Lumiere Scholars Essay Award

The Lumiere Scholars Essay Award is a global essay competition for high school students, designed to showcase exceptional critical thinking, analytical writing, and intellectual curiosity across Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM.

Humanities

First Place

by Kmar Asmi

Essay Prompt: How should societies determine which past injustices deserve apologies and reparations from the state?

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Second Place

by Lê Anh Khoa

Essay Prompt: How should societies determine which past injustices deserve apologies and reparations from the state?

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Social Sciences

First Place

by Swasti Sahoo

Essay Prompt: What kinds of social problems are chatbots good at solving, and what kinds of social problems are they bad at solving?

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Second Place

by Vivian Foutz

Essay Prompt: What kinds of social problems are chatbots good at solving, and what kinds of social problems are they bad at solving?

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STEM

First Place

by Ridaa Mittal

Essay Prompt: How do modern internet-based social media affect adolescent emotional and social development?

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Second Place

by Janvi Kothari

Essay Prompt: What can be accomplished with a million noiseless qubits?

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