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Express Your Reality Art/Writing Competition! for current or former refugees

EXPRESS REALITY POSTER

EXPRESS REALITY POSTER

Oxfam Australia

and Culturalista are putting on a new Express Your Reality Art/Writing Competition!

2 X $500 prizes are up for grabs, along with a bunch of other prizes.

 All entrants have the chance to be part of an exhibition at Oxfam’s Refugee Realities simulation in Canberra 2010 and/or published in Culturalista magazine. Entrants can be any age and live (primarily) anywhere in Australia. 

Entries must express the reality of being a refugee, past, present or future. Entries can be in any visual or writing form, with a $500 prize for both sections. For example: paintings, photos, stories, poems, news, sculpture. etc.

All entrants must be current or former refugees.

Closing date for entries is February 28th, 2010.

any questions please contact: expressreality@oxfam.org.au

 http://www.oxfam.org.au/refugee/public/index.php             www.culturalista.org.au/expressreality.html

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly

Calling all young designers – competition

Young designers aged 12 to 25 have the opportunity to win $500 and showcase
their creative talent by entering the 2009 NSW Youth Week Website Design
Competition. The winning design will be used not only as the website’s homepage
but as a template for the rest of the website’s pages.

The NSW Youth Week website is the main portal for engaging young people and connecting them with their local council’s Youth Week activities.
Entries will be judged by a panel of young members on the NSW Youth Week Young People’s Advisory Committee.
Entries close 26 September, 2008.
Visit www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/download/ for an application form. There are also Poster and Tattoo competitions to enter.

Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Essay competition

Are you interested in History and/or Law? The Francis Forbes Society of Australian Legal History has a great essay writing competition – they are looking for essays that entertain about Australian history – win prizes for your school and for yourself – visit the website at http://www.forbessociety.org.au/ for more information – Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly Library