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Educator competition of last year: the winners

Announcing the results of the 2023 edition

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2023 edition of the Royal Geographical Society’s Young Geographer of the Year competition. 
You can find the featured entries on this page, and the list of winners here

Thank you to all the students who participated: you are an inspiration.

I would also like to thank our Judges for their time and effort.

And of course, a huge thank you to our sponsors and donors - your contributions enable YGOTY and the RGS-HK to go from strength to strength.

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As for YGOTY, we now officially close the 2023 competition. See you in September, for the launch of next year's edition!

The 2022-2023 Hong Kong Young Geographer of the Year competition is a competition open to students from primary, secondary and tertiary levels in Hong Kong and aims to celebrate Hong Kong through elements linked to Geography. 

Student entrants have to submit a visual image accompanied by a brief written explanation that demonstrates their knowledge and application of geographical concepts.  
These cover four themes:

• Nature: the uniqueness of the natural environment and species of Hong Kong 
• People & Culture: the character of Hong Kong people & their ideas, customs or behaviour 
• Urbanscape: the signature features of Hong Kong's built environment 
• Critical Eye: the social, socio-economic or environmental issues of Hong Kong

The students compete within their own age group and the winners receive a cash prize as well as RGS-HK benefits.
 
The 2023 edition gathered tremendous popularity, with more than 750  submissions from 550 students (ages 6 to 23) representing 43 local and international schools. Our panel of judges chose more than 20 winners, a difficult task given the high quality of the entries.

YGOTY 2022-2023: 

• See the Winners and Commended entries
• See the candidates to People's Choice

YGOTY 2021-2022: 

• See the Winners and Commended entries
• See the candidates to People's Choice

 

Our Judges:

Our panel of judges comprised a diverse range of experts in the fields of geography and the natural sciences, internationally acclaimed photographers, educators and nature enthusiasts, all familiar with Hong Kong.  

They were tasked with the responsibility of selecting the winning entries based on the effectiveness in conveying the theme of the categories through originality, impact, composition and technique in the visual, and the geographical content knowledge and connection to the theme in the written explanation.
 

The Society:

The Royal Geographical Society - Hong Kong (RGS-HK) is the largest English-medium society in Hong Kong.  

It holds over 100 geography-related events each year, including numerous talks with distinguished speakers, field trips to unique places and special events such as photography workshops and wildlife talks.  

RGS-HK also runs a successful Schools Outreach Programme, providing students from both local and international schools with the opportunity to learn from speakers within the Society's main programme.

Our link:  https://rgshk.org.hk/
 

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