The 2022-23 essay prize was on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which was crushed by the Soviet army.
1st Jess Harris, Hayesfield Girls’ School, Bath
2nd Sara Hughes, Brighton College
3rd Rebecca Klemke, Impington International College, Cambridge
Highly commended:
Ben Luca Atassi Quinton, Tiffin School, Kingston-upon-Thames
Gabriella Sheppard, Tormead School, Guildford
George Emms, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Ksenia Kuznetsova, Matthew Arnold School, Oxford
Raahan Mehta, Haberdashers’ Boys’ School, Borehamwood
Matthew Rusling, Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, Birmingham
Commended:
Robin Elfsberg, Watford Grammar School for Boys
Harris Felton, Watford Grammar School for Boys
Henry Burrows, Magdalen College School, Oxford
Evelyn Davies, Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon
Niamh Tarrant, LaSWAP, London
Sophie Browning, Sutton Valence School, Maidstone
Congratulations to all who completed their essays. To have done that is an achievement in itself.
The awards ceremony took place at the Hungarian Embassy in London in the late afternoon of 10th May, 2023. His Excellency Ferenc Kumin presented the prizes.
The essays were anonymised before the judges saw them, so they did not know who wrote the essays or which school they attend. This was to prevent any unconscious bias. The judges included Victor Sebestyen, author of Budapest: Between East and West.
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