INTERNATIONAL
ESSAY COMPETITION
NEWS FLASH!
2023/24 Essay Competition
Results Announcement!
This year’s International Essay Competition saw over 1000 entries from as many as 50 different countries around the world. The judging panel have thoroughly enjoyed reading your responses to the wide range of engaging and challenging questions on offer in each category. The team at Avernus Education have found it an extremely rewarding process to discuss your ideas and essays with so many of you during the writing process, and undoubtedly it has allowed participants to further their academic passion and explore a subject beyond the classroom.
Thank you to each and every one of you who submitted an essay this year, and you should all be congratulated for your efforts. We hope you enjoyed the experience as much as we did! As ever, competition for the prizes was fierce, and the judges have had a tough time deliberating over the many excellent entries.
Well done to all Prize Winners and special congratulations to those who achieved an honorary scholarship award. Thank you to all participants for making the competition this year such a success!
Category Winners:
Honorary Scholars
We are delighted to announce the following Category Winners. These individuals will receive an incredible 100% Honorary Scholarship Award to attend our Oxford University Summer Programme in August.
Category Winners
MEDICINE
Uijin Lee, The British School of Kuwait, Kuwait
PSYCHOLOGY
Seonyeong Park, Cheongna Dalton School, Republic of Korea
ECONOMICS
Rhea Varma, The International School Bangalore, India
ENGINEERING
Yui Sasaki, Cosmopolitan School, Poland
LAW
Jake Mee, Latymer Upper School, England
HISTORY & POLITICS
Amari Leiva-Urzua, Mount St Benedict College, Australia
*All above winners will be contacted via email to confirm their awards.
Shortlisted Entries
Congratulations also go to following outstanding Shortlisted Entries who will receive partial scholarships to our Oxford University programme or credits for exclusive online courses.
Shortlisted Entries
Aiden Chee, St Joseph's Institution, Singapore
Anahit Davtyan, Bootham School, England
Annie Spicer-Jones, Kesteven Grantham Girls Grammar School, England
Arjun Kunjoor, Manchester Grammar School For Boys, England
Dorothy Chan, St. Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong
Dorothy Wong, ESF Renaissance College, Hong Kong
Emmanuel Osibona, Watford Grammar, England
Georgia Scholz, The Scots School Albury, Australia
Hayden Chow, Harrow International School Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hietsoi Yana, USM, Ukraine
Kevin Hiraok, Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, USA
Lê Viết Bách, Dewey School Tay Ho Tay, Vietnam
Pawan Pokhrel, Motherland Secondary School, Nepal
Shayden Sam, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, England
Shira Brownstein, Hila Program, Israel
Sofiya Kenzina, British School of Barcelona, Spain
Tanish Barasia, Gems Wellington International, United Arab Emirates
Tina Momtahan, King Edward VI High School for Girls, England
Tsz Tung Wong, Bromsgrove School, England
Yeondoo Lee, Henry M. Gunn High School, USA
All above winners will be contacted via email to confirm their awards.
Well done to all Prize Winners and special congratulations to those who achieved an honorary scholarship award. Thank you to all participants for making the competition this year such a success!
