Thursday, April 06, 2006

Favourite Fictional Character Writing Contest

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aspiring young writers aged between 12 and 16 years are invited to participate in a writing contest organised in conjunction with World Book Day 2006.

They have to write a short story about their favourite fictional writer and it should not exceed 1000 words. The work must also be original and only one entry per student will be accepted.

Co-organised by the Embassy of Spain, Instituto Cervantes, DBP and MPH Bookstores, the deadline for entries is on April 23.

Participants can submit their work via e-mail - in the body of an e-mail - or as a Word document in standard, 12-point font. The e-mail address is aula.kualalumpur@cervantes.es. Or they can also send a hard copy via post to the Embassy of Spain, 200 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.

The first-prize winner will receive a meal voucher for a Spanish restaurant worth RM500, while the second prize winner will get educational materials worth RM300.

Winners will be notofied on April 28 and the presentation ceremony will be held at MPH Megastore in 1 Utama Shopping Centre, bandar Utama on April 30.

For enquiries, call Susana at 012-5607593 or the embassy at 03-21484655

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