{"id":241116,"date":"2016-08-19T18:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=241116"},"modified":"2016-08-19T18:17:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:17:44","slug":"deadline-extended-for-submission-of-write-away-contest-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=241116","title":{"rendered":"Deadline extended for submission of Write Away Contest entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The closing date for submission of entries for \u00a0the 2016\u00a0edition of\u00a0<strong>Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> Write Away Contest, has been extended to September 30, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition geared towards building a vibrant culture of reading and writing among young pupils.<\/p>\n<p>The contest is for kids between the ages of 10 and 14, and this year, contestants will be attempting to craft a story ending with the phrase: \u201cFortune Favours the Bold\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;uO8gSESrhOFLyhCHdUNV9sckGjqEOOOd&#8221;]In previous years, the top three contestants were awarded, but the 2016 edition, which is the 11th edition, will see the top five contestants awarded with cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The overall winner of the 2016 Write-Away contest will be presented with a cash prize of GHc5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The preceding four will be awarded GHc4,000, GHc3,000, GHc2,000 and GHc1,000 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The contestants with the best 10 entries, will be selected for an interview by the judging panel on the premises of <strong>Citi FM<\/strong> from which the best 5 will be chosen for the ultimate award.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants\u2019 entries can be posted to: \u201cThe Write Away Contest, PO Box GP 14123, Accra-Central.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, contestants can drop their entries at the front desk of <strong>Citi FM<\/strong>, Adabraka, Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 edition of the Write Away Contest is sponsored by Moneygram and the Student Loan Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closing date for submission of entries for \u00a0the 2016\u00a0edition of\u00a0Citi FM\u2019s Write Away Contest, has been extended to September 30, 2016. The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition geared towards building a vibrant culture of reading and writing among young pupils. The contest is for kids between the ages of 10 and 14, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":241119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/241119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}