Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025

Congratulations to students on winning a record 85 awards in this year’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, including a record 17 Gold Awards. Over 80% of the essays we entered won awards. There were 53,434 entries from 54 Commonwealth nations: students should be very proud to be recognised amidst such competition.

Gold: Shanya Abeyewardene, Viola Barattini, Ezzah Bhaila, Alaina Calyaneratne, Aniela Candappa, Mikhail De Zilwa, Yuvan Embuldeniya, Leo Galapitage, Yufan He, Aarav Hirdaramani, Jesy Inbaruban, Mariah Rafeek, Krish Sivagananathan, Jett Tenduf–La, Thulani Walpita, Thivenee Wimalasena, Jiayin Zheng

Silver: Tenuri Alawatta, Sasen Amarasekara, Kunchana Ariyasiri, Theyon Athukorala, Maaria Deedat, Onithi De Silva, Tristan De Soysa, Senula Dharmawansa, Sanuthi Edirisinghe, Nara Ethirveerasingam, Aarish Hirdaramani, Zaid Ibrahim, Tharul Jayasinghe, Kaelah John, Kayah John, Hesali Kariyawasam, Malithi Karunaratne, Thaadhi Kudagama, Arrabella Mitchell, Macayle Muthuhetti Gamage, Himandee Rajapaksa, Raiha Rouzan, Kikini Samarapperuma, Aadam Schaffter, Leenaa Sri Ravi Shankar, Logan Virasinghe, Osandi Weerasangilige, Dayami Wickramaarachchi, Arya Widanagamage, Reveika Wijeyasinghe, Hasanah Zainudeen, Zaynah Zeshan Mahir, Ziqiao Zhou

Bronze: Tara Dias, Javier Galapitage, Luke Galapitage, Viyaan Gobikrishna, Dinuk Gunawardena, Sara Hapuarachchi, Vishmi Hettiarachchi, Sanitha Imbulegama, Yaminah Inayathullah, Dhaniyal Irshad, Minadi Jayasumana, Aryana Jayathunga. Taniska Kagananandha, Insith Liyanage, Diheli Perera, Tanishka Praveen, Raheema Ramzy, Prajjesh Razaratnam, Thooba Rifai, Aneeqa Rifkan, Rayyan Rifkan, Sanuki Senevirathne, Haya Shabeer, Alana Silva, Vinuja Silva, Tashane Sivagananathan, Yeyoung Son, Hannah Song, Olivia Spence, Aneka Srikumar, Anjana Srikumar, Tara Tenduf-La, Sasith Wickramasinghe, Senara Wickramasinghe, Ayon Abhiman Withanachchi