4th National Creative Writing Competition

The 4^th Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition is underway and is in its most dynamic stage at the moment. This year 180 schools from all over the country registered for participation in the competition and over 4000 students expressed interest to take part in it.

On February 11 and 12 all the schools organized the “writing hour” and all the interested students wrote on a chosen topic. The topics were provided by the organizers and 3 topics for each level were offered. Here are a few examples: You open your freezer and find that it has become a passage to the North Pole....; When socks disappear, where do they go?; Is the fish mute or does it not speak because it knows everything?.

3978 essays were submitted by the deadline on February 15^th. 4 regional jury panels worked hard on February 22 and selected the best 4 essays in each grade category. The jury panels consisted of native speakers, teachers of English and other English speaking professionals. The best 112 essay will advance to the national judging in March.

The fundraising through Global Giving Foundation has enabled us to provide transportation for our judging panels.  Certificates for participation will be provided to all students. The teacher coordinators will also receive certificates.

The national judging panel will be held in Sofia on March 22 and the Award ceremony for the 21 winners and their teachers will be in Blagoevgrad on April 26. The AmericanUniversity in Bulgaria will host the ceremony. All the expenses for the ceremony will be covered through the project budget.