Year 12 African & Caribbean Tyler
(ACT) Essay Prize
Year 12 students are encouraged to investigate, play with and critically respond to questions tackling race and society
Our participants:
We believe non-fiction writing presents the opportunity to engage deeply with a subject matter and articulate points and ideas
We invite students to engage with the rich tradition of critical black thought and provide their own responses to culturally relavent themes
By assessing the socio-political conditions that have produced contemporary social issues we might use these lessons to radically imagine our future
Our modules:
Healthcare Inequality
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Racial Justice is Climate Justice
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​Black Womanhood and the Protection of the Community
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​(Inner)visions of Future: Black culture, performance, and collective imagination
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Our Time is Now: the struggle for Black liberation
Our 2020/21 programme is now closed to submissions
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Schools with eligible students contact us at
Year 9
Year 10
We invite students to read, discuss and enjoy Black writers, give critical responses and produce original works.
Year 12