Applicants to the Graham-Roger Prize must meet the following
criteria at the time of the submission deadline:
Be enrolled in a sixth form or FE education college in Kent
or Medway, or at the University of Kent
Be studying on a full-time or part-time basis
Currently studying in school in Year 10 or 11, studying a
Level 3 Qualification at school (Year 12 or 13) or FE College or studying
towards an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification at the University of Kent
Applicants must be registered in order to submit their
entry. Registration will be open until
the 20th May 2023.
Submissions received by applicants that have not registered will not be
accepted.
School and FE College students must register their
submissions through this
online application form. If your submission is a video, and therefore not
accepted via the online application form, please email your submission. You can
do this either by uploading it to YouTube or by sharing the file with us via
We Transfer. Please email a link or the file containing your submission to grprize@kent.ac.uk
Registrations and submissions must be received by 23:59 GMT
on 20th May 2023. Any submissions after this date will not
be considered.
Submissions must be below or exactly on the stated word
count. Submissions that exceed the word count will not be eligible. For
submissions from students in Year 10-11 submissions, the maximum word count is
1,000 words. For all other submissions, the maximum word count is 2,000 words.
If the submissions is a video, the run time cannot exceed 5 minutes.
All given instructions should be followed. Any entries
judged by the judging panel to not have met any of the given criteria will not
be eligible.
The judges’ decision is final.
Work submitted must be original, copyright free and not
plagiarised from any existing body of work, professional or otherwise. Where
images are used, the source must be clearly cited.
All submitted work must the entrant’s original work, and
should not have appeared in print or on a website (including blogs, streaming
services and social networking sites).
All submitted work must not be, or have been, submitted for any
other competition.
Winning entries will be checked using anti-plagarism
software (iThenticate). Any work found not to be original will be disqualified.
Submissions should not contain content that could be
considered offensive, abusive, derogatory or potentially defamatory.
Terminology and expressed attitudes in submitted work must show respect for the
identity, experiences and sensibilities of everyone. Entries with inappropriate
or offensive content will not be considered.
We will only accept one entry per-applicant,
per-competition. Applicants will be allowed to submit one updated version of
each submission, as long as this is received before the deadline. This will
then be accepted as the final entry.
Entrants retain full copyright of their submissions.
3. Prizes
To receive any award, students must meet all of the
application and submission criteria above. The University of Kent reserves the
right to ask for proof so as to satisfy the above terms and conditions, prior
to awarding any prizes.
All shortlisted entries will be published on the University
of Kent website. With the shortlisted candidates’ permission we will also
include name, year group, school or FE College and a photograph of the author.
All prizes are non-transferable.
Any financial prizes will be paid directly into the winning
applicant’s bank account.
All winners are expected to attend the prize-giving event.
This is a condition of the competitions and winners will only be excused in
exceptional circumstances. Winners will be expected to showcase an excerpt of
their work or permit someone to do so on their behalf.
The University of Kent reserves the sole right to determine
what constitutes an exceptional circumstance for the purposes of section 3 (4).
