The Contest was nominated for the Media Contribution to Education Award category in the Education Community Awards (EDUCOM) 2017.

[contextly_sidebar id=”3f5vIV444x7bnSiMF4P34rMWgxCFDHAo”]The 2nd annual EDUCOM award is scheduled for Saturday August 19, 2017, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra.

The Awards is aimed at recognizing all the valuable educational related works that are undertaken within schools and communities across Ghana by schools, students/pupils, parents, media houses, publishers, agencies, NGOs and other individuals or organizations.

About Write Away contest

The Write-Away Contest is an annual essay competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and write.

It seeks to build a vibrant culture of reading and writing among young pupils.

The contest is for pupils between the ages of 10 and 14 years.

Hannah Yeboah, a student of the Beacon International School in Peduase in the Eastern Region, emerged winner of the Write-Away contest organized in 2016.

For her prize, Hannah Yeboah received a cash prize of GHc5,000 while her school was given GHc10,000.

Nicole Chinery and Goloh Lily Eli both from the Sap’s School in Accra placed second and third respectively.

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For her prize, Hannah Yeboah received a cash prize of GHc5,000 while her school was given GHc10,000.

Nicole Chinery and Goloh Lily Eli both from the Sap’s School in Accra placed second and third respectively.

They also received GHc4,000 and GHc3,000 for placing second and third.

The grand finale of the the Write-Away contest was held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra.

All of the top 20 shortlisted contestants in the competition also received GHc500 each, from Moneygram.

This was the eleventh edition of the annual writing contest which challenges the creativity and writing skills of children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Parents and their wards were at the Holiday Inn Hotel, to witness the event.

About the Write-Away competition
The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.
The contest is for pupils between the ages of 10 and 14 years. This year, the contestants were expected to write a story that ended with the phrase, ‘Fortune favors the bold.’

The deadline for the submission of entries was September 30, 2016.

Citi FM received thousands of entries nationwide and shortlisted the scripts to 20.

After the list was put out, these children came to the offices of Citi FM where they were interviewed, after which 10 finalists were selected.

The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.
The 2016 Write Away Contest is sponsored by Moneygram and the Students Loan Trust Fund.

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The overall winner of this year’s competition was awarded a cash prize of GHc5,000 while all of the top 20 shortlisted contestants received GHc500 each, from Moneygram.

This was the eleventh edition of the annual writing contest which challenges the creativity and writing skills of children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Parents and their wards were at the Holiday Inn Hotel, to witness the event.

About the Write-Away competition
The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.
The contest is for pupils between the ages of 10 and 14 years. This year, the contestants were expected to write a story that ended with the phrase, ‘Fortune favors the bold.’

The deadline for the submission of entries was September 30, 2016.

Citi FM received thousands of entries nationwide and shortlisted the scripts to 20.

After the list was put out, these children came to the offices of Citi FM where they were interviewed, after which 10 finalists were selected.

The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.
The 2016 Write Away Contest is sponsored by Moneygram and the Students Loan Trust Fund.

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This is the eleventh edition of the annual writing contest which challenges the creativity and writing skills of children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Parents and their wards will be at the Holiday Inn Hotel, to witness the announcement of the ultimate prize winner.

The overall winner of this year’s competition will be awarded a cash prize of GHc5,000 and all of the top 20 shortlisted contestants will receive GHc500 each, from Moneygram.

About the Write-Away competition

The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.

The contest is for pupils between the ages of 10 and 14 years. This year, the contestants were expected to write a story that ended with the phrase, ‘Fortune favors the bold.’

The deadline for the submission of entries was September 30, 2016.

Citi FM received thousands of entries nationwide and shortlisted the scripts to 20.

After the list was put out, these children came to the offices of Citi FM where they were interviewed, after which 10 finalists were selected.

The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.

The 2016 Write Away Contest is sponsored by Moneygram and the Students Loan Trust Fund.

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Their stories were shortlisted from over 1,500 others that were submitted for this year’s contest, by children aged between 10 and 14.

Interested candidates were required to write their own stories that ended with the phrase; “Fortune Favours the Bold”; with their own fictional characters and in not less than 600 words.

The entries were then marked by external examiners and then the twenty young people, who had evidently written the most impressive stories, after their scripts had marked, made it to the coveted shortlist.

Citi FM’s Programmes Manager, Jessica Opare Saforo, has asserted that “all the essays that we received this year were good essays but unfortunately we had to find a way of separating the good from the best.”

The outcome of tomorrow’s panel session will determine who makes it to the top-ten bracket, and subsequently, who the winner of the Write-Away Contest 2016 is.

The Write Away Contest seeks to birth the desire of children in Ghana for writing and reading.

This year’s contest, which is the 11^th edition will see the top five contestants awarded cash prizes.

The overall winner of the 2016 Write-Away contest will be presented with a cash prize of GHc5,000. The next best four, will be awarded GHc4,000, GHc3,000, GHc2,000 and GHc1,000 respectively.

In addition to all of these awards, each of the top 20 winners will be given GHc500, by courtesy of Moneygram, during the Grand Finale, which will be held at the Holiday Inn, in Accra, on Saturday, October 29, 2016.

This year’s contest is sponsored by Moneygram and the Students Loan Trust Fund.

List of qualified semi-finalists

1. Juliet Ugwunze (St. Alban’s International School, Accra)
2. Kevin George Hagan-Seglah Alpha Beta School, Accra)
3. Goloh Lily Eli (Sap’s School, Accra)
4. Keren Ethel Obeng (St Paul Methodist Preparatory, Winneba)
5. Agbevanu Selma Nunana (Kabore JHS, Ho)
6. Leah Boaten (Faith Montessori School, Accra)
7. Afua M. Ansah (Ridge Church School, Accra)
8. Hannah Yeboah (Beacon Int. School, Peduase)
9. Wilma Sackitey (Sap’s School, Accra)
10. Mate-Kole Emmanuel Martey (Our Lady of Fatima, Kpong)
11. Yooku Aidoo (The Cedar School, Tseaddo)
12. Tetteh Agegintina Dede (Ola Girls, Juapong)
13. Nicole Chinery (Sap’s School, Accra)
14. Larry Asiwome Afun (St Bernadett Soubirious School, Accra)
15. Marionne Polley (Sap’s School, Accra)
16. Edem Fiifi Dawson (St. Dominic R/C School, Akwatia)
17. Miriam Binarachin Wottuomo (Agdam International School, Wa)
18. Otoo Nana Afrakoma (DPS International School, Accra)
19. Deladem Banini (Kay Billie Klaer International School, Accra)
20. Josephine Bart-Plange (Bishop Bowers, Accra)

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The list will be made up of 20 young people, who has evidently written the most impressive stories, after the contest’s external examiners had marked their scripts.

After the list has been put out, these children will come to the offices of Citi FM where they will be interviewed, after which the 10 finalists will be selected.

The Write-Away Contest is an annual competition that is geared towards encouraging children to read and to write.

The contest is for pupils between the ages of 10 and 14 years. This year, the contestants were expected to write a story that ended with the phrase, ‘Fortune favors the bold.’

The deadline for the submission of entries was September 30, 2016, and Citi FM’s Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong has been reading some random stories on the Traffic Avenue and Brunch in the Citi.

The overall winner of this year’s competition will be awarded a cash prize of GHc5,000 and all of the top 20 contestants will receive GHc500 each, from Moneygram.

The 2016 Write Away Contest is sponsored by Moneygram and the Students Loan Trust Fund.

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