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HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST

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Overview

The Yale Foreign Policy Initiative's High School Essay Contest is designed to give high school students a chance to demonstrate their robust knowledge about foreign affairs to the Yale community and beyond. Winning essays will be published on an international forum, showcased on the YFPI website and Instagram, and receive a cash prize. Yale students and faculty thoroughly review the entries and select essays that are the most sophisticated, original, and forward-thinking on today's global issues. Submissions from all countries and grade levels are welcome.

 

The entry form for the 2026 contest can be found here.

The evaluation rubric can be found here.​

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Past winners:

Divya Beeram from San Antonio Texas

Rudransh Singh Palta from Jaipur, India​​

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