“Song of Immigrants” Chinese Traditional Poetry Internet Com

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Notice to the “Song of Immigrants” Chinese Traditional Poetry Internet Competition

Canada is a country of immigrations with a multi-culture society. It encompasses a wide range of cultures from various nationalities. With the increase of the number of Chinese immigrants and the surge of Chinese language learning interests, and to enhance cultural lives of Chinese communities, the Toronto Communities and Multi-cultural Centre, Chinese Literature Society of North America, http://www2.fhy.net, http://www.torcn.com, http://668.ca and CTTV Chinese Station has decided to organize the “Song of Immigrants” Chinese Traditional Poetry Internet Competition.

This event will provide an opportunity for the Chinese literature amateurs to show their language talents, to exchange our sufferings and happiness in our immigration paths, share our struggle and success as immigrants, and use Chinese traditional poetry as our means to advocate our mother culture in the western world.

Through this competition, we will let the young generations have a better understanding of Chinese culture, help the authors and poets of the older generations to spread their cultural and language experience to the young ones. It will certainly give our lives more fun.

1). Submission Guidelines

1. Qualification: Canadian residents who can write Chinese, and live in Canada more than 1 year.
2. Styles and Contents: Chinese traditional poetry, with styles of Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, and materials mainly based on immigration lives. Healthy, positive and upwards.
3. Submission websites: http://yizitong.com, http://www2.fhy.net, http://www.torcn.com, http://668.ca.
4. Please submit in only one website, and only the earliest submission will be accepted in case of more than one submission.
5. Committee members should not submit works.
6. Deadline: April 20, 2007.

2) Participating Website:

http://yizitong.com
http://www2.fhy.net
http://www.torcn.com
http://668.ca

3). Evaluation Process

Preliminary examinations: carried out by each website, and each will select and submit 10 of the best poems for its website.

Final examination: the organization committee will hide names of authors and submit the poems to Chinese Traditional Poetry Committee to do a careful evaluation.

4) Award

One first prize: $500;
Two second prizes: $200 each;
Six third prizes: $100 each.

Participants with ages younger than 24 (inclusive) will be encouraged with $10, as a special reward.

The award event will be broadcast by TV. For those outside of Toronto areas, will be represented by participating websites, with photocopies of valid pieces of identities.

Contact: BaiShui, phone: 416-599-1376.

Organizing Committee of the “Song of Immigrants” Chinese Traditional Poetry Internet Competition

Organized by the Toronto Communities and Multi-cultural Centre, Chinese Literature Society of North America, http://www2.fhy.net, http://www.torcn.com, http://668.ca and CTTV Chinese Station

Associated organizations: Chinese Poets’ Association in Canada, Mandarin Association in Canada, Toronto Education Society in Toronto, Canadian Chinese Enterprisers’ Association, Beijing Association, Shanxi Townmates Association, Dalian Townmates Association, Yuanan Townmates Association, Harbin Association (to be added).