Submissions are invited for School Essay Competition 2024 by Royal Geographical Society. The last date of submission is October 4, 2024.

About Royal Geographical Society

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK’s learned society and professional body for geography. We advance geography and support geographers in the UK and across the world.

Competition Details

The 2024 School Essay Competition, organised in partnership with the Financial Times, invites students to answer the following question: 

Drawing on information from your daily life, what sustainability action points would you prioritise?

Include no more than ten key ideas and justify your choices. Use accompanying information from the FT and other sources. 

The judges are looking for: 

  • A clear essay or  ArcGIS StoryMap which is well-evidenced and reaches a clear conclusion.
  • Submissions that do not exceed 1,000 words (excluding references)  – submissions over 1,000 words will not be considered. The word count should be provided in the document.
  • Referenced sources of information and data.
  • Submissions which are the entrant’s own work and relevant to the question and guidance .

The Society runs this competition in partnership with the Financial Times  as part of its education programme to support geography teachers and their pupils.

Eligibility

The competition is open to sixth form geography students aged 16-18 who are registered to study A Level geography or equivalent in Year 12 or 13 on the closing date. This includes students in the UK and overseas. Overseas students must be studying geography as a separate subject (or geography as part of social studies in the US, for example).

Prizes

The winner will receive a £50 Amazon voucher, which may be delivered directly by email. The winner’s entry will be published on the Society’s website and may also be published on FT.com, however, publication on FT.com is at the sole discretion of the FT. The winning and highly commended entries may also be published in Routes Journal (highly commended entries can be submitted by the entrants to Routes for consideration; the winning entry will be automatically submitted to Routes for consideration).

The winner will be notified by mid-November 2024 by email.

How to Submit?

Interested students can submit online via this link.

Submission Deadline

The last date of submission is October 4, 2024.

Contact

Email: enquiries[at]rgs[dot]org

Click here to view the official notification of School Essay Competition 2024 by Royal Geographical Society.