Thursday, April 18, 2013

Short Stories: Call for Submissions


Rainbow Caterpillar Bookshop calls for submissions for

2013 Mother Language Kid Lit Award

Competition open to short stories for young children, aims to support the preservation in Canada of mother languages

 Toronto, Ontario, March 27, 2013 – Submissions are currently being accepted for the second annual Rainbow Caterpillar Mother Language Kid Lit Award. The Award aims to reward writing excellence and support authors who want to write in their mother languages other than English.

“By encouraging authors to write in their mother language, we want to help create a vibrant literary production for children in foreign languages, but with a uniquely Canadian perspective,” says Happie Testa, co-owner of Rainbow Caterpillar Bookstore.

 The competition is open to Canadian residents, submissions are due on April 30th and the guidelines are available online at www.rainbowcaterpillar.ca/kid-lit-award.html. The winning story will receive the Rainbow Caterpillar Kid Lit Award in the amount of $750. Other deserving submissions will be recognized with an Honourable Mention.

“We hope this award also encourages parents to pass their mother language on to their children raised in Canada,” says Hanoosh Abbasi, co-owner of Rainbow Caterpillar. “We feel that it is important for parents to have access to good books from their countries of origin. We also think parents want to put their ancestral culture in the context of our shared Canadian culture where many often have more than one background and speak more than one language hanoon a daily basis.”

The Award will be presented at the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) 35th Annual Awards Gala to be held in Toronto on Multiculturalism Day June 21, 2013. CEMA is an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethnic media in creating an understanding of Canada and the retention of cultural links with countries of origin. http://canadianethnicmedia.com
 
Submission guidelines click: http://www.rainbowcaterpillar.ca/kid-lit-award.html#_Toc302978909
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4 comments:

  1. Mark KApril 21, 2013 at 4:37 AM

    Aww, shame I'm not fluent in Welch, eh?

    So, will you be entering?

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  2. Claudia ZurcApril 21, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    Hi Mark,
    No I won't be participating this time because I am working on three different projects. My day should be 28 hours instead :(
    Maybe next year ;)

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  3. Mike KeytonApril 25, 2013 at 7:56 AM

    What a lovely idea - but I can only watch from afar, not being Canadian and barely speaking English : )

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  4. AnthonyJune 9, 2013 at 4:24 PM

    Very useful information. I can see that you're quite knowledgeable about the subject.

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