Competition
TSL International Student Competition 2027: Navigating El Nino
Trust for Sustainable Living
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 1 March 2027, 130 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- A student aged 7 to 18 (two categories, 7 to 11 and 12 to 18), in any country
- A teacher, or a parent or guardian, registers as your Teacher Champion and submits the entry on the TSL Submittable page
- Parent or guardian consent if you are under 19, and an entry mainly in English
- Where
- Remote. Online, from anywhere
A worldwide sustainability competition for school students aged 7 to 18: an essay, artwork, song or other creative entry on the 2027 theme, Navigating El Nino. The Grand Prize is GBP 1,000 and a trophy, the Runner Up gets GBP 500, and top finalists are invited to the International Student Debates.
The facts
- Where
- Online, from anywhere
- How long
- Entries close 1 March 2027; results 1 May 2027
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- A student aged 7 to 18 (two categories, 7 to 11 and 12 to 18), in any country
- A teacher, or a parent or guardian, registers as your Teacher Champion and submits the entry on the TSL Submittable page
- Parent or guardian consent if you are under 19, and an entry mainly in English
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.
A short application, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
In their words: “The entry itself (essay, artwork, music, video or other media) and a bibliography where relevant, uploaded by the Teacher Champion”
2. Dates
- Closes 1 March 2027, in 130 days.
- Aim to send it by 26 February 2027. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Trust for Sustainable Living's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Trust for Sustainable Living's own website on 2 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.