The
Creative Writing Competition
Who is this
competition for: 6-12 graders, University students 1-4 and Young
Professionals 25 and under
When is the competition:
Secondary Schools need to have their competitions on January 31st. College students
What is it!?:The
International Creative Writing Competition was created in Georgia in 2003 and
has continued to grow with more and more countries participating as it
continues every year. Mongolia first joined the competition in 2011. The creative writing competition focuses on
having students respond to a prompt or question by answering in a unique way.
The day of the Competition: Students will sign in and receive a
number that will be used as their identifier. This is to make sure that there
is no favoritism when grading the papers.
Students will place the number at the top of the page and write the one
prompt/question that they will write about. Students will have one hour to
complete their essay. Older students 11-University students may have an extra
half hour if needed.
The Prompts will be sent out two days before the
competition. These prompts/questions are NOT to be shared with students until
they have to write the essay (the day of the competition). AGAIN: PLEASE DO NOT
SHARE THE PROMPTS OR PRACTICE WITH THEM! This keeps the competition fair
.
The day of the competition, students will have these
reminders, and directions, in the power point that also includes the
prompts.
Reminders
·
Make sure the number you received is at the top
of your paper
·
Do not put your name at the top of the paper
·
Cell phones need to be off
·
Quiet Voices
·
Eyes on your own paper
Edition
·
Choose one of two prompts to write about from
your grade level.
·
You have one hour to complete the prompt
After the competition, ALL essays need to be sent to Zaya at
the Tsetserleg education department NO LATER than MONDAY 2/2/2015, or they will
not be able to participate in the Aimag judging. Data sheets also need to be included in the
paperwork.
Data Sheets: Data
sheets are for tracking student involvement as well as contact information. It
also keeps the name of the essay writer private until a winner is chosen. BOTH data sheets must be filled out. This
allows us to know how many students are participating, as well as the age of
the student and gender.
Judging: 3
participants essays from each grade will be chosen through a grading system to
have their essays sent to Ulaanbaatar’s National Competition. From there,
National Judges will choose three essays from each grade to be sent to the
international coordinators. We CANNOT fund students to go to UB. Essays will be
typed up and emailed to the National, and then International Coordinators.
Students will compete against 14 other aimags for a National spot and 19 other
countries for an international spot.
Funding:
Currently, we are fund raising for this competition through this website:
Please share this information on all social media and
consider donating to this competition.
Prizes cannot be
received until the project is fully funded!
When the project is fully funded, winning participants at
the aimag, national and international level will receive prizes.
