ZAMBOANGA CITY---The Voice of Mindanao (VoM), a youth organization launched recently a letter-writing competition dubbed as “Dear P-Noy…”
VoM President Frances Ramos said the Mindanao-wide writing tilt aims to “draw the young writers’ thoughts and aspirations for the land of his birth, meaning here in southern Philippines, while evoking once more an interest among the youth in communicating peace.”
“We are hoping that our young writers would appreciate once more letter-writing, as this is one way of communicating peace. And we all want peace for Mindanao and the Philippines. With Facebook, Tweeter, and texting as part of the trend now, some teachers and parents are reacting strongly on the young not putting value in written communications, specifically letters. Even in sending emails, sometimes, we tend to use the text-style, plus the Jejemon talk,” Frances, who is still a college freshman student, said.
As per contest rules, 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.”
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. 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.
“We would like the youth to be motivated by the spirit and purpose of the contest itself. That is the very reason why monetary rewards and cash prizes are not given in this contest. We hope the participants will focus on their thoughts and aspirations for Mindanao, and see the means, which is writing a letter from their hearts to P-Noy, what their visions are of Mindanao. We in Voice of Mindanao see this as a way of communicating peace,” Frances elaborated.
Hence, 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.
“But I’d like to emphasize that we are doing this in partnership with the People Power Volunteers Center of Zamboanga City, which is presently headed by Dr. Anton Lim. Dr. Lim has been very helpful to us, and it is PPVC that will provide the link to the President’s Office. VoM is composed of youth and we are apolitical, so we really do not have that much political link, much more, influence,” she added.
“While we are based in Zamboanga, we are also counting on the support of all Mindanao media to help us in the information dissemination because this is Mindanao-wide. This is why we tapped the Philippine Information Agency as our lead partner in the dissemination,” Frances said.
The contest rules state that 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).
Letters may be handwritten, typewritten, or computer-encoded and printed in a white bond paper, with 8.5”x11” size.
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.
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.
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.
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%).
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.
For further inquiries, any of the following may be reached: Frances Ramos (+639274820815), JV Bue (+639359641390), and Corinne Canaya (+639055941882) through voiceofmindanao@gmail.com.
The Voice of Mindanao is an organization of youth and young professionals from and for Mindanao who are moving together to promote youth empowerment and responsible citizenship for a better southern Philippines.
For more information on the Voice of Mindanao, please see its blogsite at http://voiceofmindanao.blogspot.com/ where the contest rules are posted, or email voiceofmindanao@gmail.com. FaceBook users may also send friend requests to Voice of Mindanao. (VoM)
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
'Dear PNoy...' Letter-Writing Contest Launched
ZAMBOANGA CITY---The Voice of Mindanao (VoM), a youth organization launched recently a letter-writing competition dubbed as “Dear P-Noy…”
VoM President Frances Ramos said the Mindanao-wide writing tilt aims to “draw the young writers’ thoughts and aspirations for the land of his birth, meaning here in southern Philippines, while evoking once more an interest among the youth in communicating peace.”
“We are hoping that our young writers would appreciate once more letter-writing, as this is one way of communicating peace. And we all want peace for Mindanao and the Philippines. With Facebook, Tweeter, and texting as part of the trend now, some teachers and parents are reacting strongly on the young not putting value in written communications, specifically letters. Even in sending emails, sometimes, we tend to use the text-style, plus the Jejemon talk,” Frances, who is still a college freshman student, said.
As per contest rules, 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.”
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. 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.
“We would like the youth to be motivated by the spirit and purpose of the contest itself. That is the very reason why monetary rewards and cash prizes are not given in this contest. We hope the participants will focus on their thoughts and aspirations for Mindanao, and see the means, which is writing a letter from their hearts to P-Noy, what their visions are of Mindanao. We in Voice of Mindanao see this as a way of communicating peace,” Frances elaborated.
Hence, 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.
“But I’d like to emphasize that we are doing this in partnership with the People Power Volunteers Center of Zamboanga City, which is presently headed by Dr. Anton Lim. Dr. Lim has been very helpful to us, and it is PPVC that will provide the link to the President’s Office. VoM is composed of youth and we are apolitical, so we really do not have that much political link, much more, influence,” she added.
“While we are based in Zamboanga, we are also counting on the support of all Mindanao media to help us in the information dissemination because this is Mindanao-wide. This is why we tapped the Philippine Information Agency as our lead partner in the dissemination,” Frances said.
The contest rules state that 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).
Letters may be handwritten, typewritten, or computer-encoded and printed in a white bond paper, with 8.5”x11” size.
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.
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.
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.
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%).
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.
For further inquiries, any of the following may be reached: Frances Ramos (+639274820815), JV Bue (+639359641390), and Corinne Canaya (+639055941882) through voiceofmindanao@gmail.com.
The Voice of Mindanao is an organization of youth and young professionals from and for Mindanao who are moving together to promote youth empowerment and responsible citizenship for a better southern Philippines.
For more information on the Voice of Mindanao, please see its blogsite at http://voiceofmindanao.blogspot.com/ where the contest rules are posted, or email voiceofmindanao@gmail.com. FaceBook users may also send friend requests to Voice of Mindanao. (VoM)
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