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Hiya Chowdhury looks back on how the competition has changed her life
Hiya Chowdhury, Senior Runner-up QCEC 2017, QCEC 2023 Final Panel Judge and published children’s author explains how the competition has...
Hiya Chowdhury
Oct 30, 2023
Meet the winners of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2023
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world's oldest international schools' writing contest, established by the...
Elizabeth van der Valk
Oct 1, 2023
QCEC 2021 Junior Runner-up from India shares her experience of Winners Week and receiving her award
"Pussy cat, Pussy cat, Where have you been? I've been to London to look at the Queen. Pussy cat, Pussy cat, What did you do there? Oh! I...
Raisa Gulati
Jun 26, 2023
QCEC 2021 Junior Winner Aditi Nair shares her experience of Winners Week
(Aditi receiving her award from Her Majesty The Queen (then Duchess of Cornwall) during an Award Ceremony at St James's Palace in 2021)...
Aditi Nair
Jun 23, 2023
Amaal Fawzi, Senior runner-up of the QCEC 2022, shares her experience of entering the competition
What’s your favourite book and why? My favourite book has to be ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak. I’ve read it four times and it only...
Amaal Fawzi
Jun 2, 2023
'Woven Legacy': A poem to mark the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla
A poem to mark the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla by winners of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition: Amaal...
Elizabeth van der Valk
May 8, 2023
Sawooly Li, Senior Winner of the QCEC 2022 shares her experience of entering the competition
To mark World Creativity Day 2023, Sawooly Li, Senior Winner of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022 shares her experience of...
Sawooly Li
Apr 21, 2023
Meet The Winners Of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world's oldest international schools' writing contest, established by the...
Elizabeth van der Valk
Oct 2, 2022
Celebrating Commonwealth writing with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
On Saturday, 4 June 2022 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society joined the BBC...
Elizabeth van der Valk
Jun 7, 2022
Winners Of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021
In 2021 we were thrilled to announce that a record-breaking 25,648 children entered The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021 from...
Elizabeth van der Valk
Oct 3, 2021
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020
The 2020 competition attracted nearly 13,000 entries on the theme: Climate Action and the Commonwealth. 130 volunteer judges, drawn from...
Elizabeth van der Valk
Oct 4, 2020
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2019
From more than 11,000 entries, five pieces were selected as the winners and runners-up of The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition...
Elizabeth van der Valk
Oct 6, 2019
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