Write Your Way to Global Impact: Apply for the 2026 Emerging Perspectives Short Essay Competition

The 2026 Emerging Perspectives Short Essay Competition invites young writers to share original perspectives on migration in the age of polycrisis. Organised by the Mixed Migration Centre, the competition aims to gather diverse experiences and insights from emerging thinkers across the Global South. Winners will be published in the Mixed Migration Review 2026, receive a cash prize, and gain international exposure.

Cash prize (USD 1,000 per winner), publication in a respected review, international exposure, portfolio development.

Open to emerging writers from the Global South; one abstract per applicant; co-authored essays permitted (prize per essay).

Submit an abstract via the official application form; stage 2 involves submitting a full essay if invited.