2022 Essay Competition Results
Announcing the
2022 Essay Prize Winners
Congratulations to the 2022 shortlisted candidates, all of whom were awarded a Commendation.
Below are lists of prizewinners and recipients of High Commendations, which are awarded to the writers of the best of the shortlisted essays.
GRAND PRIZE
Benjamin Who, The Hotchkiss School, USA
RECENT Essay Prize Winners
2021
Grand Prize
Huaming Li, Xi’an Gaoxin No.1 High School, China
Philosophy
Winner: Austin Swaffer, Knox Grammar School, Australia
Second Prize: Chongwen Gu, YK Pao School, China
Third Prize: Dana Song, Horace Mann, USA
Politics
Winner: Andre Pancholi, Latymer Upper School, UK
Second Prize: Yuhan Wang, Dunman High School, Singapore
Third Prize: Justin Chan, Harrow School, UK
Economics
Winner: Marc Kadir, The Manchester Grammar School, UK
Second Prize: Arshiya Jain, Modern School Vasant Vihar, India
Third Prize: Alexander Chen, Archmere Academy, USA
History
Winner: Major Shokar, Aylesbury Grammar School, UK
Second Prize: Zoya Fasihuddin, Karachi Grammar School, Pakistan
Third Prize: Stella Zhu, Northfield Mount Hermon, USA
Psychology
Winner: Eugene Choi, International School Manila, Philippines
Second Prize: InChan Yang, Winchester College, UK
Third Prize: Sarah Carr, Sidcot School, UK
Theology
Winner: Aiden Whitham, St. Paul's School, UK
Second Prize: Laura Koscielska, The Purcell School For Young Musicians, UK
Third Prize: Naciima Mohamed, Columbia Heights High School, USA
Law
Winner: Hao Tian, Beijing New Talent Academy, China
Second Prize: Huaming Li, Xi’an Gaoxin No.1 High School, China
Third Prize: Corey Koh, Raffles Institution, Singapore
Junior
Winner: Joonyoung Heo, Pacific Cascade Middle School, USA
Second Prize: Stephanie Mo, Indian Mountain School, USA
Third Prize: Rena Kim, Menlo School, USA
2020
Grand Prize
Ethan Christian Tan, Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore
Philosophy
Winner: Ethan Christian Tan, ACS (Independent), Singapore
Second Prize: Min-Jun Kang, Korea International School, Korea
Third Prize: Ali Haider, Wallington County Grammar School, UK
Politics
Winner: Helny Hobbs, Newstead Wood School, UK
Second Prize: Elizabeth Zhu, University of Toronto School, Canada
Third Prize: Calvin Xu, Appleby College, Canada
Economics
Winner: Raphael Conte, Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, UK
Second Prize: Saskia Poulter, The Tiffin Girls' School, UK
Third Prize: Jaimin Shah, King Edward VI Grammar School, UK
History
Winner: Runan Lin, Georgetown Preparatory School, USA
Second Prize: Christopher Conway, King's College School, UK
Equal Third Prize: Sungjin Park, Wellington College, UK and
Megan Cui, Phillips Andover Academy, USA
Psychology
Winner: Tianyi Jia, Princeton High School, USA
Second Prize: Henry Barker, Felsted School, UK
Third Prize: Jessica Na, Interlake High School, USA
Theology
Winner: Noah Buckle, Watford Grammar School for Boys, UK
Second Prize: Zheng Wei Lim, Raffles Institution, Singapore
Third Prize: Varun Venkatesh, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
Law
Winner: Sirui Cai, Raffles Institution, Singapore
Second Prize: Junfang Zhang, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore
Third Prize: Christopher Bong, ARCH Education, Hong Kong
Junior
Winner: Jason Hausenloy, UWCSEA East Campus, Singapore
Second Prize: Anna Rantakari, Wellington College, UK
Third Prize: Alexander Fletcher, St Paul's School, UK
2019
Grand Prize
Luke Duthie, Germantown Academy, Pennsylvania, US
Philosophy
Winner: Younghoon Seo, Chadwick International School, South Korea
Second Prize: Jiajun Chung, Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Singapore
Third Prize: Maximilian Fawcett, St Paul's School, UK
Politics
Winner: Nayah Victoria Thu, Oslo International School, Norway
Second Prize: Daniel Craig-McFeely, St Paul's School, UK
Third Prize: Haritha Kumar, Cupertino High School, US
Economics
Winner: Luke Duthie, Germantown Academy, US
Second Prize: Janusha Uthayakumar, Woodford County High School for Girls, UK
Third Prize: Harry Toube, City of London School, UK
History
Winner: Rosie Ashmore, Hagley Roman Catholic High School, UK
Second Prize: Mihira Philip, Sutton Grammar School, UK
Equal Third Prize: George Chadney, The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, UK
Clemmie Read, St Paul's Girls' School, UK
Psychology
Winner: Zikai Zhou, Xiaoshi High School, China
Second Prize: Claire Yoonsuh Kim, Chadwick International School, South Korea
Third Prize: Sophie Kelly, Millfield School, UK
Theology
Winner: Elijah Lee, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Singapore
Second Prize: Cindy Xin, Albany High School, US
Third Prize: Andrzej Karpiński, II High School In Poznan, Poland
Law
Winner: Judy Hyojoo Rhee, University Hill Secondary School, Canada
Second Prize: Jonathan Lee, Abingdon School, UK
Third Prize: Alexander Archer, Eton College, UK
Junior
Equal First Prize: Ethan Zhu, The King's School, Australia
Indigo Lee-Wilson, Ascham School, Australia
Third Prize: Jason Hausenloy, UWC South East Asia East Campus, Singapore