Call for Submissions: IA Forum 2025 Student Writing Award
 

The Center for International Relations (CIR) invites college students worldwide to participate in the 2025 Student Writing Award Competition.

This opportunity seeks to engage young minds in analyzing and addressing global challenges while fostering global awareness and promoting innovative solutions.

TOPIC: 2025 - "A Reset"

The year 2024 was marked by profound global issues such conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Myanmar; national elections in over seventy countries; climate discussions at COP29; immigration debates; food prices; the evolution of artificial intelligence; human rights issues; international development; and social inequality.

We ask students to reflect on a specific issue faced in 2024 and explore how it may evolve or be addressed in 2025.

CIR encourages submissions that highlight diverse perspectives and propose thoughtful approaches to shaping a better future.

Winning pieces will be published in our Spring 2025 special annual issue, reaching an international audience, and contributing to CIR’s mission of fostering understanding and collaboration across borders.

Submission Guidelines

• Open to currently enrolled college students worldwide.  Note: submissions may be made by an individual or group of individuals.
• Editorials should be 800–1,200 words, excluding footnotes.
• Submissions must be original, unpublished work.
• Deadline: midnight EST, March 31, 2025.
• See all guidelines here.
• Submissions and any questions should be directed to editor@ia-forum.org.

For examples of winning pieces see our previous issue on Climate Change and Energy (Environmental Protection via Multilevel Governance by Jean Vilbert and Nuclear Energy in the EU by Rodrigo Guillermo Lozano).