Official Links

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Last checked at: 3 Apr 2026

Verification status: Verified

Source URLs

• https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/essay-prizes/
• https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/essay-prizes/languagesandcultures/

Evidence Text

• Official page title: Languages and Cultures Essay Prize.
• Official meta description states entry for Year 12 / Lower Sixth students.
• Trinity essay-prizes hub says prizes run for Lower and Upper 6th students internationally.
• The questions for the 2026 competition are as follows:
• ‘Language is a space of dissemblance and equivocation, rather than clarity.’ Discuss.
• ‘An artist’s or a writer’s most powerful political weapon is the imagination.’ Discuss.
• ‘The political impact of a narrative is most powerfully conveyed by its ending’. Discuss.
• ‘Poetic language is best suited to write the history of the voiceless.’ Discuss.

Notes

Trinity essay prize sub-competition in Languages and Cultures.

Related Competitions

Similar competitions in United Kingdom under Writing.