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Lumiere Scholars Essay Award (Spring 2026)

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.

GOLD

Vedant Rastogi

Saint Joseph's Institution International

ESSAY PROMPT

In the new age of Generative AI, what are the most important impacts on education?

Silver

Rishab Gulati

Georgetown Preparatory School 

ESSAY PROMPT

Can AI and organ cultures replace the need for experiments using animals?​

Silver

Swasti Sahoo

Adamstown Community
College

ESSAY PROMPT

If every person possesses intrinsic worth, does society have a moral duty to reduce poverty and inequality?

Bronze

Faheem Moonda

Canfield High School

ESSAY PROMPT

In a modern democracy, what responsibilities do citizens have to question economic and political systems — and what happens when people stop asking difficult questions?​

Bronze

Jumana Waheib

La Senda Global Academy

ESSAY PROMPT

Which problem of turbulence is the great problem of turbulence?​

Bronze

Jai Ban Chatterjee

Western Academy of
Beijing

ESSAY PROMPT

If every person possesses intrinsic worth, does society have a moral duty to reduce poverty and inequality?

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