MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
DAMBOVITA SCHOOL INSPECTORATE

CHILDREN PALACE OF TÂRGOVIŞTE, ROMANIA
e-mail [email protected]






„RADU PETRESCU” LITERARY CIRCLE
invites you to participate at
the „Berenice’s Hair” International Contest, Second Edition, June 2009


The texts can be written in Romanian, English, French, German, Italian or Spanish for the following sections :

■ poetry ( 5 poems )
■ prose (one text, 2-4 pages )
■ drama (one text, 10 pages maximum)
■ free essay (one text, 2-3 pages )
■ children literature ( 3-4 pages )

This contest is for the writers from the following age categories :

4-6 years
7-10 years
11-14 years
15-19 years
The literary compositions will be typed in Times New Roman 12 and will be sent until June 1 at [email protected], in a single attachment that will contain the name, age, country and city of the contestant and also the section.
The first page of the attached document will be the CV and the following pages will contain the texts.
The CV will include the following information :
- name and age category of the contestant
- school, city
- teacher coordinator
- postal address of the contestant or of the teacher coordinator
- e-mail address
The “Subject” section will contain the name, the section and group age.
Eg : John Smith, POETRY, 15-19
One contestant can apply for one or more sections, but sending different e-mails.
Attention! Non-observance of this condition means elimination from the contest.

The deadline for all the sections is June 1, 2009, and the jury will debate until June 10, 2009.

No participation fee required!

The jury consists of writers, literary critics and teachers.
Diplomas for the big prize, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, mentions to each group category and also participation diplomas will be given.
Additional prizes like books and money from national or foreign sponsors will be offered. The rewarded compositions will be published in „Litere”, „Revista nouă”, "Omnigraphies.com, "Climate literare", etc.

The diplomas will be sent until June 15, 2009 via e-mail and the prizes by post until July 15. By the end of the August a special site of the contest will be created.