John Locke Essay Competition 2023

I received the e-certificate half an hour ago.

Can only hope it's on the way then did you submit in the Psychology category btw?

I received the e-certificate half an hour ago.

I got a high distinction in law and just got an e-certificate for my essay. However, I heard nothing about my history essay which is a little frustrating.

I also have the same problem. I got my junior certificate but my history certificate somehow disappeared☹️

this is what i got 5 hours ago
Dear,
It is my very great pleasure to congratulate you on being awarded a Commendation in the Economics category of the John Locke Institute's 2023 Global Essay Competition. You can be proud of this achievement. I hope the experience of researching and writing this essay will confer on you lasting benefits.
Last month my colleagues and I had the pleasure of hosting a ceremony in the University of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. Nearly eight hundred guests - shortlisted contestants and their families and supporters - heard a speech from our Guest of Honour, Professor Pano Kanelos. Our Director, Martin Cox, announced the category winners and runners up, as well as the overall winner of the Grand Prize of the John Locke Institute's 2023 Global Essay Competition. You can see their names here: https://www.johnlockeinstitute.com/prize-winners. Later this month, we will publish the prize-winning essays; I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I did.
If you continue to meet the age eligibility, I do hope you will enter the competition again next year. In any case, on behalf of the John Locke Institute, I wish you well in your future intellectual and academic endeavours.
Yours sincerely,
Jamie Whyte
Chairman of Examiners

now i have seen Merit, High distiction, Distiction, Commendation(werid, right?) Prize winners, Short-listed.

im pretty sure its like:
commendation < merit < distinction < high distinction

That's what it looks like. I submitted in the Psychology category but no updates yet. When they meant end of the month, I'm pretty sure they were subjecting themselves to Parkinson's Law 😅

sup man, are you doing the JLEC again this year (2025) by any chance? It's my first year and I'm doing Psych