What kind of future do you wish to create for yourself and the world? The Goi Peace Foundation UNESCO International Essay Contest for Young People offers you the opportunity to share your dream and ideas for making it a reality. Plus monies to be won.
The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO are offering International Essay Contest for young people around the world. The international Essay contest is aimed to enable young people develop their full potential, as they are crucial for the shaping of our future. UNESCO’s objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, and fostering useful and long-lasting skills.
This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world.
Essay Theme
“Creating the Future We Want”
Future begins with the vision we hold now. What kind of future do you wish to create for yourself and the world? Please share your dream and ideas for making it a reality
Essay Guidelines
Essays may be submitted by anyone up to 25 years old (as of June 30, 2012) in one of the following age categories:
a) Children (ages up to 14)
b) Youth (ages 15 – 25)
* Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.
Entries must be received by June 30, 2012.
Award
1st Prize
1 entrant: Certificate and prize of 100,000 Yen (approx. US$1,300)
2nd Prize
2entrants: Certificate and prize of 50,000 Yen (approx. US$650)
3rd Prize
5 entrants: Certificate and gift
Honorable Mention
25 entrants: Certificate and gift
* 1st prize winners will be invited to the award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan scheduled for November 2012. (Travel expenses will be covered by the organizers.)
** All prize winners will be announced in November 2012 on the Goi Peace Foundation web site – www.goipeace.or.jp and UNESCO web site – www.unesco.org/youth. Certificates and gifts will be mailed to the winners in December.
How to Submit Essay
Please send your entries to:
International Essay Contest
c/o The Goi Peace Foundation
1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093 Japan
OR Send online
To send your essay online, you must go to the online registration page at www.goipeace.or.jp and follow the required steps.
For inquires, please contact essay@goipeace.or.jp
For more infomation: www.goipeace-essaycontest.org/
The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO are offering International Essay Contest for young people around the world. The international Essay contest is aimed to enable young people develop their full potential, as they are crucial for the shaping of our future. UNESCO’s objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, and fostering useful and long-lasting skills.
This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world.
Essay Theme
“Creating the Future We Want”
Future begins with the vision we hold now. What kind of future do you wish to create for yourself and the world? Please share your dream and ideas for making it a reality
Essay Guidelines
Essays may be submitted by anyone up to 25 years old (as of June 30, 2012) 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
- category (Children or Youth)
- essay title
- your name
- address
- phone number
- nationality
- age as of June 30, 2012
- gender
- school name (if applicable)
- word count.
* Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.
- Entries may be submitted by postal mail or online.
- 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.
Entries must be received by June 30, 2012.
Award
1st Prize
1 entrant: Certificate and prize of 100,000 Yen (approx. US$1,300)
2nd Prize
2entrants: Certificate and prize of 50,000 Yen (approx. US$650)
3rd Prize
5 entrants: Certificate and gift
Honorable Mention
25 entrants: Certificate and gift
* 1st prize winners will be invited to the award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan scheduled for November 2012. (Travel expenses will be covered by the organizers.)
** All prize winners will be announced in November 2012 on the Goi Peace Foundation web site – www.goipeace.or.jp and UNESCO web site – www.unesco.org/youth. Certificates and gifts will be mailed to the winners in December.
How to Submit Essay
Please send your entries to:
International Essay Contest
c/o The Goi Peace Foundation
1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093 Japan
OR Send online
To send your essay online, you must go to the online registration page at www.goipeace.or.jp and follow the required steps.
For inquires, please contact essay@goipeace.or.jp
For more infomation: www.goipeace-essaycontest.org/
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