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After weeks of excitement, the finalists of the annual Citi FM Write-Away Contest will be unveiled and honored at a grand event on Saturday September 6 at the plush Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra.<\/p>\n

Thousands of school children aged between ten (10) and fourteen (14) years submitted entries for the year’s contest. The entries were their own short stories<\/a>, with their own unique characters, which ended with the idiom\u00a0a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty (20) entries were selected<\/a> after which an interview session with the examiners was conducted to select the top ten (10) winners, from which the overall winner will be announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/a>
Some parents\/guardians and their children waiting to be interviewed at the semi-finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Write-Away Contest is Ghana’s number one literary competition for amateur writers. Over the years, enterprising young writers have thrilled audiences with their well research and written entries, and have been awarded accordingly.<\/p>\n

This year’s winner takes home five thousand (5000) cedis, the first runner-up \u00a0and the second runner-up will each receive three thousand (3000) and\u00a0one thousand (1000) cedis respectively. There will also be special awards for deserving writers.<\/p>\n

The Write-Away Contest is sponsored by\u00a0Standard Chartered Bank<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Indomie Instant Noodles.\u00a0<\/b>The contest is supported by\u00a0F<\/strong>inlite\u00a0<\/b>and the\u00a0Volta River Authority<\/b>\u00a0(VRA)\u00a0<\/strong>and powered by\u00a097.3 Citi FM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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