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Meet the winners of the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024
Join us for a very special episode of the Commonwealth Poetry Podcast brought to you from Buckingham Palace to celebrate the winners of the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024 – the world’s oldest international schools’ writing competition. In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet the brilliant young winners and hear from some of the supporters of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Guests this episode include actors Tanya Reynolds and Toby Stephens, comedian Richard Ayoade and award winning journalist Clive Myree. Alongside the exec chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Linda Yueh CBE, and the brilliant young winners: Evangeline Khoo – Senior Winner, Erynn Liew – Junior Winner, Cristabelle Yeo – Senior Runner Up, and Victor Kiyaga – Junior Runner Up. Their winning essays can be read online at https://www.royalcwsociety.org/post/qcec2024winners.
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition Winners 2024
Evangeline Khoo
Senior Winner from Malaysia with her entry Ungrowing Growth
Erynn Liew
Junior Winner from Malaysia with her entry The Indian Ocean Queen’s Troubles
Cristabelle Yeo
Senior Runner-up from Singapore with her entry Death and the Bumblebee
Victor Kiyaga
Senior Runner-up from Uganda with his entry Whispers from Nazawa
Their winning essays can be read online at https://www.royalcwsociety.org/post/qcec2024winners.
Special Guests
- Linda Yueh CBE – Exec Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society
- Tanya Reynolds – Actor
- Clive Myree – Award winning journalist
- Richard Ayoade – Comedian
- Toby Stephens – Actor
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