Submit Your Essay

Note to all students submitting essays

Please follow the entry instructions carefully. If your permission form is not submitted with your essay or is submitted without all fields properly filled in, your essay will not be considered or published.

A student who submits an essay is representing to GlobalWE that the essay is original work, that no artificial intelligence model (such as ChatGPT) has been used to assist in writing the essay, and that the work will not infringe on the rights of any third party. By submitting the essay, the student and guardian (if applicable) are giving GlobalWE the nonexclusive right to retain and publish
the essay, identified with the student’s name and the school’s name in any publication. Prior to announcing the winner, GlobalWE may interview finalists to further verify that the essays submitted represent students’ own original work.

Annual Contest

If your school has already been verified with Harvard GlobalWE, your essays will be considered for your region’s contest. Please select the appropriate button to be directed to the correct submission portal:

John bowman memorial Open contest

For students who attend a school with which Harvard GlobalWE does not have a partnership, we run the John Bowman Memorial Open Contest. The 2024 John Bowman Memorial Open Contest will open from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to reading your essays.

Please read the John Bowman Memorial Open contest flyer to see the details on the contest. To participate in the contest, please click this link. You can submit your essay and permission form through the form link. Please make sure to download the official permission form template, fill it out, and upload the properly signed permission form together with your essay.

To read the winning entries from past contests, visit the webpage Winning Essays.

If you are experiencing difficulty submitting your essay, please email us directly at essaycontest@harvardglobalwe.org. Please include your full name, school name and country of location in the email so that we may better assist your inquiry.