The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition is an annual opportunity for students to showcase their talents on a global stage, compete to win exclusive educational opportunities and prizes, and explore different possibilities of a future in writing.
The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition provides a platform for young, ambitious high school students to exercise their writing skills in a non-traditional environment. This competition encourages students to challenge themselves and explore different writing styles to ultimately strengthen their writing skills.
Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition 2022 Details
The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition (HCGEC) brings together from around the world ambitious high school students (aged 13 – 18) with a passion for, or interest in, writing.
The competition is hosted completely online, breaking down geographical barriers and providing students from all over the world access to explore and develop their writing interests.
2022 Global Prizes are exceptional and include exclusive internships with The Harvard Crimson, the opportunity to have work published and endorsed by two global educational organizations.
Essay competition info
Participants in an essay competition select a prompt from the options provided to showcase their critical thoughts, creative ideas, and written communication skills.
Each competitor will be permitted to submit one essay before the submission closing date.
Each essay will be marked in accordance with the marking rubric and against other competitors in each region and round. The most impressive submissions qualify in the regional round and go head to head in the global final.
To compete in the global round, participants must go head-to-head with local participants and place in the top 10 of the regional qualifiers.
- Australia & New Zealand.
- Central and South America.
- East, South and Southeast Asia.
- Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Central Asia.
- North America.
Who can enter the competition?
Students must be between the ages of 13-18 and currently enrolled in a secondary or high school at the time of the global competition in January 2022 -OR- have not started university studies yet and is under the age of 19.
Essay Competition Entry fee
- Early Bird Registration Fee: US$7.50 until December 15th.
- Regular Registration Fee: US$15 between December 16th – January 19th
Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition 2022 Prizes
- Published work on the official HCGEC website.
- Exclusive internships with The Harvard Crimson.
- Crimson credit with Crimson Education to help reach individual goals.
- Harvard Merch for every global winner!
- Generous cash prizes.
Competition Application Guide
To register you will need:
- Parent permission for anyone under 18 years of age.
- A credit card for the registration fee:
- Early Bird Registration Fee: US$7.50 until December 15th.
- Regular Registration Fee: US$15 between December 16th – January 19th
- Includes competition entry and access to participant exclusive workshops & recordings.
- An email that is not a school email address.
more information about essay submission and submission examples follows this link.
Essay Competition Deadline
HCGEC 2022 will run from January through February. The competition features two key rounds, the regional qualifiers held throughout 5 regions, followed by the global finals.
- NOVEMBER 15TH: Early Bird Registrations open.
- DECEMBER 15th: Early Bird Registrations close.
- 16th: Regular Registrations open.
- JANUARY 8th: Start of webinars
- 19th: Registrations close.
- 22nd: Start of participant-exclusive workshops.
- 30th: Regional Essay submission deadline.
- FEBRUARY 11th: Regional Winners announced,
- 18th: Global Essay submission deadline,
- 23rd: Global Winners announced,
More information following this link.
Competition Website
You can check the essay competition website following this link.
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