About the 2021/22 Competition Theme

Life cannot remain the same after conflict. Slowly but eventually it has to evolve into something else. The changing process cannot always be positive and it may take a long time to recover. Every life changes when the conflict enters their life including the family, society, country or even a kingdom. As time goes by we remember that conflict to honour the lost ones and reflect on the past.

In other words, we resolve, recover, rebuild, reflect and then finally remember the past events.

With this in mind, the theme of the 2022 competition is Life After Conflict.

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In this competition, you can share your thoughts on how people, communities and countries build a life after conflict using poetry, art, speech and\or song.

Rules

• The competitions are divided into age groups to ensure everyone gets a fair chance. There will be competition among the age group (9-11), (11-14) and (16-18).
• Everyone should relate their work to the theme.
• If you want the judge pannel to know about any special education needs, you should note it in the entry form.
• Furthermore, participants should submit their work anonymously, i.e. you should not mention your personal details beside the title in your workpiece.
• Your submitted piece of work must be original.
• Your work must have a title.

Other Rules for Each Section of Competition

Poetry

Poems can be an incredibly powerful way to share stories, ideas, thoughts and feelings. With your work, the following rules must be applied:

1. It should be of a maximum of forty lines.
2. The poem can be written in any language.
3. The submitted poem can be either typed or neatly handwritten.