Mavera Awards 2024: Poetry, Story and Essay Competition

Application deadline for the competition: April 5, 2024

The subject of the competition: Harness Your Will, Green Your Hope!

How to participate in the competition: Website

Restrictions in the competition: Every student studying at associate and undergraduate level at home and abroad can participate.

Organized by: Mavera Education and Health Foundation

Competition application continues.

Participation Conditions:

  • Harness Your Will and Green Hope in Your Works! The subject will be covered.
  • Every student studying at associate and undergraduate level in Turkey and abroad can participate in Poetry, Story and Essay competitions.
  • Applications of those born on or after 01.01.1997 will be accepted.
  • Care should be taken to ensure that the articles comply with the characteristics of “poem”, “story” and “essay” in terms of literary genre.
  • The language of the works is Turkish. The Turkish Language Association’s Spelling Guide will be taken as basis in the evaluation.
  • Articles that create hostility and hatred, that are condescending or humiliating will not be taken into consideration.
  • Members of the Evaluation Board and their first-degree relatives and relatives cannot participate in the competition.
  • Evaluation Board members do not see the names of the participants when evaluating poems, stories and essays.
  • Works must be original. Works that have been published, have previously participated in any competition, won/didn’t win an award, or placed/failed to enter will not be taken into consideration. In case of detection, the contestant will be deemed to have agreed to waive all his rights.
  • Those who have previously participated in competitions and other trial competitions organized by Mavera Education and Health
  • Foundation and have placed in the competition cannot participate in the competition. Applications of participants who participated in the competitions organized by Mavera Education and Health Foundation but did not qualify will be accepted.
  • Works that do not comply with the competition specifications or are not delivered on time will not be evaluated and will not be returned to the owner.
  • Candidates have the right to participate in the competition with only one (1) work. Collaborative works written by more than one person will not be accepted into the competition.
  • The Foundation will be able to use the works participating in the competition in any print, digital or other media, provided that the names of the authors are included.
  • Works deemed worthy of publication will be partially or completely turned into a book and shared with the public. During the book process, the works will be checked by the editor and corrections will be made where necessary. In this context, it is planned to translate the top 10 works into Arabic and English and share them in printed form in 3 languages on digital, web and social media platforms.
  • Works participating in the competition must be uploaded by participants to maveraodulleri.com in .doc, .docx (Microsoft Word) format.
  • Participants in the competition will not claim any rights other than the determined and announced awards.
  • Prizes are personal to the winners and cannot be shared or transferred to others.
  • The successful contestants are required to submit their identity information and student documents in their award applications.
  • The Foundation may cancel or postpone the competition when it deems it necessary or necessary.
  • Students who are ranked as a result of the competition will be invited to the Writing Workshop program organized by Mavera Foundation.
  • Participants must enter their personal information accurately and completely into the electronic application form available at maveraodulleri.com.
  • Candidates applying for the competition will be deemed to have accepted the competition specifications in their entirety.
  • Works in the Poetry Genre;
    – on A4 paper,
    – With 1.5 line spacing,
    – 12 point size,
    – In Times New Roman character,
    – By stating the title of the poem in the document,
    – Poems will be written using the free technique, not exceeding three (3) pages.
  • Works in the Story Genre;
    – On A4 paper,
    – With 1.5 line spacing,
    – 12 point size,
    – In Times New Roman character,
    – By stating the story title in the document,
    – Stories will consist of a maximum of 1400 words.
  • Works in the Essay Type;
    – On A4 paper,
    – With 1.5 line spacing,
    – 12 point size,
    – In Times New Roman character,
    – By specifying the trial title in the document,
    – It will be written in the range of 900-1200 words.

Mavera Awards 2024 Awards

  • Winner: Laptop (MSI KATANA 15 B12VGK-087XTR)
  • Second: Laptop (DELL G15 5530 G155530010WH)
  • Third: Laptop (LENOVO IDEAPAD 3 15ITL6)
  • Honorable Mention: “Full Gold” will be given to the 7 people who rank highest.

Note 1: Mavera Education and Health Foundation has the right to replace it with an equivalent brand/model computer if the computers whose features are specified in the specification cannot be provided.

Note 2: Prizes will be given to 10 people who rank in each literary genre, 30 people in total.

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