The Lumiere Scholars Essay Award is a global essay competition open to high school students worldwide. 6 winners from 3 categories (Humanities, STEM, and Social Sciences) will receive a total of $20,500 in cash prizes and scholarships. Entries will be judged by professors from Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell, and Dartmouth.As a participant, you will choose one of the six prompts and submit an argumentative essay on the chosen question. Submissions should be formal academic essays, in English, featuring a clear central argument, well-organized reasoning, use of relevant sources, and thoughtful analysis of opposing perspectives. Entries are judged on five criteria: originality, analysis, evidence, structure, and presentation.The award seeks well-reasoned, research-based argumentative essays rather than original research papers. You are not expected to conduct primary data collection or advanced data analysis to submit.