The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025 achieved a historic milestone, attracting a record-breaking 53,434 entries from across the 56 member countries of the Commonwealth - a 53% increase from 2024. Submissions came from 54 nations, with particularly strong participation from Ghana, Nigeria, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the Maldives.  This record-breaking milestone wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible support

In a historic feat that celebrates literacy, teamwork, and the power of storytelling, Nigeria has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the longest marathon reading aloud by a team. Setting a new world record of 431 hours 31 mins and 25mins.   The previous record which stood at 365hours and was held by the Dominican Republic for 14 years, has now been surpassed by the Naija ReadFest team, led by Kingsley Sintim, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society 

Her Majesty The Queen, Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society, hosted a reception for winners and runners-up of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025. At a reception at St James’s Palace, The Queen celebrated the winners of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025, the world’s oldest writing competition for schools, delivered by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) since 1883.  For 2025, the competition theme was ‘Our Commonwealth Journey’, which invit

The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is proud to announce the winners of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) 2025, the world’s oldest international writing competition for schools.  This year’s competition achieved a historic milestone, attracting a record-breaking 53,434 entries from across the 56 member countries of the Commonwealth - a 53% increase from 2024. Submissions came from 54 nations, with particularly strong participation from Ghana, Nigeria, Malaysi

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We are delighted to announce that The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) 2025 closed on 23rd May with a record-breaking 53,434...

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Today, Her Majesty The Queen, as Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society, hosted a reception for the winners and runners-up of The...

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With a record-breaking 34,939 entries from all Commonwealth regions, we are delighted to announce the winners and runners-up of The...

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