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2013 Commonwealth Essay Competition.

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2013 commonwealth Essay Competition

Are you a writer? Are you interested in the world around you? Do you want your voice to be heard by others? If so, the Commonwealth Essay Competition is definitely
for you. We encourage you to be creative in your response to our topics. You can submit a poem, letter, article, story, essay or even a short play. The choice is yours. Just get writing!

Run by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883, the Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest and largest schools’ international writing competition. It provides a platform for young people to compete with their peers in a truly global environment.

Past winners include Mr Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore and Elspeth Huxley.The competition is free to enter and in 2012 over 1,000 young writers, from 245 schools, in 38 countries across the Commonwealth received an award for their entry.

From Africa to Asia, from the Pacific to the Caribbean, from Europe to North America, the Commonwealth’s 2.1 billion people make up a quarter of the world’s population. Moreover, half of the population of the Commonwealth is aged 25 or under. The Essay Competition celebrates and nurtures the creative talents of the young people that make up this unique association.

Entrants are judged in two age groups, Junior (under 14 years) and Senior (14-18 years) and must be living in, or a national of, a Commonwealth country.
Prizes include Certificates – resources for your school – flights to London – being invited to meet famous authors – taking part in expert workshops – work experience at international organisations – entries featured in worldwide media.

Topics and Categories

Junior Category- Born after 1st May 1999

1. When has hard work paid off for you?

2. Creative thinking saved the day.

3. Tell us about a moment of opportunity which changed the life of your family, community, country, continent or the entire planet.

4. Is change a good thing?

5. Opportunities galore

Senior Category Born between 2nd May 1994 and 1st May 1999

1. A funding agency has asked you to make a pitch for an idea involving schools that would benefit your community.

2. “I knew this was my moment.”

3. Discuss one or more examples of social and/or environmental development where enterprise plays, or could play, a key role in changing the way people live.

4. “How enterprising!” a voice said as I closed the door behind me.

5. Are we too risk-conscious these days?

Rules
1) The Competition is open to nationals or residents of all Commonwealth
countries and territories.

2) Special dispensation applies to entrants from Hong Kong, Fiji and Zimbabwe
who are entitled to enter the Competition.

3) Entrants must select a Senior or Junior topic depending on how old they are
on 1st May 2013.

4) Entries must be written in English and be the original work of the writer.

5) Entrants must submit an entry form alongside their entries and complete all
the mandatory fields.

6) The maximum word-counts are 1500 words for Senior entries and 750
words for Junior entries.

7) Entries will be disqualified if they fail to meet these requirements.

How to enter

All essays must be in English and submitted alongside an entry form, which can be downloaded from the Royal Commonwealth Society website.

Entries can be submitted online or postal entries can be sent to FAO Young Commonwealth Competitions,

The Royal Commonwealth Society,
25 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5AP*

Deadline: 1st May 2013

Entrants are encouraged to be creative in their response; answers can be submitted in a number of formats, for example: poem, letter, article, story or essay – the choice is yours!

The Commonwealth Essay Competition 2013 is run by the Royal Commonwealth Society in partnership with Cambridge University Press.

* See the website for details of postal hubs across the Commonwealth

Contact the RCS: T: +44 (0)20 7766 9200

E: [email protected]
W: www.thercs.org/youth/essay

For more details download the 2013 Commonwealth Essay Competition leaflet Icon: Acrobat PDFhere Icon: Link to another website.

To download the 2013 Commonwealth Essay Competition poster click Icon: Acrobat PDFhere Icon: Link to another website.

You can submit your Essay Now

For more information email [email protected].

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17 comments

prince ikram January 13, 2013 - 4:04 pm

i wants to paricipate in this competition

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OFA January 13, 2013 - 6:10 pm

Prince, go ahead and participate. All the Best.

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Aditi January 21, 2013 - 11:05 am

Where can i get the leaflet… the above link is not accessible.. can u please send me the link for the leaflet. it would be great.

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OFA January 22, 2013 - 2:32 pm

@Aditi: Apologies for the inconvenience…the problem was with the link but it has been fixed now. The Competition link can be found at : http://www.thercs.org/youth/essay and you can view the leaflet by visiting the links to the pdf in the post. All the Best~ OFA

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Rabia zaheer January 27, 2013 - 10:56 am

What’s the word limit for Seniors?

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OFA February 10, 2013 - 1:13 pm

@Rabia: The maximum word-counts are 1500 words for Senior entries

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Areeb February 10, 2013 - 3:43 pm

What is the word limit for juniors?

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OFA February 11, 2013 - 9:09 am

@Areeb: The maximum word-counts are 1500 words for Senior entries and 750
words for Junior entries.

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Uma Qureshi February 19, 2013 - 4:30 pm

I can’t get the entry form. Please tell me. The website suggested is showing the same things over and over again. Help, please, friends!

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OFA February 20, 2013 - 8:09 am

@uma: Submit your essay by following the link: http://sirom.capsool.com/public/index/index Hope it will help you…All the Best.

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Alam February 21, 2013 - 6:32 am

I wants to participate in this competition. Because from this type of competition create peace and everyone want to create peace.

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Tj February 22, 2013 - 6:26 am

Can we use real as well as imaginary facts?

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Amelia March 30, 2013 - 3:02 am

@Tj-I have the same question in mind but i think you can cause there isnt any rule which states that you cant. But i am not so sure though.

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Emmanuel clarkson March 31, 2013 - 8:04 pm

please,I am a poet and I wont to register for the common wealth essay competition but I have uploaded my essays containing a collection of poem and the word count is 1500 then am having difficulty in the topic number because I do not know what it means concerning the poems that I write please I need help or a suggestion.

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queen April 10, 2013 - 4:37 pm

what is the word limit for bonus topiC?

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ishika April 26, 2013 - 5:11 pm

my teacher told me about this competition and she asked me to participate in this competition and i obeyed my teacher

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martela August 9, 2013 - 5:32 pm

how can i poem competition please tell me

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