Essay Competition

    The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world's oldest international writing competition for schools and has been proudly delivered by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883. ... Read their winning pieces as well as those from previous years. Download. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Terms and Conditions for entrants to The Queen ...

  13. The Queen celebrates winners of the 2022 Queen's Commonwealth Essay

    To celebrate this year's Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, The Queen Consort hosted the winners and celebrity guests at Buckingham Palace to mark the occasion. ... Extracts from the winning entries were read by four Royal Commonwealth Society ambassadors, Ben Okri; Alexandra Burke; Ayesha Dharker; and former Spice Girl, Geri Horner.

  14. Two Singaporeans receive The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition

    Founded in 1883, The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world's oldest international schools writing competition. This year drew the most number of entries. Singapore alone sent in ...

  15. 2024 Art and Essay Contest Winners

    EXCERPTS FROM WINNING ESSAYS. Grades 1-3: Essay Topic: Write a paragraph about a book from your school or public library that taught you something important. Cordelia Haley - Megan Cuellar's 2 nd grade class - Lena Whitmore "What I learned from books about Martin Luther King. Stand up for what you believe no matter what.

  16. Berkeley Prize Essay Competition

    Vladimir Kositsyn and Zhenya Nasledskova - Essay Moscow Civic Buildings and Their Variability through the Prism of Time "The greatest works of architecture stand as living witnesses of the past in modern life" - Hans-Georg Gadamer.

  17. 5 Strategies To Unlock Your Winning College Essay

    Weave A Captivating Story. Everyone loves a good story, and your essay is the perfect place to tell yours. The Common Application personal statement has seven choices of prompts to ground the ...

  18. How to Write the Williams College Essays 2020-2021

    Found in rustic, western Massachusetts, Williams College is a small liberal arts college known for its stellar undergraduate education. With a tight knit community of 2,000 students, Williams boasts a 7:1 student to faculty ratio and offers 36 different majors. Williams was founded in 1793, and through its 227 year history, it has accrued deep ...

  19. Young writers awarded Winners of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay

    The winning essays were selected from approximately 13,500 entries spanning the five regions of the Commonwealth. ... The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition was founded in 1883 and is the world's oldest international schools' writing contest. The competition is sponsored by Cambridge University Press and received approximately 13,500 ...

  20. Franklin County names winners of student time capsule competition

    CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The Franklin County Commissioners recently announced the winners of a countywide competition that asked local students to share what they love about Franklin County with ...

  21. Polish-Russian War (1605-1618)

    Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618) Part of the Time of Troubles and the Russo-Polish Wars: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and western Tsardom of Russia during the Polish-Russian War. The map displays Poland (cream), Lithuania (dark red), Russia (dark green), and Polish territorial gains or areas temporarily controlled by Poland (pink). Positions of military regiments and important ...

  22. 'Antidote' Review: Doc About the Perils of Investigative Journalism

    In doc 'Antidote,' James Jones follows reporters and activists as they uncover the truth behind Vladimir Putin's war against the Russian opposition.

  23. Putin warns West not to let Ukraine use its missiles to hit Russia

    Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that NATO members in Europe were playing with fire by proposing to let Ukraine use Western weapons to strike deep inside Russia, which ...

  24. USM Team Advances to Finals of Community Bank Case Study Competition

    Each student member and faculty advisor of the first-place winning team will receive a $1,000 scholarship and present their findings at the Community Banking Research Conference in St. Louis in early October. Their work will be published in the annual CSBS Journal of Community Bank Case Studies. The second and third ranked teams also will ...

  25. Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines

    As Moscow bureau chief, Guy runs coverage of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Before Moscow, Guy ran Brexit coverage as London bureau chief (2012-2022).

  26. Opinion: New tactics and a NATO assist can help Ukraine defeat Russia

    Writing in Foreign Affairs, national security analysts Keith L. Carter, Jennifer Spindel and Matthew McClary make a compelling case that Ukraine should change its strategy and war aims. "Ukraine ...