Concern creative writing competition

Write a letter to President Obama on the issues that matter.

The newly elected American president Barrack Hussein Obama is a very busy man but YOU have a chance to write him a letter telling him about some critical issues facing the world today. Could you help him to understand the life of a child who goes to work instead of school? Maybe you can describe how climate change is affecting people in developing countries? Or perhaps you can advise him on how to tackle world hunger to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.

Concern invites young people to write a letter to Barrack Obama in the style of a factual essay or fictional story based on one of these critical issues:

• Child Labour
• Climate change and the developing world
• World hunger

Last year’s prizes included laptops, iPods and subscriptions to National Geographic Magazine. All prizes were donated and Concern hope to receive similar donations for prizes this year.

The rules for the writing competion are as follows:

• Entries must be written in English
• All work must be original and unaided
• We reserve the right to use entries for publication or promotional purposes
• Entries must be submitted online via the Concern Worldwide website by the closing date of Sunday 22 March at midnight
• Only one entry per person

Entry Categories
Junior:   Age 12 to 15            Maximum 1000 words
Senior:  Age 16 to 18            Maximum 1500 words
Adult:    Age 19+                  Maximum 1500 words

Prizes will be awarded in each category, with special awards for the best entries from third-level and community and adult education sectors.

Winners will be announced on the Concern website.  All prizes will be sponsored and the winning entries will be published.

Download the Competition Poster and the Rules Poster.

Enter the competition by clicking here.