Essay Competitions UK 2025

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Essay Competitions UK 2025 List

Essay Competitions UK 2025 is a list of essay competitions that are available to those who are UK descents and those who are currently residents of UK. The list of essay competitions UK 2025 comprises essay competitions that are available to students, undergraduates, graduates and post-graduates students in UK.

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Basic things to note while submitting to any of the Essay Competitions UK 2025 are:

• Deadline.
• Eligibility requirements in respect of age and education qualification.

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Benefits Of Submitting To Any Of The Essay Competitions UK 2025

Entering any of the competitions may guarantee you one or more of the following benefits. 

• Cash Prizes
• Scholarships
• Mentorship
• Publication
• and many others.

We wish you good luck!

January Essay Competitions UK 2025

1. Calibre Essay Prize 2025

Prize: $10,000 total: Winner ($5,000), Runner-up ($3,000), Second Runner-up ($2,000).

Deadline: January 28, 2025 (11:59 PM AEST).

Eligibility: Open to all essayists worldwide writing in English.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submit original, unpublished essays (2,000–5,000 words).
• Entries must follow a blind submission process (no author name in the file).
• Format: Word document (.doc/.docx), 1.5 line spacing, 12pt font.
• Entry Fee: AU$30 (non-subscribers), AU$20 (ABR subscribers).
• Submission: Online via the ABR website. Essays may be personal, literary, or experimental. Winners are announced in April 2025.

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February Essay Competitions UK 2025

1. St. Gallen Symposium Global Essay Competition 2025

Deadline: February 1, 2025 (UTC-12)

Entry Fee: Free

Prize: CHF 20,000 (split among three winners)

Topic: Propose an innovative solution to address a risk or opportunity related to the shift of global power, focusing on regions like Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The solution should span areas such as politics, business, economics, technology, sustainability, or security.

Guidelines: Submit an essay (max. 2,100 words, excluding abstract, bibliography, and footnotes) in English. No identifying details allowed in the essay file. Individual work required; no group submissions.

Eligibility: Open to graduate or postgraduate students (born in 1995 or later). Participants must be enrolled in a program at a regular university as of February 1, 2025.

Additional Info: All sources must be cited, and essays will be checked for plagiarism. Required documents: passport, matriculation confirmation, and essay file with no identifying information.

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March Essay Competitions UK 2025

1. Write on the River Writers Competition 2025

Topic: Fiction or Nonfiction (memoir, short story, essay, etc.).

Eligibility: Open to residents of Eastern Washington (U.S.).

Prizes:

1st Prize: $1,200 (Cash Prize)

Submission Guidelines:

Submissions: Fiction (novel, short story, flash fiction) or Nonfiction (memoir, essay, humor, etc.), max 1,000 words.

Format: Double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, PDF.

Entries must be unpublished and original work.

Include title, page number, and mark the genre (F for Fiction or N for Nonfiction) and entry type (Complete or Start).

$20 submission fee; $20 additional for 3 critiques.

Deadline: March 3, 2025.

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April Essay Competitions UK 2025

1. 12th Continental Essay Competition 2025

Deadline: April 2, 2025, at 3:00 PM

Entry Fee: None

Eligibility: Open to university and college students in Malawi.

Submission Guidelines:

• Essays must include the author's postal, physical, telephone, and email address on the first page.
• Attach a copy of the National ID or Passport and a completed registration form (available at MBS offices or online at www.mbsmw.org or www.arso-oran.org).
• Submit entries via email to mbs@mbsmw.org or by hand to the Malawi Bureau of Standards Head Office in Blantyre.
• Essays should focus on the assigned topic (details available on the competition’s websites).

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2. The ISA Essay Competition 2025

The ISA Essay Competition 2025 offers pupils at ISA Members’ schools the opportunity to showcase their writing talent. Open to students in Years 5–13, entries are accepted across several categories, with specific themes for each age group.

Open for Entries: Thursday, 13 February 2025

Deadline: Thursday, 24 April 2025

Eligibility:

Open to pupils at ISA Members’ schools only.

Schools may submit a maximum of two entries per category, except for the Year 12–13 category, where up to six entries may be submitted.

Categories:

• Year 5–6
• Year 7–8
• Year 9–11
• Year 12–13
• Sixth form students can write on any topic or genre.
• Younger age groups have specific themes to choose from.

Judging Criteria:

• Originality and creativity
• Style and presentation
• Use of language
• Form and structure

Submission Guidelines:

• All entries must be submitted via the online entry form on the ISA website by the deadline.
• File format: PDF or Word document, named as follows: SchoolName_PupilName.
• Essays may be handwritten or typed.

• Essays should be unaided work and must include a final word count at the end.
• Entries may be written in any language, provided an English translation is included.

Accessibility:

ISA welcomes applications from all pupils, including those with learning difficulties or disabilities. Alternative formats of these guidelines are available upon request.

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3. Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Competition 2025

Deadline: April 30, 2025 (11:59 PM ET)

Entry Fee: None

Prize: $5,000

Eligibility: Open to current law students, master’s of law students, and post-2015 law graduates. Co-authored submissions are accepted, with the prize shared among authors.

Topic: Legal remedies to combat climate change, under the broader theme of Access to Justice.

Submission Guidelines:

• Essays must be 6,000–25,000 words (excluding footnotes) with Bluebook citations on American law.
• Submissions must be original, unpublished, and written in English.
• Format: Microsoft Word document with footnotes (not endnotes).
• Submit via email to Amanda Fleming at afleming@citizen.org.
• Judging Criteria: Depth of analysis, originality, writing quality, and thoroughness.

Administered by Public Citizen and sponsored by Hogan Law Office and Smoger & Associates.

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May Essay Competitions UK 2025

1. Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition 2025

Deadline: May 25, 2025

Entry Fee: Varies based on submission category and date.

Prizes:

Grand Prize: $5,000, publication, interview, conference trip, and pitch opportunity.

First Place (per category): $1,000 and publication.

Additional cash prizes for 2nd–10th places and discounts, subscriptions, and recognition for top winners and honorable mentions.

Categories: Include poetry, essays, short stories (various genres), humor, and children’s/YA fiction.

Submission Guidelines: Open to original works in 10 categories. Winners will be featured in Writer’s Digest (Nov/Dec 2025 issue) and online.

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2. The SADC Secondary School Essay Competition 2025

The SADC Secondary School Essay Competition 2025 invites students from all 16 SADC Member States to submit essays on the topic: "How can innovation enhance SADC industrialization and sustainable economic growth and development?"

Deadline: 31 May 2025

Regional Prizes:

1st Prize: USD 1,500 | 2nd Prize: USD 1,000 | 3rd Prize: USD 750

National Prizes:

1st Prize: USD 500 | 2nd Prize: USD 300 | 3rd Prize: USD 200

Essays must be submitted via school head teachers. The competition aims to foster regional integration and socio-economic development through innovative thinking.

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Essay Competitions UK 2024

• 15th Call for the Casa África Essay Awards 2024 | 2000 Euros Cash Prize

Casa África announces its 15th Essay Award on African themes and seeks submission from various writers with the sole purpose of recognizing, encouraging and disseminating original and unpublished essays that contribute to the knowledge of the African continent

The winning work will be published within our Essay Prize Collection and a prize of 2,000 euros will also be awarded subject to the Spanish tax legislation in force at the time of payment, regardless of the country of tax residence of the author or authors. that they are winners.

Deadline: The participation period is from February 2 to May 2, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (GMT+0).

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• The Goi Peace Foundation's International Essay Contest For Young People 2024 | $700+ Cash Prizes

This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world's youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world.

This program is an activity within the framework of UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs.

“My Experience of Overcoming Conflict”

Awards

The following awards will be given in the Children’s category and Youth category respectively:

1st Prize: Certificate, prize of 100,000 Yen (approx. US$660 as of Feb. 2024) and gift ... 1 entrant

2nd Prize: Certificate, prize of 50,000 Yen (approx. US$330 as of Feb. 2024) and gift ... 3 entrants

3rd Prize: Certificate and gift ... 5 entrants

Honorable Mention: Certificate and gift ... 25 entrants

* 1st to 3rd prize winners will be invited to the Winners Gathering to be held online.

* Additional awards (Best School Award, School Incentive Award) will be given if applicable.

* All prize winners will be announced on October 31, 2024 (Japan time) on this website. Certificates and gifts will be mailed to the winners in January 2025.

Deadline: Entries must be received by June 15, 2024 (23:59 your local time)

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Essay Competitions UK 2023

These essay competitions are organized according to the days and months of deadlines.

January Essay Competitions UK 2023

• International Student Essay Competition 2023

The international student essay competition for 2023 has been announced open to students all over the world. To submit your essay for the contest, read further on the prescribed guidelines and form of submission.

The competition is open to students who are between the age of 7-18 years

Each student is invited to submit one essay in English, entitled: “How can young people be better supported to thrive in green jobs?”

Prizes For The International Student Essay Competition 2023

One overall Grand Prize trophy winner will receive a free international trip to a TSL Summit, including £500 spending money. 

The Top 10 essay medallists will receive eco-friendly e-medals with redeemable gift tokens.

 All participating Teacher Champions, Essay Finalists & Honourable Mentions, and International Debate participants, will receive personalised e-certificates.

Deadline: 11 January 2023

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February Essay Competitions UK 2023

• Global Essay Competition 2023

Compete in our Global Essay Competition and qualify for participation as a Leader of Tomorrow in the world’s premier opportunity for cross-generational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium.

Meet 300 of society’s brightest young minds. Present and debate your ideas with 600 senior leaders. Be inspired by some of the world’s most impressive speakers. Gain a unique and new perspective on this year’s topic. Become a member of a unique global community. Participate in the symposium with us. Win prize money of CHF 20,000 split amongst the three winners.

Topic Question For Global Essay Competition 2023

The best or worst legacy from previous generations: How to preserve or replace it?

Deadline: 1 February 2023, 11:59 p.m. last time zone (UTC-12)

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• 2023 Platt Family Scholarship Essay Contest

1st Prize $1500 | 2nd Prize $750 | 3rd Prize $500

The scholarship essay contest is designed for students who are FULL TIME, undergraduate students in an AMERICAN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY during the Spring 2023 semester.

Topic for Platt Family Scholarship Essay Contest 2023

“2023 is the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Does Abraham Lincoln deserve the title of ‘The Great Emancipator’? Why or why not?”

Deadline: July 31

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• 3rd Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures 2023

3 Awards of USD250 each

Submission deadline: July 31, 2023

For the third year running, Singapore Unbound, a NYC-based literary non-profit, will be giving out three awards of USD250.00 each for the best three undergraduate critical essays on topics in Singapore and other literatures. The purpose of these awards is to encourage the teaching and study of Singapore literature at college level and the cultivation of general appreciation for the character and achievements of Singapore literature.

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• The Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism 2023

Journalists are invited to apply to The Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism 2023 for the grant of $5,000. Kari’s family and friends, together with the International Women’s Media Foundation, are honored to offer grants to support the narrative journalism she championed. 

Deadline: August 20

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• The New York Labor History Association’s Bernhardt Prize 2023

The New York Labor History Association’s Bernhardt prize awards $1,000 to an article that exemplifies great writing for a general audience and furthers the understanding of the history of working people. The prize and the forum honor the vision of the late Debra E. Bernhardt, who worked in so many different realms to share the hidden histories of working people.

The deadline for the 2022-2023 contest is Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

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• Source Writing Prize 2023

We are always looking for new writers to contribute to Source. If you've not written for Source before we invite you to send us an article. If we like it we will either publish it or commission you to write articles for us in the future.

 As an incentive we will give £500 to the person whose article we like the best.

Deadline: September 20

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• The Benjamin Franklin Essay Competition 2023

The Benjamin Franklin Essay Competition 2023 is currently open to entrants in UK. Each year a question or quote exploring Benjamin Franklin’s relevance in our time is open for interpretation in 1000-1500 words. 

 The competition is open exclusively for young writers, aged 18-25, with a first prize of £750, and a second prize of £500. Winning entries will be published online at www.BenjaminFranklinHouse.org and https://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Deadline: Wednesday 15th November at 23:59

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• 2023 Information Warfare Essay Contest

The Nation’s adversaries and competitors are proving to be formidable in the digital battlespace—using online platforms, social media, malicious code, disinformation, and cyberattacks to undermine elections, steal intellectual property, spy on governments, sow discord, and weaken alliances. 

Essayists can choose to answer any of the following questions or write on another information warfare topic that interests them:

1. How might the opening salvoes of the next war begin in the information space,and what should be done now to defend against those attacks? How might our adversaries be planning to win without fighting by using information warfare?
2. What specific information warfare technologies (offensive and defensive) should the U.S. military be investing in now?
3. How can the military recruit, educate, train, and retain the information warriors it needs to prevail in the information environment?
4. Are there any recent case studies (that went well or poorly) that can provide lessons to guide strategy, operations, tactics, or acquisition over the next three to five years?
5. What role will electronic warfare and emissions control play in the future of naval warfare?

Prize

First Prize: $5,000

Second Prize: $2,500

Third Prize: $1,500

Deadline: 30 November, 2023

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• The Masters Review Chapbook Competition 2024

The Masters Review Chapbook Competition 2024

For the fourth year, The Masters Review is open for submissions of literary prose chapbooks! We’re interested in collections of flash fiction, creative nonfiction essays, short stories, and anything in-between. We encourage you to be bold, to experiment with style and form, as long as you stay under 45 pages. One chapbook will be selected as our winner by our guest judge, Michael Martone! 

The winner receives a $3,000 cash prize, along with manuscript publication and 75 contributor copies. Our chapbooks are distributed internationally and are available through Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. A digital version of the chapbook will be made available to our newsletter subscribers six months to a year after the print publication.

Timeline 

Submissions will be accepted between September 1 and December 17, 2023

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