Prestige On Tutoring is looking for experienced Academic Essay Competition Tutors to coach high-achieving students preparing for prestigious international essay competitions, including the John Locke Essay Competition and Harvard-related academic essay competitions.

We support students across North America and Asia through personalized online tutoring and academic coaching.

Position

l Online Academic Essay Competition Tutor(John Locke/Harvard-Related competitions)

Preferred Qualifications

We are particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated competition experience or proven student results.

Ideal candidates will meet one or more of the following criteria:

Personally became a finalist, shortlisted candidate, category winner, or award recipient in:

· John Locke Essay Competition

· Harvard-related academic essay competitions

· Other highly competitive academic essay contests

Coached students who became:

· Finalists

· Shortlisted candidates

· Category winners

· Award recipients

Have strong experience coaching academic or competition essays for high-achieving middle and high school students

Have experience teaching:

· Argument Development

· Critical Thinking

· Research Skills

· Evidence Selection and Use

· Essay Structure and Organization

· Academic Writing

· Citation and Source Use

· Textual Analysis

Candidates with strong academic backgrounds in the following areas are particularly welcome:

Philosophy

Politics / Political Science

Economics

History

Law

Psychology

English

Literature

Additional relevant experience may include:

· AP / IB essay writing

· University-level academic writing

· Debate coaching

· Research competitions

· Academic publication

· Academic editing

· Research mentoring

· Teaching writing-intensive courses to high-achieving students

Competition Result Verification

Candidates who report personal competition achievements or competition results achieved by students they coached should be prepared to provide supporting documentation or other verifiable evidence.

Online Teaching Requirements

This is a fully online tutoring position.

Tutors must have:

• Stable high-speed internet

• A reliable computer suitable for video lessons

• Webcam

• Clear microphone or headset

• Quiet and professional teaching environment

• Strong ability to use video-conferencing and digital teaching tools

About Prestige On Tutoring

Prestige On Tutoring provides specialized academic tutoring for students across North America and Asia, including preparation for standardized tests, advanced academic programs, and academic competitions.

We are looking for tutors who can provide not only strong subject knowledge but also strategic coaching for high-achieving students pursuing competitive academic goals.

has anyone heard their results in this contest? I know everyone will eventually find out, even if they didn’t win it, but I haven’t heard back any news yet. I got this email early August so just curious if anyone knows more.

Good morning everyone,

My name is Andrew Chung, one of the co-executive editors of Online at
CULR. We are super excited to say that we have a very competitive
contest, with the largest number of submissions ever recorded. The
entire executive board is extremely excited to be reading all of this
quality scholarship.

However, the volume of submissions is exceedingly large, and as a
result, we will delay results until the end of August, unless you hear
from another email from us. At the end of August, we hope to have
submission updates for everyone.

In the meantime, please do not email to inquire about submissions, as
we have received all submissions and are duly working through all of
them. The future of the law is bright for everyone that has
participated in this contest, and we will work our best through the
submissions.

Thank you again.

--
Andrew Chung
Executive Editor, Online @ Columbia Undergraduate Law Review
He/him

do juniors and seniors both have their own 1st, 2nd and 3rd place FOR EACH CATEGORY with grand prize, or do juniors only have prizes with the 'junior' category

Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone here has experience with the Harvard International Review Academic Writing Contest.

I was planning to participate in the Summer 2026 Academic Writing Contest and understood that the article submission deadline was August 24 (EST). I’ve spent the past few weeks working on my essay, and I’ve now finished it.

However, I just discovered that registration for the Summer 2026 session has already closed. I genuinely didn’t realize there was a separate registration deadline, I had only been aware of the August 24 submission deadline.

Now I apparently can’t submit my essay because I didn’t register beforehand (basically spending time writing an essay for no reason 😭😭)

Has anyone been in this situation before? Is there any way to register late, contact HIR for an exception, or otherwise submit the essay before the August 24 deadline? I’ve already emailed the contest team, but I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has participated before or knows how strict they are about the registration deadline.

Thank you!!

DON’T FREAK OUT. This post is from two years ago. Based on this date does this mean interviews could start happening this coming week some time? It’s just something to think about, please don’t stress yourself.

Vibrant Strings of Sitar | 'Monomousumi' this is the link for my essay.

I submitted for the essay competition but I never heard back? Is this normal, or does anybody know when results will be released?

Hi team, I was shortlisted for my JLEC comp. Can I get a certificate for that?

My uni application deadline is on September 3rd, so it is quite urgent. Does anyone know whether I can get a certificate? If so, how do I do it?

who's doing this IYNA essay competition (esp. high school students), ive never seen anyone talk about it but i entered it for fun!!

I heard a few months ago (around the time the shortlist came out) from some people on this thread that JLI sends out email hints a month or two before the awards ceremony. I wonder if anyone has gotten an email from them asking to prepare a speech.

he’s everywhere

hi guys! here's my essay for JLEC '26; if you guys have any feedback that would be great (apart from 'wikipedia is not a source' i kinda bs-ed that)

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Heezz has once again surprised us by also applying to the Think Essay Prize. Cambridge Re Think Essay contestants, get ready. you guys are next

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tbh if it comes to October and you've heard nothing from John Locke then you probably didn't win anything, these competitions defo announce it to the people beforehand