Competition goes worldwide
With just over two weeks to go to the closing date, entries are flooding in to the Concern Worldwide Writing Competition. And they are coming from far and wide – we have received submissions from all across Ireland, the UK and the US, and from places as far flung as India, Pakistan and Indonesia. People taking part range from entire classes of school kids to professionals working in development. So there is no excuse, if you are over 12 and under 120, we want to hear from you!
Our colleagues in Hot Press have been scanning the entries and have picked out some of their favourites – head on over to their website where you can check if your entry has been quoted! And while you are there you could read about one Irishman’s experience of attending Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington.
We also have some news on the prizes for competition winners. The prizes for gold, silver, bronze in each category will be laptops, iPods and magazine subscriptions. There will also be special merit prizes for the best entries from a third level student and a student in adult and continuing education. In addition to this, we are happy to announce that The Liffey Press have agreed to publish the winning entries and extracts from runners-up in a compilation book, so you might get the chance to be a published author…
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Dear concern people, I had entered the writing competition on march writing about one of the global issues occuring around the world,World Hunger.I had put a lot of thought in to what I wrote and I thought it was good.All I want to know is that if I have won the competition or not , I just want to be put out of my misery,so can you tell me if I won or not! yours faithfullly haleema
when will we know who the winners sre
Hi everyone, We hope to know the winners by the end of May - we had around 800 entries this year so it is taking a long time to mark them!
Thanks for telling me when you will announce the winners can't wait and i wish every one the best thank you Evanna Craig for informing me,about the results can't wait
So how will u get in touch wiv the winners, and when will it be posted up so all the competitors who had entered know the winners. I hope the winners find out soon, and make sure you inform the winners.
dear concern i would love to read the winning letter to obama i am a member of a creative writing course. I heard some of the letter on radio on sat morning and would love to read it all. Regards j.m
Hello,
You're in luck - we're planning to post some of the winning letters here on the website. They should be online soon; I'll keep you posted.
Alan
The winning essays are online now. You can find them here.
Happy reading!
dear concerns worldwidei recently recieved an e mail regarding the writing competition,i was told an extract of my letter was going to be published in the concerns book.i replied to the e mail as stated and have had no confirmation on whether the e mail was recieved will i recieve an e mail to confirm that it will be published ? many thanks.
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