REFUGEES & HUMAN RIGHTS CHILD & YOUTH NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST INFORMATION SHEET

Topic: REFUGEES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Eligibility: This contest is open to students in Grades 4-12 who are attending school in Canada. Poems will be written in

French or English with a maximum of 24 lines. Awards will be given based on the following three grade categories for a total

of three first prizes: Group I grades 4-5-6, Group II grades 7-8, Group III grades 9-10-11-12. Current employees or relatives

of COSTI Immigrant Services, UNHCR Canada or the Canadian Commission of UNESCO are not eligible to enter the contest.

Prizes: UNHCR Canada, COSTI Immigrant Services and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, in association with the

Canada Council for the Arts, will publish the winning poems on their websites. Each category, for both French and English,

will be awarded a first, second and third prize.

Decisions: Judges will be members of the UNHCR Canada, COSTI Immigrant Services, the Canadian Commission for

UNESCO and others to be announced. Entries will be judged on the basis of originality, creative imagination, characterization,

artistic quality, adherence to the topic, and rules established for the contest. All decisions of the judges are final.

Fees: No entry fees and no purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest.

Rights: All poems remain the property of the artist. By submitting a poem for this contest, the artist grants permission to

UNHCR Canada, COSTI Immigrant Services and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO to publish the poem, profile contest

participants, and use submitted materials in any manner related to refugee and human rights promotion, including for World

Refugee Day. UNHCR Canada, COSTI Immigrant Services and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are under no obligation

to publish any contest entries. The artist is under no obligation to purchase a copy of the publication in which the poem may

appear.

Notification: All prize winners will be notified and posted at www.costi.org, www.unhcr.ca, www.unesco.ca.

Winners will be announced on World Refugee Day – June 20, 2016, for prize awards and photo/interview opportunity,

children younger than 16 will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult that can authorize and sign on their behalf.

For further information or enquiries, contact: poesie@unhcr.org.

How to enter the contest: Please submit only one original poem, 24 lines or fewer, on the subject any aspect of

“Refugees and Human Rights”, in any style.

Deadline for entries: April 29, 2016. Please mail or email your poem to the following address:

Refugee & Human Rights Child & Youth National Poetry Contest

280 Albert St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5G8

poesie@unhcr.org

POETRY CONTEST ON “REFUGEES AND HUMAN RIGHTS” – ENTRY FORM

Participant First Name:

Participant Last Name:

School:

School Grade:

Age:

Teacher:

Home Address (Please include City and Postal Code)

Telephone:

Fax:

Email:

POEM TITLE:

POEM (24 lines or fewer)

CONSENT

I hereby declare that the attached poem is my original work and that all rights to this poem are mine. I am entering this poem as an honest and true

effort of my personal creativity and unique artistic vision. By submitting a poem for this contest, the artist grants permission to UNHCR Canada, the

Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and COSTI Immigrant Services to publish the poem, profile contest participants, and use submitted materials in

any manner related to refugee and human rights promotion, including for World Refugee Day.

Participant Signature: Date:

Name of Parent/Guardian: (Please Print)

Parent/Guardian Signature: Date:

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