Writing competition

Purpose for the writing competition

Life’s lessons are always embedded in the literature we read, and the only way we are able to truly explore and engage them is in creative writing. With writing we are persuaded to translate the smallest instances into concrete words. It is a challenge that will improve approaches to day-to-day activities and, most importantly, help make one grow deeply and comprehend one own notion of humanity.

Putting HIV/AIDS into papers is the better way of understanding it. Lamwo Rock Foundation would like to picture HIV/AIDS in form of: fiction, non-fiction, prose, essay and poetry yearly beginning 2014. We need HIV/AIDS to be dabbled and experimented for better understanding. This will make the community to have syntactical choices and decide that whatever they do gear toward the prevention and ending the disease. We need the information on HIV/AIDS which has been flying on air for so long as ordinary sound of words to be stitched together in a sentence which will have reason behind its forever memory.

There will be some kind of twisted maturity that will come with writing about HIV/AIDS and carries into the reality that we have seen but had not thought about it. We will want writing that will make HIV/AIDS sudden, it should be too spontaneous, and we want to find enough of reasons which can stay with the community to help them stop this pandemic. With written words, we shall be mildly more cautious and conscious to these messages we will communicate. This will translate into conversation and presentations, and it is valuable in this “real world.”

Competition

Lamwo Rock Foundation calls for a writing competition on a topic HIV/AIDS. The writing should carry a message which will inspire positive change in attitude toward HIV/AIDS, discourage stigma toward the HIV/AIDS patients. The writing should be creative enough to leave sparkling message in the mind of the audience.  Out of the long list of submission, five manuscripts will be shortlisted for the prizes. The three winning manuscript will be published by Lamwo Rock Foundation and they will be translated into Luo language, the other two will be published online on Lamwo Rock Foundation website. This writing can be inform of fiction or nonfiction but must address the key topic, 'HIV/AIDS'. The manuscript should be between 3000 to 5000 words, poetry is not accepted for the year 2014. All work must be original and shouldn't have been published in any form before. All the writers copy’s right is reserved and the writer should accept the published book to be used for teaching.

Submission will commence in 1^st of January 2014 and the deadline will be 31^st of March. The five winners will be announced in Lamwo district by May 2014 where their winning prizes will be presented.

Who is qualified?

All Ugandan youth from 18 to 35 years of age living in Uganda. Living in Uganda refers to a person born in the country and staying in the country. A Ugandan who has gone abroad for the purpose of study or work but has his/her family living in Uganda can apply.

Prizes

The first winner will go with $ 500 and the second runner up with $ 200 and third $ 100 and 4th and 5th will get various goods ranging from books. The five winners will read from their scripts to the audience in the sunny evening of Lamwo while viewing the top of Lalak Mountain. 

For questions

Email: lamworock.writing@gmail.com