Student Participation in the Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition 2026

Student Participation in the Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition 2026
We are pleased to share that Cemil Tanrısever, a first-year student in the English Language Teaching (ELT) programme at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, participated in the Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition 2026 in the Creative category.
Through this experience, Cemil had the opportunity to further develop his academic and creative writing skills. He highlighted that the process of composing a creative essay was both engaging and enjoyable, contributing positively to his development as a writer.
His essay, titled “Confronting My Mentally Dead Self", was written in response to the following prompt:
A door appears in your home that wasn’t there before. It leads to a version of your life where you made a different choice in the past. You can visit, but you cannot stay. What do you find?
We congratulate our student on his participation in this international competition and commend his motivation to engage in academic and creative writing beyond the classroom.