My Land Essay Contest: Writing About Farming, Feeling in Every Word
In April 2014, the shock of the Longdeng pesticide plant incident made us once again reflect on the relationship between people and the land. We believe that in Xinhua and Guanmiao, the two places that bore the brunt, there must be farmers who insist on environmentally friendly practices and are quietly giving their all. That person might be you, or a relative or friend close to you. We hope that these stories of environmental friendliness will bring beautiful nourishment to this land.
-Write a story of living in harmony with the land...
We believe that in the Xinhua and Guanmiao areas, which bore the brunt, there must be farmers who insist on environmentally friendly practices and are quietly giving their all.
That person might be you, or perhaps a relative or friend close to you.
We hope that these stories of environmental friendliness will bring beautiful nourishment to this land...
I. Eligibility:
Agricultural workers who farm and cultivate in Xinhua and Guanmiao using "environmentally friendly" methods.
(Members of the general public or those who care about the natural environment are welcome to write stories for farming friends)
(For the purposes of this essay competition, environmentally friendly cultivation is defined as: a cultivation method in which no pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or herbicides are applied during the crop-growing process)
II. Article Format:
1. Title is self-chosen, within 1,500 words, genre is unrestricted, and each entrant is limited to one entry.
2. Article format: typed on a computer in horizontal writing, A4, with line spacing set to "Exactly: 26pt",
font size 14, black Xin Ximing font, printed on one side. Those writing on manuscript paper should transcribe clearly (with neat handwriting).
III. How to Register
1. Please download the registration form and consent form online, and send them with 3 copies of your work by registered mail to our association.
The download links will be posted on the Facebook fan pages of our association and the Damujiang Green Environmental Front. Please search Facebook for "Xinhua Community Development" and "Damujiang Green Environmental Front".
2. Submission period: from now until 6:00 p.m. on 2014.10.24. Entries must be submitted by registered mail only, with the postmark as proof; late submissions will not be accepted.
Mailing address: No. 28-3, Ren'ai Street, Xinhua District, Tainan City Xinhua Community Development Association
Please mark on the envelope cover that it is a submission for the "Writing Farming with Feeling" essay competition
(Entrants should call our association to confirm after mailing their submission)
IV. Judging Method:
1. A panel composed of writers, representatives of the organizer, and experts engaged in organic agriculture-related work will conduct an open judging and select 10 outstanding works through comprehensive evaluation.
2. Judging criteria: environmentally friendly cultivation philosophy and spirit 40%
Storytelling description of the people 25%
Presentation of the public-benefit value of environmental friendliness 25%
Fluency of the article's content 10%
3. The list of winners is scheduled to be announced at the end of October 2014, with an awards ceremony held in November; the exact time and place will be announced separately.
(If the judges consider that the works do not meet the standard, they may decide to leave an award vacant or reduce the number of places awarded)
V. Prizes:
1. First place: 1 winner, prize money 8,000 yuan, one certificate
Second place: 1 winner, prize money 5,000 yuan, one certificate
Third place: 1 winner, prize money 3,000 yuan, one certificate
Honorable mention: 7 winners, prize money 1,000 yuan, one certificate
2. The farmers described by the top three winners will be invited to take part in the "Junjio Street Village - Green Art Market" held by our association, with free sales space for three months. (Expected to be held in early November)
3. The winning articles will be shared on the "Damujiang Green Environmental Front" fan page and in publications issued by our association.
VI. Relevant Rules:
(1) Plagiarism or ghostwriting is strictly prohibited.
(2) All entries must be original personal work and must not have been publicly published in any form (including any type of website, including blogs, online forums, message boards, and newspapers and magazines
and other publications), performed, or have won an award. Works circulated privately among friends, corrected, or reviewed by a teacher are not subject to this restriction.
(3) Before the competition results are announced, entrants may not submit their competition manuscripts to any other competition.
(4) The submitted manuscript is the final version for the competition; no revisions to the manuscript after submission will be accepted.
(5) Submitted manuscripts will not be returned under any circumstances; please keep a copy for yourself.
(6) The copyright of the winning works belongs to our association, and entrants must obtain our association's written consent before reprinting, publishing, or releasing the manuscripts.
(7) If the competition rules are violated, our association will cancel the entrant's eligibility to compete and disqualify them from any award, and all prize money and prizes already awarded must be returned in full.
(8) All winners must, after the list is announced and they receive notification, provide an electronic file of their work and a personal photo within one week, to facilitate our association's subsequent sharing of the works.
If there are any matters not covered by these activity rules, they may be revised at any time and announced separately.
Contact window for this activity: Xinhua Community Development Association, Ms. Lin 06-5903409
Registration form https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4T6xBpEGPtWa01LcU0tY2NuaVU/edit?usp=sharing
Consent form https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4T6xBpEGPtWWDM1TW5OUXJNUjg/view?usp=sharing