RAFI Triennial Awards calls for entries in blogging contest

THE Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) is calling on individuals between 13 and 35 years old in the Visayas and Mindanao to join the RAFI Triennial Awards Blogging Contest.

The contest, with the theme “Shaping the big picture of change,” will highlight the RAFI Triennial Awards and its awardees and finalists.

Participants will do background research on the lives and works of RAFI Triennial awardees and finalists nearest their area.

To join the contest, individuals should register through www.rafi.org.ph. They must have an existing and updated blog for at least six months.

All entries must be original and written in English, with a minimum of 1,000 words and a maximum of 4,000 words. Entries should not have been entered in previous competitions. Writers must at the end of their blogs indicate, “This is an official entry to the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Triennial Awards Blogging Contest” and include a link to the RAFI website.

The criteria for judging include 50 percent for content (originality and alignment to the theme and research value) and 50 percent for writing style.

A participant is allowed a maximum of three blogs.

After posting their entries on their blogs, contestants should e-mail application form, URL of the blog post and electronic copy of at least one valid ID to [email protected] with the subject header: Entry to the RAFI Triennial Awards Blogging Contest.

The blogging contest started on Sept. 30. The deadline for submission of entries is on Dec. 15.

The winners will be declared in January 2012. The first prize winner will receive P25,000; second prize, P20,000; and third prize, P15,000. For more information about the contest, visit www.rafi.org.ph.