{"id":1244,"date":"2026-03-20T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:50:51","slug":"global-essay-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/global-essay-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udccc <strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have ideas worth arguing for at the highest academic level?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize is widely acknowledged as the world&#8217;s most prestigious essay competition for students under 19, welcoming tens of thousands of submissions from ambitious young thinkers in more than 150 countries. 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