Schools’ Essay Competition 2024

The Cambridge Language Collective is delighted to be opening its third annual Schools’ Essay Competition. Following the spirit of the publication’s own personal objective, to ‘broaden horizons beyond the Anglophone world’, the essay competition encourages students from years 10 to 13 to write about the art & culture, or politics & society, of a non-Anglophone country. The essays will be read and judged by members of The CLC committee, while the finalists will be selected by a Cambridge academic. Participating in this competition is a fantastic way to push yourself to think beyond the school curriculum, and looks great on a personal statement. Our winners and runners up will have their essays published on our website.

Interested? Take a look at our prompts and questions here

To enter, a member of school staff must:

Fill out this Google Form

Submit the student’s essay submission to cambridgelanguagecollective@mmll.cam.ac.uk, along with the student’s full name, year of study, and name of the school they attend.

The submissions deadline is the 20th of April. Best of luck!