15 February 2013
Hong Kong Public Libraries Literary Competitions 2013 ($4,000 top prize)
Deadline: 13 March 2013 (fiction), 17 April 2013 (poetry)
Creative writing not only enhances language proficiency but also lets participants explore new visions. The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department constantly organises various activities to promote literary writing. The Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students in 2013 and the 23rd Chinese Poetry Writing Competition are now open for entries, with closing dates on March 13 and April 17 respectively. The postmark date will be referred to for entries sent by post.
The Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students has been held since 1995 to promote students' interest in creative writing and enhance their language proficiency. This year's competition consists of three categories: upper primary (primary 4 to 6), junior secondary (secondary 1 to 3) and senior secondary (secondary 4 to 6). Applicants are free to write stories in any subject. First, second and third prizes and also five merit prizes will be awarded in each of the categories. Book coupons of $2,500, $2,000 and $1,500 will be awarded to the winners of first, second and third prizes respectively, while each merit prize winner will be awarded a book coupon of $1,000. The adjudicators consist of representatives from the education profession and renowned writers. Competition results will be announced in late June 2013.
Three tie-in workshops will also be held at the Lecture Theatre of Hong Kong Central Library on February 23 and February 24, with professionals in education and well-known writers sharing their writing experiences. Phone reservation is available on or before February 21. For enquiries on the Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students in 2013 and the workshops, please call 2928 4601 or visit the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/storywriting.
The Chinese Poetry Writing Competition was launched in 1991 to promote proficiency in Chinese language and appreciation of rhyming Chinese literature. This year's competition consists of a student category and an open category. Each applicant may submit more than one entry. The adjudicators include Professor Ho Man-wui, Professor Chow Sik-fuk, Professor Chan Chi-ching, Professor Wong Kwan-io and Professor Lau Wai-lam. The writers of selected works in the student category will be invited to attend a meeting with adjudicators.
The first, second and third prize winners of the student category will receive cash awards of $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively, and five merit prize winners and two special prize winners will each receive cash awards of $1,500 and $1,000 respectively. For the open category, the first, second and third prize winners will receive cash awards of $7,000, $5,000 and $4,000 respectively, while five merit prize winners and two special prize winners will each receive cash awards of $2,500 and $1,500 respectively. The competition results will be announced in September 2013.
To complement the competition, the HKPL is organising "Talk Series on Chinese Poetry Writing 2013", to be held in March. Speakers will introduce features, use of rhythm and writing skills in Chinese poetry. For enquiries on the 23rd Chinese Poetry Writing Competition and the talk series, please call 2921 2645 or visit the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/poetrywriting.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: call 2921 2645 (Extension Activities Unit, Hong Kong Public Libraries) from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m
Website: http://www.hkpl.gov.hk
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Creative writing not only enhances language proficiency but also lets participants explore new visions. The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department constantly organises various activities to promote literary writing. The Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students in 2013 and the 23rd Chinese Poetry Writing Competition are now open for entries, with closing dates on March 13 and April 17 respectively. The postmark date will be referred to for entries sent by post.
The Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students has been held since 1995 to promote students' interest in creative writing and enhance their language proficiency. This year's competition consists of three categories: upper primary (primary 4 to 6), junior secondary (secondary 1 to 3) and senior secondary (secondary 4 to 6). Applicants are free to write stories in any subject. First, second and third prizes and also five merit prizes will be awarded in each of the categories. Book coupons of $2,500, $2,000 and $1,500 will be awarded to the winners of first, second and third prizes respectively, while each merit prize winner will be awarded a book coupon of $1,000. The adjudicators consist of representatives from the education profession and renowned writers. Competition results will be announced in late June 2013.
Three tie-in workshops will also be held at the Lecture Theatre of Hong Kong Central Library on February 23 and February 24, with professionals in education and well-known writers sharing their writing experiences. Phone reservation is available on or before February 21. For enquiries on the Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students in 2013 and the workshops, please call 2928 4601 or visit the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/storywriting.
The Chinese Poetry Writing Competition was launched in 1991 to promote proficiency in Chinese language and appreciation of rhyming Chinese literature. This year's competition consists of a student category and an open category. Each applicant may submit more than one entry. The adjudicators include Professor Ho Man-wui, Professor Chow Sik-fuk, Professor Chan Chi-ching, Professor Wong Kwan-io and Professor Lau Wai-lam. The writers of selected works in the student category will be invited to attend a meeting with adjudicators.
The first, second and third prize winners of the student category will receive cash awards of $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively, and five merit prize winners and two special prize winners will each receive cash awards of $1,500 and $1,000 respectively. For the open category, the first, second and third prize winners will receive cash awards of $7,000, $5,000 and $4,000 respectively, while five merit prize winners and two special prize winners will each receive cash awards of $2,500 and $1,500 respectively. The competition results will be announced in September 2013.
To complement the competition, the HKPL is organising "Talk Series on Chinese Poetry Writing 2013", to be held in March. Speakers will introduce features, use of rhythm and writing skills in Chinese poetry. For enquiries on the 23rd Chinese Poetry Writing Competition and the talk series, please call 2921 2645 or visit the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/poetrywriting.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: call 2921 2645 (Extension Activities Unit, Hong Kong Public Libraries) from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m
Website: http://www.hkpl.gov.hk
The Script Road: Macau Literary Festival Opens March 10th
Date: 10- 16 March 2013
The 2nd edition of The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival will be held from March 10 to 16 and will bring to the city more than 30 renowned writers, publishers, translators, journalists, musicians, filmmakers, visual artists and more.
This year the event will receive even further significant support from the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macau and the Macau Foundation, who now co-organise the festival together with Ponto Final newspaper.
Following last year’s model, conferences and debates will be held alongside a book fair, art exhibitions, music concerts and film screenings.
The 2013 Festival programme will feature prominent contemporary Chinese writers including Bi Feiyu, winner of some of the highest literary awards in China; Han Shaogong, author of “A Dictionary of Maqiao” and translator of the work of Fernando Pessoa; Hong Ying, one of the best internationally known Chinese writers; and Yi Sha, a controversial contemporary poet. Other names such as Sheng Keyi, Qiu Huadong, Pan Wei, Wang Gang, Huang Lihai, Li Shao Jun and Taiwanese poet Xi Murong are also very influential writers in contemporary Chinese literature – and all of them will be joining the festival.
On the Portuguese-speaking side, The Script Road is inviting Dulce Maria Cardoso, one of the greatest novelists of her generation; Rui Zink and Ricardo Araújo Pereira, who work with language and humour in a very special way; Francisco José Viegas, former Portuguese Culture Secretary of State, writer and publisher; Valter Hugo Mãe, recent winner the PT Prize, one of the most prestigious literary prizes for Portuguese-speaking authors; writer and journalist Alexandra Lucas Coelho; journalist and translator Carlos Vaz Marques; publisher Bárbara Bulhosa; and, with the support of Casa de Portugal, novelist Deana Barroqueiro.
José Eduardo Agualusa, an Angolan author and one of the best-known Portuguese-speaking contemporary African writers, will also join this festival edition, as will Luís Cardoso, probably the most important literary voice from East Timor. From Brazil the poet Regis Bonvicino and Paraty Festival director Mauro Munhoz have already been confirmed to take part. Paloma and Cecília Amado, daughter and granddaughter of Jorge Amado (1912-2001), one of the greatest Brazilian novelists of all time, are coming to Macau to pay homage to his work by showing a documentary and a fiction film based on his life and on one of his books, respectively.
A number of local writers, including poet Fernanda Dias, Tong Mui Siu, Chek In, Lou Mou and Wong Man Fai, are also among the invited guests of the event, representing the Macau literary scene.
The Script Road has also decided to gradually open the event to other Asian and Latin writers, and that’s why this year we welcome French authors Antoine Volodine and Claude Hudelot, who have both already developed affinities with Macau, China and the Lusophone world.
One of the highlights of the festival’s programme will be the launch of a book of short stories set in the territory. At last year’s edition of The Script Road audiences were invited to take part in a short story competition, judged by a panel of the visiting international authors at the event: Su Tong, José Luís Peixoto and Xu Xi, one from each language, Chinese, Portuguese and English. From more than 30 entries, a number of stories were chosen for publication and the winners will be announced shortly, at the Festival’s press conference.
These short stories will be published together with stories written by last year’s guest writers, such as José Luís Peixoto, Lolita Hu, João Paulo Cuenca, Jimmy Qi and Rui Cardoso Martins. This year the Festival is again inviting all visiting authors to write about Macau.
The Script Road will feature some cinematic highlights. The award-winning film “The Last Time I Saw Macau”, by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata will have its Chinese pre-premier at the festival, before being presented at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. This is probably the most important and awarded film about this city made in the last decades.
The Chinese filmmaker Wiseman Wang will bring us “Journey to the South”, a road movie where a truck driver crosses China, heading south to Guangdong province, trying to earn money to solve family issues.
Macau-based director Ivo Ferreira will also screen his new film, “On The Dragon’s Flake”, and historian and Sinologue Claude Hudelot will present “Hou Bo, Xu Xiaobing, Mao’s Photographers”, a documentary he directed together with Jean-Michel Vecchiet.
As with last year’s festival, music will again play an important part in the 2013 event. Portugal’s finest traditional music will be performed by celebrated fado singer Camané. The Portuguese folk musical band Dead Combo, one of the most interesting music projects in Portugal and which gained international acclaim after appearing on Anthony Bourdain’s world popular TV Show “No Reservations”, is also confirmed to take to the stage.
The Script Road will host two artists-in residence based at the Orient Foundation; Chen Yu from China and Theodore Mesquita from Goa. The two painters, from very different backgrounds, will follow the same brief: to create works that reflect their experience of Macau. As well as creating new art, they will also be exhibiting previous works in the lower gallery of the Orient Foundation.
Another exhibition, curated by the local artist Alice Kok, will be held at the Old Court Building where a number of local creative authors will work on the theme “Beyond Words”.
In cooperation with the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, the Festival aims to establish a strong connection with local schools and universities, giving young readers a chance to get in touch with the guest authors.
This year’s festival has the support of the Macau University (UMAC), the Pen Club, the Institute for Civic Affairs (IACM), the Macau Tourism Bureau, the Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, the Society of Arts and Letters, IPOR, the Orient Foundation, Macau Closer, the Portuguese Bookshop and Casa de Portugal as well as other public and private entities.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: info@thescriptroad.com
Website: http://thescriptroad.org/
Read more
The 2nd edition of The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival will be held from March 10 to 16 and will bring to the city more than 30 renowned writers, publishers, translators, journalists, musicians, filmmakers, visual artists and more.
This year the event will receive even further significant support from the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macau and the Macau Foundation, who now co-organise the festival together with Ponto Final newspaper.
Following last year’s model, conferences and debates will be held alongside a book fair, art exhibitions, music concerts and film screenings.
The 2013 Festival programme will feature prominent contemporary Chinese writers including Bi Feiyu, winner of some of the highest literary awards in China; Han Shaogong, author of “A Dictionary of Maqiao” and translator of the work of Fernando Pessoa; Hong Ying, one of the best internationally known Chinese writers; and Yi Sha, a controversial contemporary poet. Other names such as Sheng Keyi, Qiu Huadong, Pan Wei, Wang Gang, Huang Lihai, Li Shao Jun and Taiwanese poet Xi Murong are also very influential writers in contemporary Chinese literature – and all of them will be joining the festival.
On the Portuguese-speaking side, The Script Road is inviting Dulce Maria Cardoso, one of the greatest novelists of her generation; Rui Zink and Ricardo Araújo Pereira, who work with language and humour in a very special way; Francisco José Viegas, former Portuguese Culture Secretary of State, writer and publisher; Valter Hugo Mãe, recent winner the PT Prize, one of the most prestigious literary prizes for Portuguese-speaking authors; writer and journalist Alexandra Lucas Coelho; journalist and translator Carlos Vaz Marques; publisher Bárbara Bulhosa; and, with the support of Casa de Portugal, novelist Deana Barroqueiro.
José Eduardo Agualusa, an Angolan author and one of the best-known Portuguese-speaking contemporary African writers, will also join this festival edition, as will Luís Cardoso, probably the most important literary voice from East Timor. From Brazil the poet Regis Bonvicino and Paraty Festival director Mauro Munhoz have already been confirmed to take part. Paloma and Cecília Amado, daughter and granddaughter of Jorge Amado (1912-2001), one of the greatest Brazilian novelists of all time, are coming to Macau to pay homage to his work by showing a documentary and a fiction film based on his life and on one of his books, respectively.
A number of local writers, including poet Fernanda Dias, Tong Mui Siu, Chek In, Lou Mou and Wong Man Fai, are also among the invited guests of the event, representing the Macau literary scene.
The Script Road has also decided to gradually open the event to other Asian and Latin writers, and that’s why this year we welcome French authors Antoine Volodine and Claude Hudelot, who have both already developed affinities with Macau, China and the Lusophone world.
One of the highlights of the festival’s programme will be the launch of a book of short stories set in the territory. At last year’s edition of The Script Road audiences were invited to take part in a short story competition, judged by a panel of the visiting international authors at the event: Su Tong, José Luís Peixoto and Xu Xi, one from each language, Chinese, Portuguese and English. From more than 30 entries, a number of stories were chosen for publication and the winners will be announced shortly, at the Festival’s press conference.
These short stories will be published together with stories written by last year’s guest writers, such as José Luís Peixoto, Lolita Hu, João Paulo Cuenca, Jimmy Qi and Rui Cardoso Martins. This year the Festival is again inviting all visiting authors to write about Macau.
The Script Road will feature some cinematic highlights. The award-winning film “The Last Time I Saw Macau”, by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata will have its Chinese pre-premier at the festival, before being presented at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. This is probably the most important and awarded film about this city made in the last decades.
The Chinese filmmaker Wiseman Wang will bring us “Journey to the South”, a road movie where a truck driver crosses China, heading south to Guangdong province, trying to earn money to solve family issues.
Macau-based director Ivo Ferreira will also screen his new film, “On The Dragon’s Flake”, and historian and Sinologue Claude Hudelot will present “Hou Bo, Xu Xiaobing, Mao’s Photographers”, a documentary he directed together with Jean-Michel Vecchiet.
As with last year’s festival, music will again play an important part in the 2013 event. Portugal’s finest traditional music will be performed by celebrated fado singer Camané. The Portuguese folk musical band Dead Combo, one of the most interesting music projects in Portugal and which gained international acclaim after appearing on Anthony Bourdain’s world popular TV Show “No Reservations”, is also confirmed to take to the stage.
The Script Road will host two artists-in residence based at the Orient Foundation; Chen Yu from China and Theodore Mesquita from Goa. The two painters, from very different backgrounds, will follow the same brief: to create works that reflect their experience of Macau. As well as creating new art, they will also be exhibiting previous works in the lower gallery of the Orient Foundation.
Another exhibition, curated by the local artist Alice Kok, will be held at the Old Court Building where a number of local creative authors will work on the theme “Beyond Words”.
In cooperation with the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, the Festival aims to establish a strong connection with local schools and universities, giving young readers a chance to get in touch with the guest authors.
This year’s festival has the support of the Macau University (UMAC), the Pen Club, the Institute for Civic Affairs (IACM), the Macau Tourism Bureau, the Macau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, the Society of Arts and Letters, IPOR, the Orient Foundation, Macau Closer, the Portuguese Bookshop and Casa de Portugal as well as other public and private entities.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: info@thescriptroad.com
Website: http://thescriptroad.org/
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