2nd Edition of the National Spoken Word and Poetry Contest

Hope for the Needy Association (HOFNA) Cameroon is organizing the 2nd Edition of the National Spoken Word/Poetry contest.

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As part of our Enhancing Multicultural Dialogue for Peace Project, the purpose of the contest is to engage especially Cameroonian youth and women from all sociocultural and political backgrounds in Peace building and in Preventing and Countering Radicalisation and Violent Extremism and highlight the pertinent roles they have to play.

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Contest Terms and Conditions

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Entries for the contest must be on the subject of \"Building Peace\" and entries must clearly include the role of youth and/or women in building peace and in Preventing and Countering Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. 

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  • The closing date for entries is 30th March 2019.
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  • Entrants must be between 12 and 35 years as at 30/03/2019
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  • Entrants can submit up to two poems.
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  • Entries must be written in English, and be no more than 48 lines in length
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  • Entries will be sent as an attachment in the form of doc or pdf 
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  • Name and address of the poet must not be included on same page as text of the poem, since entries are judged anonymously.
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  • Each poem must be the original work of the author, and must not have been previously published, broadcast or submitted to another competition.
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In addition to submitting their poems to the designated email addresses below, contestants should also put up their poems on their Facebook pages and tag Hope for the Needy Association (HOFNA) Cameroon* Each poem should be put up with the hashtag #BuildingPeace. Poems submitted in audio versions are highly welcome.

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Winners will be notified and invited to attend an awards ceremony on the 20th of April 2019. The best 3 poems will be presented during the award ceremony, organised by HOFNA and her partners.

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The Best 3 poems will receive prizes as follows:

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1st Price: 100 000FCFA

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2nd Price: 50. 000FCFA

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3rd Price:  30 000FCFA. 

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The judges\' decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning this decision.

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Entries will be made via email. HOFNA and her partners reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should any external circumstances arise which are beyond their reasonable control. Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest. By submitting their entries, HOFNA and her partners will be allowed to publish submitted poems on their sites and other official publications.

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Contestants should submit entries to
contest@hofna.org
CC: hofnacameroon@yahoo.com,
Subject: Peace Building Poems

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