Many Languages, One World Student Essay Contest 2017: ELS and UNAI Global Youth Forum

The Many Languages, One World Student Essay Contest is run by ELS and is open to university students worldwide. Sixty entrants are chosen as delegates to the 2017 United Nations Academic Impact Global Youth Forum, held 15-26 July 2017, where they build action plans tied to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

• Host: ELS
• Level: competition for full-time university students
• Destination: United Nations Headquarters in New York City, USA
• Forum dates: 15-26 July 2017
• Awards: 60 delegates
• Covered: airfare, accommodations and meals
• Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, 16 March, 2017

The forum takes place at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, USA.

The essay question is global citizenship and cultural understanding.

60 students are selected as delegates.

International students who are 18 and above.

Winners receive airfare, accommodations and meals.

You must be a full-time university student, recommended and endorsed by a Faculty Member or University Representative, and must be 18 years of age or older by the contest deadline.

Applications are currently closed.

Write an original essay of 2,000 words or less on global citizenship and cultural understanding, and on the part multilingual ability can play in building them. Your essay should reflect your personal, academic, cultural and national context. It must be written in an official language of the United Nations that is not your first language or the main language of instruction during your primary or secondary education. The official United Nations languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. You will need to show both written and verbal competency in the language of your essay. The submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, 16 March, 2017.

Visit the official website (link below) for the application form and full details on how to apply.

• Who can enter the contest? Full-time university students who are 18 or older by the contest deadline and who are recommended and endorsed by a Faculty Member or University Representative.

• What does the prize cover? Airfare, accommodations and meals for the selected delegates.

• How many students are selected? 60 students are chosen as delegates to the 2017 United Nations Academic Impact Global Youth Forum.

• What language must the essay be in? An official United Nations language that is not your first language or the main language of instruction in your primary or secondary education: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish.

• When is the deadline? 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, 16 March, 2017.

• Read the official contest guidelines before you start writing and follow the essay question closely.
• Ask your Faculty Member or University Representative for the recommendation and endorsement early.
• Draft your essay well ahead of the deadline so you have time to revise and check the word limit.
• Make sure you can show written and verbal competency in the language you write in.