International Essay Contest for Young People
RESULTS
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 International Essay Contest for Young People.
From among 21,705 entries from 162 countries, the following winners were selected. We take this opportunity to thank all of you who participated in the contest!
First prize winners will receive the Minister of Education Award at a ceremony during the Goi Peace Foundation Forum 2018 to be held at Nikkei Hall in Tokyo on November 23, 2018. Certificates and gifts for other prizes will be mailed to the winners in November 2018.
Guidelines for the 2019 International Essay Contest for Young People will be announced on this website and through the Goi Peace Foundation mailing list and facebook at the end of January 2019.
Theme
"The Change I Want to Make"
What is the one thing you would like to change the most to make your school, workplace, community, country or the world a better place? How would you bring about that change? Please share your concrete ideas.
List of Winners
(All ages are as of June 15, 2018.)
1st Prize
Children's category (1 entrant)
Youth category (1 entrant)
2nd Prize
Children's category (2 entrants)
- Three Actions That Start with Me
Sayo Tanaka (Age 12, Japan) - The Change I want To make In My School
Yeatsho Doekar Gyeltshen (Age 12, Bhutan)
Youth category (2 entrants)
- The Battle Against Plastic Pollution
Kate Yeo (Age 16, Singapore) - Sweet Duels
Nermin Delić (Age 22, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
3rd Prize
Children's category (5 entrants)
- Hinami Totake (Age 12, Japan
) - Jee Won Eva Paik (Age 13, South Korea)
- Neda Simic (Age 13, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Eri Nakayama (Age 14, Japan)
- Keonhee Lee (Age 14, Canada)
Youth category (5 entrants)
- Keisuke Horie (Age 16, Japan)
- Sae Tamura (Age 16, Japan)
- Melissa Johns (Age 22, U.S.A.)
- Sanam Bukhari (Age 22, Pakistan)
- Jing Hui Fu (Age 24, Malaysia)
Honorable Mention
Children's category (25 entrants)
- Yukie Kataoka (Age 8, Japan)
- Thomas Tafur (Age 9, Colombia)
- Ella-Mei Graham (Age 11, Australia)
- Elle Paris Wirtz (Age 11, Seychelles)
- Tenzin Wangmo (Age 11, Bhutan)
- Angateeah Aditi Devi (Age 12, Mauritius)
- Celine Serin Joo (Age 12, South Korea)
- Ines Indira Rei (Age 12, Indonesia)
- Kaiji Kosaka (Age 12, Japan)
- Kylee Kest (Age 12, U.S.A.)
- Masato Takagi (Age 12, Japan)
- Yuto Tsumura (Age 13, Japan)
- Abiral Gautam (Age 13, Nepal)
- Alice Min Seo Kim (Age 13, South Korea)
- Coloco Jane Jacyln (Age 13, India
) - Kyle Galea (Age 13, Malta)
- Maya Morita (Age 13, Japan)
- Bhaskar Mishra (Age 14, India)
- Chaeeun Jung (Age 14, South Korea)
- Haru Yamauchi (Age 14, Japan & Mongolia
) - Kelerayani Vorakitaki (Age 14, Fiji)
- Mizuki Uchida (Age 14, Japan)
- Naru Kondo (Age 14, Japan)
- Petra Štrk (Age 14, Croatia)
- Viengphouthone Phomsengsavanh (Age 14, Laos)
Youth category (25 entrants)
- Mahika Halepete (Age 15, U.S.A.)
- Felicia Rose Daryonoputri (Age 16, Indonesia)
- Kaho Asami (Age 16, Japan)
- Kiri Shinzato (Age 16, Japan)
- Kyu Won Kim (Age 16, China)
- Mi Sung Ledwaba (Age 16, South Africa)
- Shiori Naito (Age 16, Japan)
- Bayarmagnai Bilguuntuguldur (Age 17, Mongolia
) - Fabrina Tayane Guedes Farias (Age 17, Brazil)
- Fátima Melendez Gutiérrez (Age 17, México)
- Miu Kato (Age 17, Japan)
- Oufan Hai (Age 17, Singapore)
- Yufei Gao (Age 17, China)
- Domokos Péter Kovács (Age 18, Hungary)
- Raj Aaryan (Age 18, India)
- Rocío Alejandra Cruz (Age 19, Honduras)
- Trish Larissa Miranda (Age 21, India)
- Victoria Onyinye Onyeacholem (Age 21, Nigeria)
- Daniela Maria Ballen Barrios (Age 22, Colombia)
- Mauro Adriel Martinez (Age 22, Argentina)
- Cynthia Tze Keng Ko (Age 23, The Netherlands)
- Astha Srivastava (Age 24, India)
- Fortunate Prosper Tillya (Age 24, Tanzania
) - Mbaya Isaac Diop (Age 24, Senegal)
- Otim Nicholas Ojara (Age 24, Uganda)
Best School Award (2 schools)
- Hiroshima Nagisa Junior High School (Japan)
- Showa Women's University Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
School Incentive Award (33 schools)
- Assumption Academy, Osaka (Japan)
- Bunka Gakuen Nagano Junior High School & High School, Nagano (Japan)
- Chicago Futabakai Japanese School-Saturday School, Illinois (USA)
- Chikushi Jogakuen Junior High School, Fukuoka (Japan)
- Escuela Preparatoria No. 8, Universidad de Guadalajara (México)
- Fukushima Prefectural Asakakaisei Senior High School (Japan)
- Honjo Higashi Junior High School, Saitama (Japan)
- Hosen Gakuen Junior & Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Ibaraki Prefectural Koga Secondary School (Japan)
- Institucion Educativa Carlos Alberto Camargo Mendez (Colombia)
- Japaniche Schule in Zurich (Hoshuko) (Switzerland)
- Jonan Gakuen High School, Osaka (Japan)
- Joso Gakuin, Ibaraki (Japan)
- Kamezaki Junior High School of Handa City, Aichi (Japan)
- Kinki University Wakayama Junior High School (Japan)
- Koka Gakuen Junior and Senior High School for Girls, Tokyo (Japan)
- Kokugojuku KURU, Tokyo (Japan)
- Kyoto Gakuen Junior and Senior Highschool (Japan)
- Matsumoto Shuho Secondary School, Nagano (Japan)
- Meijo University Senior High School, Aichi (Japan)
- MITA International School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Motherland Secondary School (Nepal)
- Okinawa Prefectural Gushikawa High School
- Okinawa Prefectural Nago High School (Japan)
- Omori 6th Junior High School of Ota City, Tokyo (Japan)
- Otsuma Ranzan Junior and Senior High School, Saitama (Japan)
- Peacezone MA. VI., Itahari (Nepal)
- Rikkyo School in England, West Sussex (UK)
- Ritsumeikan Keisho Junior & Senior High School, Hokkaido (Japan)
- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sri Nipah, Johor (Malaysia)
- Setagaya Junior High School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan)
- Teikyo Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Waseda Shibuya Senior High School (Singapore)
Organized by
The Goi Peace Foundation
Endorsed by
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan Private High School Federation
Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nikkei Inc.
Supported by
FELISSIMO CORPORATION, SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION, PLUS CORPORATION