Contest "The World that X built"

2012-03-15

Students of secondary schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, colleges and universities from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and other countries are welcome to take part in the contest.

The main topic of the contest: understanding humanist social utopias as models of an ideal world without violence and xenophobia as well as anti-utopias describing a nightmare whose characters we would never like to be.

By humanistic social utopias the contest organizers understand an ideal society or world based on humanist principles. We want you to describe the world (or just a small part of it) in which you would like to live – its social order and things that must not be in it.

Form of works: Mini-essays, essays, articles, drawings and videos answering the contest topic will be admitted. Works can be carried out by participants themselves or with the help of a supervisor.

Categorie:

• ‘The Shores of Utopia’ – a literary utopia or sketch of an ideal world in which you would like to live;
• ‘Utopia in Drafts’ – presentation of a utopian project as an action program;
• ‘We Are To Live Here’ – ways of development of your city/country which you are dreaming of;
• ‘The World Inside Out’ – contest of anti-utopias.

Each candidate can send 1 work in one category.

Main Prize: Educational trip to the Netherlands for beginning utopists. The International Network of Student Rights will select the best works dedicated to students and universities.

The contest jury will consist of well-known public figures, human rights activists, journalists, writers and musicians from various countries. Contest results will be drawn in different age groups and categories.

Based on the results, the best works (authors and supervisors) will be awarded special certificates, valuable prizes and the opportunity to take part in international seminars and conferences on the contest topic as well as get moral, expert and financial support to put their projects into practice.

Work admission until 21 March 2012 at utopia@yhrm.org

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Based on the materials: http://utopia.ynnet.org