Apr 27
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Student Voices Concern, Writing Competition
Students in Cork showing their 2050 developing world word map
Need some help with your article for Concern’s Global Writing Competition? Concern hosted a series of writing workshops with middle and high school students in Dublin and Cork and we wanted to share some of their tips with you. Below are some suggested writing activities to help guide your own process as you prepare your entry. It’s not too late – the deadline is on May 25th so get your creative writing hat on!
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Apr 09
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Student Voices Concern, Writing Competition
Enter Concern’s 2012 Creative Writing Competition and win a chance to become a published author!
Your task
This year we look to the future…the year is 2050 and the population of the world has surpassed 10 billion people. You have been asked to write a 1,000 word chapter for the 2050 State of the Developing World Report. What will you write about?
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Jun 29
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Action Book, Concern, Writing Competition
The votes are in! The winners of Concern’s creative writing competition have been announced.
This year, the competition has truly become worldwide. We received 776 entries from 39 countries spanning five continents. Thanks to all those who took part. We had a very high standard of entries and our judges, top journalists from Ireland and the US, had an extremely difficult task in deciding the winners.
We started the competition to provide an opportunity for people to let us know, in a creative and engaging way, their thoughts and views on a wide range of development issues.
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Apr 18
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Poverty, Twitter, Writing Competition
Writing Competition tweets @concernGCC
We asked you – globally concerned writers - to send us a tweet summary of your Writing Competition article to @concernGCC so we could share your ideas. This year’s competition asked you to imagine you were a journalist stationed in a developing country, writing for an internationally renowned newspaper.
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Apr 15
Jolene SysakPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Poverty, St. Vincent Ferrer High, Writing Competition, Zimbabwe
Nutrition gardens in Zimbabwe (photo: Concern Worldwide)
Despair. Starvation. Poverty. These are some of the hardships that a child born today will be forced to face in a developing country. It is unimaginable to most of us how difficult and challenging their lives must be. Fortunately, for many children living in the U.S., they do not need to worry about dealing with those uncertainties. Here, we are lucky enough to say that we DO have a place that can be called a “home”.
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Mar 31
Claire FreemanPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Pakistan, Poverty, Writing Competition
Girls at a refugee camp in Pakistan (photo: Concern Worldwide US)
Read. Eat. Sleep. Play sports. Play computer games. Text. Shop. Ride bikes and scooters. Complete homework. Watch movies. Go to zoos, parks, museums. These are only several of the many things a child or teen usually does. At least, that is what most people think. Most of us classify those activities as what any ‘average, normal kid’ would do. But do we consider what those living in poverty are doing?
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Jan 23
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Action Concern, Writing Competition
Speak Out! The Concern Global Writing Competition provides an opportunity for you to let us know your thoughts on a wide range of development issues. Over 2,000 of you, from 30 different countries, have entered the competition in the past three years.
YOUR TASK
For this year’s competition, we want you to imagine that you are a journalist, stationed in a developing country, writing for an internationally renowned newspaper.
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Jul 01
Sylvia WongMillennium Development Goals, Student Action Book, Concern, Speech, United Nations, Writing Competition
Winners from Concern's Writing Competition 2010
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2010 Concern Creative Writing Competition.
There were almost 700 entries from 28 countries around the world for this year’s competition.
Entrants were asked to write the speech they would give to the UN on the Millennium Development Goal of their choice.
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Jan 19
Sylvia WongMillennium Development Goals, Student Action Book, Concern, Speech, United Nations, Writing Competition
Presidents, Kings and Queens, Prime ministers and honoured guests…
Join Concern's Writing Competition and write a speech to the UN!
Imagine receiving an invitation from the General Secretary of the United Nations asking YOU to address a meeting of world leaders on some of the biggest challenges facing our world today.
What would you say to them about global poverty, the environment, health, gender equality or education? What stories would you tell them, what facts would you present, what actions would you insist they take?
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