The 2010 World War II True Stories Writing Contest

The Philippine Veterans Bank (PVP) in cooperation with Philippine Daily Inquirer brings The 2010 World War II True Stories Contest. The competition aims to recover stories about the personal experiences of the men and women who served during the Second World War, as well as other individuals who lived through the same conflict, through their own recounting. This contest is intended to show that students have interviewed, researched, read about and understood the subject and formed their own narratives.

Mechanics:

The contest is open to all Filipino students 13 to 18 years of age attending public or private high schools in the Philippines. To compete, a high school student must:

1. Personally interview a WWII veteran or any person alive during WWII about his/her experiences during war era;
2. Write a narrative in English that tells in a maximum of 2,000 words the interviewee.s story, including important details and quotes from the interview.

Each narrative entry should be an original, unpublished, logical, cohesive and fluently developed narrative written by one student. It should be accompanied by an entry form found in Inquirer’s Learning section or in Inquirer’s Libre once a week until March 2010. The coupon must be duly accomplished and glued on a sheet of paper that serves as cover page.

Previously submitted stories shall not qualify as entries.

Prize:

• The first place winner will receive a laptop computer and a printer plus a PVB saving account of P10,000.
• The second place winner will receive a desktop computer plus a PVB savings account of P7,000.
• The third place winner will receive a digital camera plus a PVB savings account of P5,000.

Entries may be submitted to any Philippine Veterans Bank branch nationwide by 4 p.m. of March 16, 2010. Winners will be announced on April 5 and awarded April 12, 2010.

For more details log on to www.veteransbank.com.ph