"Like father like son"...See here for Vincent and his son Joshua's story about how they both won the Commonwealth Essay Prize, 25 years apart!
VINCENT & JOSHUA CHIN
....and also "like mother like daughter"! Sharika Jayewardene won a prize in the 1988 Essay Competition and her daughter, Acushla Wijesinha, won 3rd prize in Class D in 2009! Here's what Sharika says: " The difference this essay competition makes in the encouragement of future creative writers is incomparable."
Past Winners
© Commonwealth Photographic Awards 1999
"The Essay competition was an extraordinary learning experience. In my college application, I shared with the admission officers that although I may be an exceptional science student, many other experiences, such as engaging in a thoughtful essay competition, have helped to shape my humanity aspiration and without this humanity aspiration, I might never succeed to become a good scientist."
Vo Thanh Minh Tue, NUS High School, Singapore, Essay Winner 2008 who has just been admitted to MIT and Stanford Class of 2014.
1st Prize Class A, 2008
MICHELLE BICH NGOC NGUYEN 
Singapore
1st Prize Class A, 1997
LAUREN PAREMOER
South Africa
Now a lecturer at the University of Cape Town
1st Prize Class A, 1996
NADIA AGUIAR
Bermuda
Now a leading, published author
1st Prize Class A, 1993
SAM I-SHAN
Singapore
1st Prize Class A, 1990
NICHOLAS SIMPSON
Australia
1st Prize Class A, 1989
ARTHUR KAMYA Uganda
Now a lawyer and political commentator