To read a book that is incredibly good (define good for youself, hehe) is something worth bragging about. Sometimes you just can’t keep your tongue from promoting it to your friends or from stereotyping the characters or saying “OMG, this book changed me!” Okay, honestly, those are me (laughs). A lot of books made me experienced a lot of feelings. I bursted into tears, felt in love, got excited, laughed really loud, etcetera. Do you have that kind of book in your shelf? Well, just about you want the world to know, here’s your chance now!
The National Book Store, The Philippine STAR and Globe opened a contest for book worms and book lovers dubbed as “My Favorite Book Contest”. Aside from the prize (which I’ll tell you later), winners will get the chance to read their piece in the Sunday Lifestyle section of the Philippine Star.
This essay writing contest invites you to write about the book that made lifetime changes in your life. It may be your favorite book or may come from your favorite author. Both fictions and non-fiction books are okay.
The only rule for this is for you to answer the question: Why has that book touched your life? (Maybe we can add, how?)
Here’s the contest mechanics: Submit a printout of your unpublished essay, typed, double-spaced and not more than five pages long (1,100 words) and a CD containing the word file. Write your name, age, address, contact numbers and two paragraphs of background information. Also include a print of a passport-sized photo or in jpeg format (not inserted in a document file). Mark your CD and picture as we get many entries. Writers who do not comply with these rules will not have their entries considered.
As far as I can remember, I read this last September 2011 and will run until December this year. So the weekly prize will be P5,000 worth of gift certificates from National Book Store. From my source, the grand prizes are P50,000 for the first prize, P30,000 for second prize and P20,000 for third prize (all prizes will be distributed in 50-percent cash and 50-percent gift certificates). Five honorable mention winners will receive P10,000 each — P5,000 worth of GCs from NBS, plus P5,000 cash from The Philippine STAR. Globe will also be giving away Globe Handyphones to the eight grand-prize winners.
Anyone can join except employees of NBS, STAR and Globe and their advertising and PR agencies.
You can send your entries online to myfavoritebook2009@yahoo.com; unpublished entries sent last year to myfavoritebook2008@yahoo.com and mailed to the STAR offices may still be considered. For snail mail, send to: If My Life Were a Book Contest, Lifestyle Section, The Philippine STAR, 13th corner Railroad Sts., Port Area, Manila
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