CALLING FOR APPLICATION: ASEAN YOUNG WRITERS AWARD

About the Award

The ASEAN Young Writers Award is the region’s literary prize jointly established in Thailand by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Organizing Committee of the S.E.A. Write Award in collaboration with the S.E.A. Write network and the Faculty of Liberal Arts of Mahidol University.

Eligibility

• Candidates must be youth aged 15-24 years (as per the criteria set by UNESCO ) on the date the work is submitted for competition.
• A candidate must be a national of ASEAN member countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• A candidate must be a qualified writer of short story in national and/or English language.

Submission of Entries:

• The entry must be submitted from 1 May to 30 June 2014.
• The entry must be submitted in 1 hard copy and as Microsoft Word file (.doc) and Portable Document Format file (.pdf) recorded in a CD or DVD along with a filled Application Form and a certified copy of the contestant’s identification card.
• The entry must be submitted by mail or in person to the Office of the ASEAN Young Writers Award Secretariat, 23/15 Soi Ruamruedee, Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10300 (In case the entry is submitted by mail, the postmark date shall be considered)

For Application Form and More information, please refer to ASEAN Young Writers Award Site