DEAR FRIEND,
Please announce this initiative among your local Goan youth. And forward
this e-mail to interested people and mailing-lists etc. It is very important
to reach as many young people as possible, if we want to catch their
interest in Goa.
Thank you very much for you support!
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Young Goans International and Goan Observer present:
1ST YOUNG GOANS INTERNATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST (2005)
To make Goan youth in and outside Goa
Think, Write & Act
Hello there!
If you are young, if you like to write and if you are somehow linked to Goa,
this is for you!
Young Goans International Essay Contest is an opportunity for you, young
Goan (15-21 years) living in our outside Goa, to write in an original way
"what you can do for Goa".
This is a unique contest among Goans, supported by the newspaper Goan
Observer (www.goanobserver.com) and a jury composed of well-known Goan
writers who are donating attractive prizes (worth over 600 USD). Join also
our mailing-list (see below).
I will not write much more, now it is your time!
Come on, start thinking and writing about what YOU can do for Goa!
Good luck!
Deu borem korum for your attention,
Constantino Xavier
(Coordinator, Young Goans International)
*** Theme:
"WHAT I CAN DO FOR GOA"
*** Jury:
Ben Antao (Canada)
Ethel da Costa (Goa)
Lino Leitao (Canada)
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro (USA)
Wendell Rodricks (Goa)
*** Conditions:
- you have to be not less than 15 and not more than 21 by 20th October 2005
- write in English on the above theme in maximum 1000 words
- send as ".doc" attachment to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with full name +
birth dates + e-mail and phone contacts + your parents' names
- last date for submission is 20th October
*** Prizes:
The jury members are donating great incentives for the best two contestants
from Goa and for the best two living outside Goa. Announcement: 19/11/2005.
1st prizes (2): 150 USD + Essay publication in Goan Observer + Original
shirt or blouse designed by W Rodricks
2nd prizes (2): 100 USD + Essay publication in Goan Observer + Original
shirt or blouse designed by W Rodricks
*** Contact: Constantino Xavier (coordinator)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** You are also encouraged to join our Mailing-list!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/younggoansinternational
