The Youth Writers Awards Asia 2010 is a competion brought to you by Reader’s Digest Asia and the National Library Broad. This year’s theme is “Dare 2 Dream: Stories of Imagination, Passion and Sporting Excellence” because Singapore will be hosting the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Here’s some info from the ad, which you can find in this month’s edition of Reader’s Digest Asia:
Students are invited to write a short story (fiction or non-fictional) in English describing the nature of individual love and passion for sport(s) including values such as friendship, the will to go the extra mile, honesty, fair play, hard work, respect for everyone regardless of differences etc. They can share their dreams, true feelings, joys, frustrations or special memories they may have about sports through the medium of the short story.
So yep. Main details:
- Entries should be between 500 to 800 words, in English
- Deadline is 30 September 2009
- Youths born between 1992 and 1996 are eligible to enter (boo, that means I can’t)
- Prizes include a trip to somewhere in Asia and 2 tickets to the YOG in 2010
You can find the entry form and more details here at their website.
Interesting, I’ve been reading a lot about this lately.