Philosophy Essay Writing Competition

We are delighted to announce that the 2023 University of Lincoln Philosophy Essay Competition received more than fifty excellent submissions from nine countries across three continents and that the winners of the competition are:

1^st Prize: Chow Zi Yong (NUS High School of Math and Science, Singapore) who chose the question “Is the Mind Physical?”

2^nd Prize: Mustafa Khuramy (West Herts College, Watford) who chose the question “Is the Mind Physical?”

2^nd Prize: Amelia Parkin (Stratford Girls’ Grammar School, Stratford) who chose the question “Should any reasonable person favour socialism?”

2^nd Prize: Zaina Rajput (The Grammar School at Leeds, Leeds) who chose the question “Is it morally acceptable to own pets?”

2^nd Prize: Kheng Hshin Wong (Raffles Institution, Singapore) who chose the question “Should any reasonable person favour socialism?”

The judges also selected the following exceptionally high quality submissions for honourable mention:

*Kaajal Basra (St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon)

*Felix Boegh-Nielsen (Harrow School, Harrow)

*Yi An Chan (Dunman High School, Singapore)

*Clarence Chen (Harrow International School, Hong Kong)

*Georgina Grant (Lichfield Cathedral School, Lichfield)

*Melissa Hua (Saint Ignatius College Prep, Chicago)

*Theo Hunter (Forge Valley School, Sheffield)

*Maxim Koval (Winchester College, Winchester)

*Natalie Mo (Cardif Sixth Form College, Cardiff)

*Hanan Moyeed (Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnett)

*Elizabeth Nash (King’s High School, Warwick)

Frederick Kong Yue (Oxford International School, Oxford)

Abigail Baraniak (The Elliott Hudson College, Leeds)

Lucy Engwell (St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon)

Izzi Fearnley (Peter Symonds College, Winchester)

Ria Iyer (The Priory Academy LSST, Lincoln)

Mahdiyah Kamilah (Hymers College, Kingston Upon Hull)

Hannah Lee (Westminster School, London)

Georgie Line (St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon)

Penelope Macbeth (Cardinal Newman College, Preston)

Carys Manjdadria-Jenkins (St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon)

Erin McGurk (Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Altrincham)

Aiden Nip (London Academy of Excellence, Stratford)

Alessandro Nuzzo (Grazia Deledda, Lecce)

Owen Pierce (The Sixth Form College Farnborough, Farnborough)

Mila Pretolani (The British School of Milan, Milan)

Georgie Robertson (Lincoln College, Lincoln)

Amy Rompotis (Harrow International School, Hong Kong)

Nia Sutton (Rugby School, Rugby)

Abimbola Tayo (The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, Elstree)

Sonny Wilcock (Greenhead College, Huddersfield)

Evelyn Zhang (Beths Grammar School, Bexley)

* Also shortlisted for 1^st/2^nd prize.

We are delighted to announce that the 2022 University of Lincoln Philosophy Essay Competition received many brilliant submissions from across three continents and that the winners of the competition are:

1st prize: Min-Jun Kang (Korea International School, Jeju, South Korea) who chose the question ‘Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?’

2^nd prize: Nicholson Kanefield (Boulder High School, Colorado, USA) who chose the question ‘Are Persons Morally Responsible for Their Actions?’

2^nd prize: Lida Wen (Episcopal High School, Virginia, USA) who chose the question ‘Are Persons Morally Responsible for Their Actions?’

2^nd prize: Lloyd Doré-Green (Winchester College, UK) who chose the question ‘Is it Morally Permissible to Eat Animals?’

2^nd prize: Oliver Johnson (Warwick School, UK) who chose the question ‘Are Persons Morally Responsible for Their Actions?’

The judges also selected the following exceptionally high quality submissions for honourable mention:

Jasmine Barlow (Hitchin Girls School) 

Noor Bibi (Solihull Sixth Form College) 

Byungha Lee (Shattuck-St. Mary’s School) 

Beatrice Colombi (Felsted School) 

Ava Connolly (Lady Margaret School) 

Kareem Eldawi (George Spencer Academy) 

Kiera Fraser (William Farr Church of England School) 

Phoebe Graham (Altrincham Grammar School for Girls) 

Harry Hall (St. Peter's School, York) 

Hana Heffer (Magdalen College School) 

Archie Carlow Higgs (Bedford Modern School) 

Oscar Luck (Tiffin School)

Ebiere Penawou (Hurtwood House) 

Alexander Petukhov (Shrewsbury School) 

Caitlin Tinsley (St. Mary’s School, Gerrards Cross) 

Florence Ward (Dauntsey's School)

Edward Whysall (Bedford Modern School)