Contest Rules:
The Voice of Mindanao, in partnership with the People Power Volunteers Center- Zamboanga, is organizing the Dear P-Noy Letter Writing Contest among the youth in Mindanao. Essentially, this aims to draw the young writers’ thoughts and aspirations for the land of his birth (i.e., southern Philippines) while evoking anew an interest among the youth in communicating peace.
With the support of a number of Mindanao-based organizations and commercial establishments, Dear PNoy Letter Writing Contest is a Mindanao-wide writing tilt.
Write to P-Noy now! Send your letter-entries as early as possible.
Mechanics:
1. The contest is open to all youth who are citizens and residents of Mindanao, aged 11 to 18 years old, whether in-school or out-of-school youth.
2. The main theme for the message must be the letter-writer’s message for President Noy, or P-Noy, of his/her dreams for southern Philippines. This message, to come from his/her heart, may contain his/her vision in line with P-Noy’s statement during his inaugural address as Philippine President of his action plan for Mindanao.
3. Letters, which should not go beyond 300 words in length, must begin with ‘Dear P-Noy’, and must have his/her first name or nickname as signature. (Letter-sender’s full identity must be indicated separately (either separate Word Document file or as an Inline Text, right below the letter itself).
4. Letters may be handwritten, typewritten, or computer-encoded and printed in a white bond paper, with 8.5”x11” size.
5. Handwritten letters may be mailed by post or sent by courier to Dear P-Noy Letter Writing Contest, c/o Voice of Mindanao, 2F, Mein College Language Center, San Jose Gusu Road, 7000 Zamboanga City or sent by electronic mail. A letter sent by post office must however be stamped by August 7 to qualify, and to ensure that it arrives to the VoM Office by August 15.
A handwritten or typewritten letter may also be scanned, then e-mailed as a JPEG file to dearpnoy@mail.com.
6. The letter may also be sent electronically (e-mail) as an inline text or as a Word Document attachment to dearpnoy@mail.com. The Subject in the e-mail must be: ENTRY to Dear PNoy Letter-Writing Contest.
7. All entries must be accompanied with the sender/writer’s brief bio, to contain his/her full name, age, date and place of birth, school (if in-school), organizations (if any), language(s) spoken, parents’/guardians’ names, complete home/mailing address, valid phone number, and his/her vision for Mindanao, and an email attachment of his/her JPEG photo file.
8. Letters shall be accepted until August 15, 2010. The letters shall be adjudged until August 18, 2010, after which, three winners shall be picked out. The winning letters shall be sent to the Office of President Noy Aquino on August 20, which coincides with the Voice of Mindanao Day. These letters shall be read by the President on August 21, which coincides with the Death Anniversary of our modern-day hero, Sen. Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Sr.
9. Letter entries shall be adjudged based on content (50%), organization (10%), grammar and mechanics (10%), syntactic variety and language use (10%), style (10%), and originality (10%).
Organization includes the manner by which the writer arranged his ideas, put together for a comprehensive message to P-Noy. Grammar and mechanics refers to the correct usage of sentences, punctuation marks, capitalization, and the like. Syntactic variety and language use refers to the vocabulary used by the writer/letter-sender, which covers appropriateness of language, variety in usage of terms and phrases, and the like. Style refers to the writer’s artistic/literary approach in drafting the letter. Originality means the letter is written by no other but the sender/writer, in view of intellectual copyrights. Content, which bears the biggest share of the criteria, refers to the core of the message of the letter-writer and reflects the sincerity and passion of a young Mindanaoan wanting to see his dreams for southern Philippines realized gradually and not necessarily immediately, under the leadership of President Noy Aquino with the support of a peace-and-freedom-desiring Filipino nation.
10. Language choice per se shall not be a factor in the judging. An entry may be sent in English, Filipino, or any language spoken in Mindanao (example: Maguindanao, Maranao, Tausug, Visayan, Sama, Manobo, Subanen, Chavacano, etc.). For purposes of this contest, entries written in Ilocano and Ilonggo/Hiligaynon, which are spoken by those who have migrated to Mindanao, shall not be accepted. Translations shall be done for the judges courtesy of the Mein College Language Center. Entries shall be judged based on the original entry, and not the translated entry.
11. Language code-mixing shall be allowed, provided, that a complete sentence must have only one language. Language code-mixing is when two languages (English and Filipino but not Tag-lish, or English and any Mindanao language but not, for instance, Tau-lish or Mara-lish) are used by the writer in one written piece.
12. Prizes shall all be gifts and tokens, courtesy of the Voice of Mindanao, the People Power Volunteers Center-Zamboanga, and Mindanao-based organizations and commercial establishments. Winners and their winning letters shall be featured in the 2011 VoM Calendar of which the winners shall be awarded with copies. Monetary rewards are not given as this contest aims to draw the young writers’ thoughts and aspirations for the land of his birth (i.e., southern Philippines) while evoking anew an interest among the youth in communicating peace.
13. Winning letters shall be published by partner media organizations.
14. For further inquiries, any of the following may be reached: Frances Ramos (+639274820815), JV Bue (+639359641390), and Corinne Canaya (+639055941882) through voiceofmindanao@gmail.com.
15. For more information on the Voice of Mindanao, please see its blogsite at http://voiceofmindanao.blogspot.com or email voiceofmindanao@gmail.com. FaceBook users may also send friend requests to Voice of Mindanao.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
‘Dear P-Noy ‘: A Letter-Writing Contest Among Mindanao Youth
Contest Rules:
The Voice of Mindanao, in partnership with the People Power Volunteers Center- Zamboanga, is organizing the Dear P-Noy Letter Writing Contest among the youth in Mindanao. Essentially, this aims to draw the young writers’ thoughts and aspirations for the land of his birth (i.e., southern Philippines) while evoking anew an interest among the youth in communicating peace.
With the support of a number of Mindanao-based organizations and commercial establishments, Dear PNoy Letter Writing Contest is a Mindanao-wide writing tilt.
Write to P-Noy now! Send your letter-entries as early as possible.
Mechanics:
1. The contest is open to all youth who are citizens and residents of Mindanao, aged 11 to 18 years old, whether in-school or out-of-school youth.
2. The main theme for the message must be the letter-writer’s message for President Noy, or P-Noy, of his/her dreams for southern Philippines. This message, to come from his/her heart, may contain his/her vision in line with P-Noy’s statement during his inaugural address as Philippine President of his action plan for Mindanao.
3. Letters, which should not go beyond 300 words in length, must begin with ‘Dear P-Noy’, and must have his/her first name or nickname as signature. (Letter-sender’s full identity must be indicated separately (either separate Word Document file or as an Inline Text, right below the letter itself).
4. Letters may be handwritten, typewritten, or computer-encoded and printed in a white bond paper, with 8.5”x11” size.
5. Handwritten letters may be mailed by post or sent by courier to Dear P-Noy Letter Writing Contest, c/o Voice of Mindanao, 2F, Mein College Language Center, San Jose Gusu Road, 7000 Zamboanga City or sent by electronic mail. A letter sent by post office must however be stamped by August 7 to qualify, and to ensure that it arrives to the VoM Office by August 15.
A handwritten or typewritten letter may also be scanned, then e-mailed as a JPEG file to dearpnoy@mail.com.
6. The letter may also be sent electronically (e-mail) as an inline text or as a Word Document attachment to dearpnoy@mail.com. The Subject in the e-mail must be: ENTRY to Dear PNoy Letter-Writing Contest.
7. All entries must be accompanied with the sender/writer’s brief bio, to contain his/her full name, age, date and place of birth, school (if in-school), organizations (if any), language(s) spoken, parents’/guardians’ names, complete home/mailing address, valid phone number, and his/her vision for Mindanao, and an email attachment of his/her JPEG photo file.
8. Letters shall be accepted until August 15, 2010. The letters shall be adjudged until August 18, 2010, after which, three winners shall be picked out. The winning letters shall be sent to the Office of President Noy Aquino on August 20, which coincides with the Voice of Mindanao Day. These letters shall be read by the President on August 21, which coincides with the Death Anniversary of our modern-day hero, Sen. Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Sr.
9. Letter entries shall be adjudged based on content (50%), organization (10%), grammar and mechanics (10%), syntactic variety and language use (10%), style (10%), and originality (10%).
Organization includes the manner by which the writer arranged his ideas, put together for a comprehensive message to P-Noy. Grammar and mechanics refers to the correct usage of sentences, punctuation marks, capitalization, and the like. Syntactic variety and language use refers to the vocabulary used by the writer/letter-sender, which covers appropriateness of language, variety in usage of terms and phrases, and the like. Style refers to the writer’s artistic/literary approach in drafting the letter. Originality means the letter is written by no other but the sender/writer, in view of intellectual copyrights. Content, which bears the biggest share of the criteria, refers to the core of the message of the letter-writer and reflects the sincerity and passion of a young Mindanaoan wanting to see his dreams for southern Philippines realized gradually and not necessarily immediately, under the leadership of President Noy Aquino with the support of a peace-and-freedom-desiring Filipino nation.
10. Language choice per se shall not be a factor in the judging. An entry may be sent in English, Filipino, or any language spoken in Mindanao (example: Maguindanao, Maranao, Tausug, Visayan, Sama, Manobo, Subanen, Chavacano, etc.). For purposes of this contest, entries written in Ilocano and Ilonggo/Hiligaynon, which are spoken by those who have migrated to Mindanao, shall not be accepted. Translations shall be done for the judges courtesy of the Mein College Language Center. Entries shall be judged based on the original entry, and not the translated entry.
11. Language code-mixing shall be allowed, provided, that a complete sentence must have only one language. Language code-mixing is when two languages (English and Filipino but not Tag-lish, or English and any Mindanao language but not, for instance, Tau-lish or Mara-lish) are used by the writer in one written piece.
12. Prizes shall all be gifts and tokens, courtesy of the Voice of Mindanao, the People Power Volunteers Center-Zamboanga, and Mindanao-based organizations and commercial establishments. Winners and their winning letters shall be featured in the 2011 VoM Calendar of which the winners shall be awarded with copies. Monetary rewards are not given as this contest aims to draw the young writers’ thoughts and aspirations for the land of his birth (i.e., southern Philippines) while evoking anew an interest among the youth in communicating peace.
13. Winning letters shall be published by partner media organizations.
14. For further inquiries, any of the following may be reached: Frances Ramos (+639274820815), JV Bue (+639359641390), and Corinne Canaya (+639055941882) through voiceofmindanao@gmail.com.
15. For more information on the Voice of Mindanao, please see its blogsite at http://voiceofmindanao.blogspot.com or email voiceofmindanao@gmail.com. FaceBook users may also send friend requests to Voice of Mindanao.
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