Güncelle Fairy Tale and Story Competition
Özel Saint Michel Fransız Lisesi (Lycée Saint Michel) is organising the Güncelle Fairy Tale and Story Competition.
Deadline for entries: 1 April 2024
Total prize money: 10,500 TL
Theme: Adapting a fairy tale or folk tale to the present day
How to enter: By email
Eligibility: Open to students at all schools in Istanbul affiliated with the Ministry of National Education of the following types: state Anatolian high schools, state multi-programme Anatolian high schools, state science high schools, state İmam-Hatip Anatolian high schools, private Anatolian high schools and private science high schools.
Organiser: Özel Saint Michel Fransız Lisesi
Entries are still open…
Conditions of Entry:
- The competition is open to students at all schools in Istanbul affiliated with the Ministry of National Education of the following types: state Anatolian high schools, state multi-programme Anatolian high schools, state science high schools, state İmam-Hatip Anatolian high schools, private Anatolian high schools and private science high schools.
- Entries must be sent by email to guncelle@sm.k12.tr.
- Entries must not contain wording or elements that foreground the advertising or promotion of any institution, organisation, company, brand or individual.
- Entrants may alter the characters, plot and ending of the original text as they wish.
- Each student may submit only 1 (one) entry.
- Works written jointly by more than one person will not be accepted.
- The text must be written in keeping with the fairy tale or folk tale genre.
- The text must be written in Turkish and follow the rules of Turkish grammar and spelling.
- Entries must be typed on A4 paper in 12-point “Times New Roman”.
- With 1.5 line spacing, entries are recommended to be no shorter than two (2) and no longer than four (4) A4 pages.
- The title of the tale and the name of the student who wrote it must appear at the top of the text.
- The deadline for entries is 1 April 2024. Texts entered must not have been placed in similar competitions before, must not have been written by anyone else and must not have been published anywhere previously. By entering, the applicant accepts and undertakes that the work is entirely their own, is original and has not won a prize in any other competition.
- Texts will be judged on qualities such as adherence to the theme, success of the adaptation, command of Turkish, skill in plotting, creativity, originality, fluency of expression and correct punctuation and spelling.
- A confirmation email will be sent for each entry received by email. Our school cannot be held responsible for whether entries have arrived in the case of entrants who have not received a confirmation email.
- Prize-winning entries will be announced on our school’s website and social media accounts.
- Entries received after the deadline will not be considered
Güncelle Fairy Tale and Story Competition Prizes
- First: 4.000 TL
- Second: 3.500 TL
- Third: 3.000 TL
