The 2026 Article Writing Competition
As the 2026 Crosswire Review Article Writing Competition comes to an end, the participating articles are published and can be read here from now!
Our readers have the opportunity to vote for their favourite article until the 22nd of April 2026 to crown the writer with the "People's Choice Award"
Poetic power: well-being via writing
The words I’d never dare to speak,
the hidden bruises that I keep
buried in my chest, my fight,
the battles that keep me awake at night,
the feelings I could never talk about;
These lines will tell you stories I could never say out loud.
Julia Wagner
Not All Men, but (Almost) Always a Man
For many women, these stories are not news, but rather an extreme reflection of the catcalling and harassment they deal with every single day.
Saskia Carr-Allinson
The Statistician Who Learned to Forget
How a trick by a man named Welford can save your laptop, and by extension democracy, from being drowned by data.
Nicodème Westphalen
How digital misogyny exposes the fragility of democracy
It becomes problematic, however, when tied to the values the manosphere represents.
Leonie Nestler
Why is no one talking about climate change anymore?
The US Captures Nicolás Maduro. Famine imminent in northern Gaza, says UN-backed report. Hezbollah’s leader killed. Is wider war now inevitable?
Arabella Crisp
The Selfish Human Nature
How every single act committed by human beings ultimately boils down to our selfish and self-interested human nature.
Youssef Elbosaty
India, 2017
I was born a child of the world. When I was just 2 months old my parents flew me to India.
Alisa Mancini
Words and ideas can change the world
What do we stay alive for?
Inés Ruellet Paz
A Transactional Romance: Economic Interdependence and Political Constraints in Turkey-EU Relations.
While all eyes were focused on the Free Trade Agreement deal between India and the European Union, another deal was taking shape.
Ertugrul GENEL
The Illusion of Neutrality: Justice, Power, and International Law
Although international law is rooted in moral ideals, it ultimately operates in a realistic framework shaped by power.
Sarah Rehn
India’s womb-less women
Before sunrise in the sugarcane fields of Maharashtra, thousands of women bend, tie, and haul the crop that sweetens millions of lives.
Alisa Mancini
Outgrowing the Chinese Room: In Defense of Functionalism
An attempt to object to the Chinese Room, in defense of functionalism
Elyes Ben Ayed
Business strategy through a Machiavellian lens
Most people prefer being liked, and yet that is not the most helpful trait for a CEO or business manager.
Maria Friis
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