Youth Essay Contest: My Role in Creating a Peaceful World
Young people from around the world are invited to enter the 2010 International Essay Contest organized by UNESCO and the Goi Peace Foundation.
Deadline: 30/6/2010
Theme: “My role in creating a peaceful world”
What is your vision of a peaceful and harmonious world? What can you
and the young people of the world do to realize that vision?
Guidelines
- Essays may be submitted by anyone up to 25 years old (as of June 30, 2010) in one of the following age categories:
a) Children (ages up to 14) b) Youth (ages 15 - 25) - Essays must be 800 words or less in English, French, Spanish or German; or 1600 characters or less in Japanese, typed or printed.
- Essays must have a cover page indicating (1) category (Children or
Youth) (2) essay title(3) your name (4) mailing address (5) phone
number (6) e-mail address (7) nationality (8) age as of June 30, 2010
(9) sex (10) school name (if applicable) (11) word count. Teachers and
youth directors may submit a collection of essays from their class or
group. Please enclose a list of participants’ names and the name and
contact information of the submitting teacher or director. (Entries
missing any of the above information will not be considered.) - Entries may be submitted by postal mail or e-mail. (Email entries
must be in text or MS Word format, with the cover page and essay sent
together as one document.) - Essays must be original and unpublished.
- Essays must be written by one person. Co-authored essays are not accepted.
- Copyright of the essays entered will be assigned to the organizers.
Awards
The following awards will be given in the Children’s category and Youth category respectively:
1st Prize: Certificate and prize of 100,000 Yen (approx. US$1,000) … 1 entrant
2nd Prize: Certificate and prize of 50,000 Yen (approx. US$500) … 2 entrants
3rd Prize: Certificate and gift … 5 entrants
Honorable Mention: Certificate and gift … 25 entrants
1st prize winners will be invited to the award ceremony in Tokyo,
Japan scheduled for November 2010. (Travel expenses will be covered by
the organizers.)
All prize winners will be announced in November 2010 on the websites of Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO.
Application
Send your essay before June 30 2010, to:
International Essay Contest c/o The Goi Peace Foundation
1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093 Japan
E-mail:essay@goipeace.org.jp
