CUTHBERTSON, SANDERSON & ISABEL HENDERSON
ESSAY PRIZE
"An essayist does not sit down at a desk already knowing all the answers, because if he or she did, there would be The essay is one of the most flexible and adaptable of all literary forms – an ideal vehicle for satisfying the human impulse to, as George Orwell notes, ‘see things as they are, to find out true facts and store them up for the use of posterity’. In 2021, GGS invites you to compose an essay that investigates the power of conversations in helping you generate a personal response to a broader political or historical event. The most compelling essay from each year group will be awarded the Cuthbertson, Sanderson and Isabel Henderson Prize.
2021 winners Manon Pirenc (8 KU) Millie Forwood (11 EM) Sophia Dallimore (12 HE)
