English Essay Competition

PRIZES

All the first three winning places in every category will be awarded with our prizes! The winners can look forward to:

• Book vouchers and merch from Martinus 

• Publishing of your essay in The Slovak Spectator online magazine

• Mentoring and /or workshop sessions within GROWNi 

• Merch pack from LEAF Academy

TOPICS

Category A – students of 8th and 9th grades of Primary schools + students of Year 1 and Year 2 of Secondary schools:

• Is it possible to have a life without social media at this time?

• Does fashion help us to define and show who we are and what we do?

• Are printed books better than e-readers? Why?

Category B – students of Year 3 and Year 4 of Secondary schools 

• Is climate change the most serious threat to the world?

• Do our schools today adequately prepare students for the real world?

• Is dating a thing of the past?

Category C – anglophone students (students of bilingual secondary schools and students of any year who studied at English school abroad)

• Will artificial intelligence help the world or hurt it?

• Do movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo promote inclusiveness and awareness or division and inequality?

• Are we losing the art of listening?