Are there any more competitions in the second half of 2010?

The 12th edition has just ended.

Now the 13th Writers' Cup has started again.

You can buy sprout magazines.

There is an entry form inside.

You can submit your manuscript first.

If you pass.

There will be a letter informing you that you will come to Shanghai for the semi-finals.

Well, the rematch is usually set during the winter break.

New thinking, new expression, real experience.

The 13th National New Concept Essay Contest is jointly sponsored by Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Nanjing University, Nankai University, Wuhan University, Xiamen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University, Chinese University, Shandong University and Budding Magazine, and the 13th National New Concept Essay Contest is scheduled to start on May 1, 2010.

The "New Concept" aims to promote:

"New thinking" - creative and divergent thinking, breaking the shackles of old concepts and norms, breaking rigidity and conservatism, and being unrestrained.

"New expression" - not limited by subject matter and genre, using one's own language full of personality, opposing clichés, opposing the same face and one word.

"True experience" - real, real, sincere, sincere attention, feeling, and experience of life.

Participants: Group A Fresh senior high school juniors and sophomores (including third-year students).

Group B: Senior 1 and junior high school students (including 3 school students).

Group C Young people under the age of 30 other than secondary school students.

Participation form: Preliminary and semi-final. The preliminary competition follows the form of essays in general literary publications, with no propositions, no limited themes, genres, and less than 5,000 words, which cannot be published in public publications, and plagiarism or inviting people is strictly prohibited.

Please attach the "Application Form" to the manuscript, see "Sprout" 2010.

No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, "Sprout" (New Concept Composition Edition, Second Half Monthly), 2010.

For the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh issues, only one work can be attached to each registration form, and it should be sent to Sprout Magazine, No. 675 Julu Road, Shanghai, Zip Code: 200040, and the envelope is marked with "New Concept". The winners of the preliminary round of each group participate in the semi-finals; The semi-finals will be held in an examination room.

Students from other places who come to Shanghai to participate in the semi-finals will be provided by the organizing committee for the round-trip train hard seat travel expenses.

Note: Currently, the New Concept Contest does not accept email submissions or other forms of online submissions.

Submission Deadline: November 25, 2010 (based on local postmark).

Awards: The first prize, the second prize and the third prize will be awarded, and the award certificate will be awarded. Good works and award-winning works will be published in the paper version or online version of "Sprout", and will be reviewed by experts after the competition and published in a collection.

The award-winning senior high school graduates will be given priority according to the specific situation of famous universities. In addition, there are a number of organization recommendation awards, which are awarded to schools that actively organize students to participate in the competition.

Note: There is no entry fee for this competition. Contestants are requested to keep their own manuscripts, and the manuscripts will not be returned.

All entrants are deemed to have automatically agreed to the terms of this notice. If you need to buy "Sprout", please remit money to Sprout Magazine as soon as possible, and the price of each copy is RMB. Postage is free for surface mail (**Postage is charged for each volume).

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