How about kicking off the International Year of Youth by sharing something about your culture—and your wild imagination—with the rest of the world? We’re making it even easier for you by starting you off with a story. All you have to do is finish the story below, adding no more than 300 words. Give it a title too. Just one more thing: because the theme of the International Year of Youth relates to dialog and understanding across cultures, generations, borders, etc., we want you to include one thing about your culture in your story. It could be a song, a tradition, a piece of clothing, a verse from a poem…it’s up to you. So, what are you waiting for? Start storytelling! Read more…
OMOLOLU FALOBI FOUNDATION
4th ANNUAL WRITING COMPETION FOR STUDENTS IN
MASSCOMMUNICATION/JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA.
CALL FOR ENTRY
The Omololu Falobi Foundation (OFF) sets out to promote quality media
reporting among young and aspiring journalists through diverse means
including competition, seminars and interactions and other dynamic
strategies. The Foundation invites applications from Mass communication
/Journalism students in public and private tertiary institutions in
Nigeria for the 4th annual Writing competition. Read more…
ViewChangeFilmContest is launching an online competition to find powerful new stories about the progress being made in achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These short videos will be used to raise awareness, inspire action, and accelerate the worldwide movement to reduce extreme poverty by 2015. We want professional filmmakers, amateurs, and experts in the field to show us the personal stories behind these global targets. Whether your film is a documentary, short drama, music video, or animation, we’re looking for stories that show how development efforts are helping the world’s poorest people to improve their lives.
There are six categories (listed below). To encourage a variety of submissions, we’re offering a $20,000 Grand Prize for the overall winner, plus $5,000 to the winner of each category. Online voters will help determine the finalists in each category. Winners will be chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from many fields, including actor and UN Ambassador Danny Glover and US Senator Daniel K. Inouye. Best of all, the videos of winners and finalists will be broadcast on Link TV and other television channels worldwide, and be available for high-quality streaming at ViewChange
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http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/08/view-change-film-contest.html
The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and other situations of violence. The ICRC has a permanent mandate under international law to take impartial action for prisoners, the wounded and sick, and civilians affected by conflict. With its HQ in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC is based in around 80 countries and has a total of more than 12,000 staff.
Participate in the ICRC Young Reporter Competition and get an inside look at the ICRC’s humanitarian action, in collaboration with national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The four best entries will win a one-week mission to ICRC delegations in Georgia, Lebanon, Liberia and the Philippines.
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http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/08/icrc-young-reporter-competition.html
The World Youth Movement for Democracy, a youth network of the World Movement for Democracy, is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Essay Contest. Fifteen semi-finalists (3 in each region: Asia, Central/Eastern Europe & Eurasia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) will be announced on Human Rights Day, December 10, and will have their essays published on the WYMD Web site. Two global winners will be invited to participate in the upcoming Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July 2011.
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Deadline: 31 August 2010
Submit a short film now to Link TV’s ViewChange Online Film contest! We are looking for five-minute films that tell a story about progress in developing nations – especially the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. These could be stories about reducing poverty and hunger, improving education, fighting disease, and much more. We are offering a total of $50,000 in prizes. Find out more.
Remember that films must be five minutes or less. All films must be in English or have English subtitles. Enter today – your film could be shown on TV all over America, and you could win the $20,000 Grand Prize! The ViewChange Film Contest is sponsored by Link TV with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
As part of CEDAW’s 30th Anniversary and International Women’s Day, UNIFEM is holding an essay and photo contest from 8 March to 2 September in the Pacific region. The theme of the contest is “Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights – From National Commitments to Real Change.” Deadline for submissions: September 3, 2010
Contest participants are asked to tell the story of how women’s lives have changed or not changed in their country or community in photos or an essay. Please read attached flyer for full contest details.
Eligible Countries: Cook Islands, FSM, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, PNG, Samoa, Solomons, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
For further information, please visit UNIFEM or contact Sheryl Ho, sheryl.ho@unifem.org
From today and till the 15th of September, young Euromed writers can present their short stories and have the opportunity to be recognized for their work on the regional and international level.
The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean have launched the third edition of their annual short story contest “A Sea of Words”, dedicated to young writers from the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean.
Taking place this year in the framework of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, the “Sea of Words” competition aims at selecting the best short stories whose content is related to the creation and/or consolidation of dynamics aiming to reinforce inclusion, social conflicts resolution and respect of social justice and equality principles. Read more…
GDN-SANEI REGIONAL RESEARCH COMPETITION: XII ROUND
The South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes is inviting proposals for the 12th Round of its Regional Research Competition, funded by GDN. The thematic focus is on ‘Trends and Fluctuation in Global Commodity Prices and Their Implications for South Asian Countries.’ Individual social sciences researchers and teams from South Asia are eligible to apply. Up to $30,000 will be awarded in grants. The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2010. Read more…
2010 has been declared the International Year of Youth by the United Nations and TakingITGlobal wants to help you celebrate YOUR year. Share your vision in the form of a video or digital image and enter to win up to $600 from Amazon.com sponsored by Intelius. Submit your work before September 2, 2010 and celebrate your voice, your dream, your year!
