2025 Baldwin Prize Essay Submission Form

First Name*

Last Name*

Grade Level*

9th

10th

11th

12th

Email*

Student ID Number

English Teacher*

Please enter only the last name of your English teacher. E.g., if your teacher's name were Ms. Wordsmith, you would enter only Wordsmith below.

Mobile Phone Number*

Ethics Confirmation*

If you have broken the Baldwin Prize submission rules by inventing a story or any content for this essay that is untrue, please do not submit your essay. If the story you are submitting is true and not made up, please indicate that by writing "This story is true" in the box below.

Please respond to the following statement: "The essay I am submitting is original and entirely my own."*

True

False

Essay Word Count*

The word count may not exceed 1,000 words. If you have more than 1,000 words, please bring your essay under the word limit before you submit.

Text of Your Essay*

Please upload a copy of your essay. It should be a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF file. No other file formats will be accepted. Include only the text of your essay. Please DO NOT include your name, an essay title, or the name of your English teacher.

Audio Recording

You have the option of recording yourself reciting your essay and being evaluated based on that recording instead of the written version. (You are, however, still required to submit the written version.) If you would like to submit a recorded version of your essay, record yourself at https://www.online-voice-recorder.com/, download the mp3 file of your recording, and upload it here. Only mp3 files will be accepted.

Foreign-Language Translation*

Did you have to translate material from one language to another to write this essay?

Yes

Foreign-Language Translation Details

If you translated material for this essay, what language did you translate from, and how much material did you translate?

Consideration for Passport Prize

This field is optional. The Baldwin Prize will pay US passport application fees for a limited number of students. If you would like to be considered for this funding, please let us know briefly what you would like to do with a passport. Why would having a passport be meaningful or helpful to you? Please respond in less than 180 words. Priority will be given to students who demonstrate that they might not be able to acquire a passport at this stage without outside support. Applying for a passport requires time, paperwork, and document retrieval. If you do not want to do this work, do not request the passport award.