International Essay Contest for Young People

2023 International Essay Contest for Young People
RESULTS

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 International Essay Contest for Young People.

This year the Essay Contest was held under the theme “Youth Creating a Peaceful Future.” From among 20,674 entries (Children’s category: 6,922 / Youth category: 13,752) from 168 countries, the following winners were selected. We take this opportunity to thank all of you who participated in the contest!

Each first prize winner will receive a certificate of commendation from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and a gift. Certificates and gifts for other prizes will be mailed to the winners in December 2023.

Guidelines for the 2024 International Essay Contest for Young People will be announced on this website and through the Goi Peace Foundation’s mailing list and facebook page by mid-February 2024.

Congratulatory Message from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Congratulatory message for the 2023 International Essay Contest for Young People

Theme
“Youth Creating a Peaceful Future”

What does a peaceful world look like to you? How can young people work together, using creative ideas and approaches to realize a peaceful future? Please share your specific ideas.

List of Winners

(All ages are as of June 15, 2023.)

1st Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Award)

Children's category (1 entrant)

Youth category (1 entrant)

2nd Prize

Children's category (3 entrants)

Youth category (3 entrants)

3rd Prize

Children's category (5 entrants)

Youth category (5 entrants)

Honorable Mention

Children's category (25 entrants)

Youth category (25 entrants)

Best School Award (3 schools)

  • Koka Gakuen Junior and Senior High School for Girls, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Setagaya Junior High School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Oizumi Junior High School (Japan)

School Incentive Award (74 schools)

  • Aichi Prefectural Chigusa High School (Japan)
  • Antique Vocational School- Special Program in Journalism (Philippines)
  • Arsakeio Secondary Schools of Thessaloniki (Greece)
  • Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi (India)
  • Beaconhouse Sri Inai International School, Selangor (Malaysia)
  • Bilingual Kopalinski School, Bielsko-Biala (Poland)
  • Bukhara region Karavulbazar district School N1 (Uzbekistan)
  • Buyukcekmece Doga Koleji, Istanbul (Türkiye)
  • Chicago Futabakai Japanese School-Saturday School, Illinois (U.S.A.)
  • Clark Memorial International High School, Aichi (Japan)
  • Colégio Santa Maria, São Paulo (Brazil)
  • Colégio Vital Brazil, São Paulo (Brazil)
  • De La Salle Lipa, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Destiny International College, Osogbo (Nigeria)
  • Écoles Al Madina Site Polo, Casablanca (Morocco)
  • Escuela Preparatoria No. 8 Universidad de Guadalajara (México)
  • FPT University, Hanoi (Viet Nam)
  • Fuji Sacred Heart School, Shizuoka (Japan)
  • Fukushima Prefectural Aizu Gakuho Junior and Senior High School (Japan)
  • Fukushima Prefectural Asakakaisei Senior High School (Japan)
  • Ghiyasuddin International School, Male’ (Maldives)
  • Gymnázium Šrobárova, Kosice (Slovakia)
  • Hougang Secondary School (Singapore)
  • Ikeda Junior High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University (Japan)
  • International School of Milan (Italy)
  • Jamaluddin School, Male' (Maldives)
  • Japaniche Schule in Zurich (Hoshuko) (Switzerland)
  • Jonan Gakuen Junior High School, Senior High School, Osaka (Japan)
  • Joso Gakuin Junior & Senior High School, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • Kagoshima Gyokuryu Junior & Senior High School of Kagoshima City (Japan)
  • Keimei Gakuen Elementary School, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Kokugojuku KURU, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Kyoto University of Advanced Science Junior & Senior High School (Japan)
  • Labuan International School, Labuan (Malaysia)
  • Liceul Mathias Hammer in Anina, Caras-Severin (Romania)
  • Matsumoto Shuho Secondary School, Nagano (Japan)
  • Midori Elementary School of Itabashi City, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Miwada Gakuen Girls' Junior & Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Motherland Secondary School, Pokhara Lekhnath (Nepal)
  • Nan Hua Primary School (Singapore)
  • Nobeoka Technical High School, Miyazaki (Japan)
  • Omori 6th Junior High School of Ota City, Tokyo (Japan)
  • OOU Lazo Trpovski, Skopje (North Macedonia)
  • Ozel Cagdas Bilim Koleji, Muğla (Türkiye)
  • PECHS Girls School, Karachi (Pakistan)
  • Preparatoria Regional de Colotlán, Jalisco (México)
  • Santo Tomas Elementary School-Annex, Laguna (Philippines)
  • Satriwithaya School, Bangkok (Thailand)
  • School 11, Cherkasy (Ukraine)
  • ȘCOALA GIMNAZIALĂ „SPIRU HARET” BACĂU (Romania)
  • Sekolah Kebangsaan Minden Height, Pinang (Malaysia)
  • Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sri Nipah, Kelantan (Malaysia)
  • Senior High School at Sakado, University of Tsukuba, Saitama (Japan)
  • Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Shinjuku Nishitoyama Junior High School of Shinjuku City, Tokyo (Japan)
  • SJKC Kong Min Cawangan Kedua, Penang (Malaysia)
  • Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a Gymnázium, Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • SMJK Chio Min, Kedah (Malaysia)
  • SMK Taman Pelangi Indah, Johor (Malaysia)
  • SMP Islam Al Izhar Pondok Labu, South Jakarta (Indonesia)
  • Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan of China)
  • St. Agnes' Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto (Japan)
  • Sydney Saturday School of Japanese, New South Wales (Australia)
  • SESI ESCOLA, Mossoró (Brazil)
  • St. Joseph Convent School Quetta (Pakistan)
  • Suma Gakuen Junior High School, Hyogo (Japan)
  • Teacher Su International School, Yangon (Myanmar)
  • TED Mersin College (Türkiye)
  • Toho Girls' Junior and Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Tokyo Bay International School (Japan)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)
  • Yamanouchi Junior High School of Yamanouchi Town, Nagano (Japan)
  • Yaroslavl College of Industry and Economy, Yaroslavl (Russia)
  • Základná škola Bernolákova 16, Košice (Slovakia)

Essay Contest 2023 Flyer (PDF)

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Past Winning Essays