Winners announced for Roy McComish Art Award 2025

Thank you to everyone who entered the Roy McComish Art Award 2025. This year’s theme, “Beyond the Dunes,” inspired an incredible range of creative submissions—from drawings and paintings to sculptures and even short films. The quality and imagination on display made judging a real challenge.

We are delighted to share the winners and those who were highly commended across each age category.

11 and Under:

• First place: Naira from The Cathedral and John Connon School, India
• Second place: Mariana, St Georges College, Lima, Perú
• Third place: Krisha, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow, India
• Highly Commended: Shurtajo, The Shri Ram School, Aravali, India and Manal, First Steps School of Arts & Sciences, Pakistan

12-15 Years:

• First Place: Trisha, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow, India
• Second Place: Herbie, LVS Ascot, UK
• Third Place: Deborshi, Chittagong Grammar School National Curriculum, Bangladesh
• Highly Commended: Greva, The Hyderabad Public School, India and Adyson, RGS Surrey Hills, UK

16-18 Years

• First Place: Johanna, Stiftung Louisenlund, Germany
• Second Place: Suhani, The Indian High School, Dubai
• Third Place: Srijan, Sunbeam Suncity (School & Hostel), Varanasi, India
• Highly Commended: Maude, Le Salésien, Canada and Isabel, Palmer Trinity School, USA

The Award is named after Roy McComish, who was the founding Headmaster of Box Hill School, and before that, a Master at Gordonstoun School, two of the schools that formed the Round Square community. Roy also led an international group of a hundred students who volunteered to help in the wake of earthquakes in Greece in 1955, and this became the inspiration for what later became the Round Square International Service Project. As one of the important people in the history of Round Square, we remember Roy, who was an Art Master, in the presentation of this award.