About Uganda Youth Writing Competition
Uganda Youth Essay Competition is a program of Youth Rising International that seeks to empower young people in Uganda to express their views through writing. The program focuses on putting views, ideals and opinions of young people at the forefront through writing challenges.
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Overview
In this age of social media where information sharing has been reduced to 2 lines of tweet, the institute also aims at sharpening young people’s writing skills by subjecting them to descriptive, exploratory and creative writing challenges.
We therefore believe the competition will bring out the ability within students to think quickly, write persuasively and present well-connected ideas while presenting well-connected ideas in a compact fashion.
The ultimate goal is to spark “critical thinking” and build the next generation of leaders that write with brevity, creativity, language, and unique personal style.
The writing challenges are open to Ugandan aspiring writers who are between aged 12–25 years, or in grades Primary 5 – Primary 7, Senior one to Senior Six, or University students. Each challenge is open for a specific period of time that the writer can use to gather their thoughts, write and submit a 500 word essay. We encourage primary and high school students to work with their teachers and integrate writing challenges into their daily teaching schedules.
Awards
Uganda Youth Essay Competition a program that seeks to empower young people in Uganda to express their views through writing. The program focuses on putting views, ideals and opinions of young people at the forefront through writing challenges.
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National Winner
– UGX 50,000
– Essay Published in national News Paper
– Social Media mentions
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Honorable Mentions
There will be 2 honorable mentions and each will receive up to 25,000 UGX cash prizes, The essays will be published on our website and social media channels. - Annual Challenges Winner
Essay winners receive certificates and cash prizes.
Topics
Youth Rising Writing Institute formulates its essays questions mostly around national and world issues. Essay challenges are designed focus to highlight and celebrate such issues on international days of observation. We also organize special challenges that may fall out of our regular calendar. Such challenges are sponsored by different partners.
Topic Categories
- Business and Entrepreneurship
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health and Wellness (COVID-19, HIV/AIDS), Malaria, SRHR, NTDs, etc.)
- History and Politics
- Human Rights
- Social Issues (WASH, Education, Youth Development)
- STEM
- Traditional Folktales
Rules
01. Registration
Entrants can enter in any challenge but can only submit one entry per challenge.
02. Submission
Essays must be submitted through the official PDF form following clear steps posted on each challenge page.
All submissions must be received before the deadline stated for each challenge.
Each essay must be written and submitted by a single author being the student without any co-authorship from another individual.
03. Communication
All communication with the entrant will be by email. It is the responsibility of the entrant to check their email address in order to receive further communications from Youth Rising Writing Institute
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