1 . Global Essay Competition

The John Locke Institute encourages young people to develop the characteristics that turn good students into great writers. Our Essay Competition invites students to explore a wide range of challenging and interesting questions beyond the limits of the school curriculum (课程).

All of our essay prizes are judged by senior academics from the University of Oxford. The judges will choose their favourite essay from each subject category and an overall “best essay” across six subjects: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, History, Psychology and Law.

Entry Requirements

Entry is open to students from any country. Candidates must be eighteen years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline, 30 June. Candidates for the Junior Prize must be fourteen years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline. Each essay should address only one of the questions in your chosen subject category, and must not exceed (超过) 2, 000 words.

Key Dates

30 June: Submission deadline

14 July: Short-listed candidates informed

26 August: Awards Dinner for the Junior Prize

2. September: Awards Dinner for the Economics Prize and other prizes

Prizes

There is a prize for the best essay in each category. The prize for each winner of a subject category, and the winner of the Junior category, is a scholarship worth US $2,000 towards the cost of attending any John Locke Institute programme, and the essays will be published on the Institute’s website. The prize-giving ceremony will take place in Oxford.

The candidate who submits the best essay overall will be awarded an honorary John Locke Institute Junior, Fellowship, which comes with a US $10, 000 scholarship to attend one or more of our summer schools.

1. What should the entry be about?

A．The limits of school courses.	B．The characteristics of great writers.
C．One of the given questions.	D．Anything in the chosen fields.

2. What is NOT true about the competition?

A．It sets a word limit on essays.

B．It has six subject categories.

C．Its prizes are judged by voting online.

D．It is open to any student regardless of his or her nationality.

3. Those who want to compete for the Junior Prize should not be over _________years old.

A．10

B．14

C．18

D．20

4. When will the Law Prize winner attend the awards dinner?

A．On 30 June.	B．On 14 July.
C．On 26 August.	D．On 2 September.

5. What will the overall best essay candidate receive?

A．A fellowship at Oxford University.	B．A summer school scholarship.
C．A chance to get published.	D．A US $1, 000 award.

2 . Heroes Stamp Design Competition

Welcome to the Heroes Stamp Design Competition! Children aged 4-14years are invited to design a stamp. Eight designs will be chosen for this stamp series from the Royal Mail. One of the designs could be yours. There are 120 great prizes on offer for area winners and runners-up. Plus, cash prizes for the winning schools too.

Stamp Designing

The stamp design will be based on your hero or heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. The past year has been very difficult for so many people. There are countless frontline workers and volunteers who have continued to work tirelessly to keep the country moving.

Being a stamp designer is a very skilled job. One of the jobs of a stamp designer is to reduce the size of a picture to fit the stamp. When designing your stamp, have a think about what kind of image of your hero or heroes would make a good miniature (微型的) design for a stamp. The final stamps produced will be about 3.7cm wide×3.5cm high.

Things to consider

 Your stamp design must be drawn on the official competition entry form (报名表) which your teacher will give you.

 Your design must be your own original work.

 Drawings must be flat, so please don’t stick any materials or textures (纹理) to your design.

 Please use lots of colour (no black and white images) in your design.

 Please avoid using highlighter pens (荧光笔).

Good Luck

The closing date for the competition is 28th May. Please ask your teacher, or parent, for one of the official entry forms. You’re then ready to start designing! We can’t wait to see all of the amazing designs from gifted children across the country.

Good Luck!

1. Who would probably take part in the competition?

A．Students.	B．Doctors.
C．School teachers.	D．Professional designers.

2. What do we know about the competition?

A．It will begin on 28th May.

B．It is for a series of four stamps.

C．It asks competitors to honour heroes on their stamps.

D．It will provide each competing school with cash prizes.

3. What’s the requirement for the size of your stamps?

A．About 3.5cm wide×3.5cm high.	B．About 3.7cm wide×3.7cm high.
C．About 3.5cm wide×3.7cm high.	D．About 3.7cm wide×3.5cm high.

4. What is a requirement for the stamp design?

A．It should be black and white.

B．It should be drawn with highlighter pens.

C．It should be flat with textures.

D．It should be drawn on a given form.

5. The author writes the text mainly to       .

A．advertise for some newly issued stamps	B．send a notice about designing stamps
C．call on people to respect modern heroes	D．encourage people to be frontline workers