Dear Students and Parents
Our 5thd annual GOOL KOTHAWALA ESSAY CONTEST has arrived! Here’s a chance for them to do some writing in the summer and add to their list of achievements!
Essay Topics: (Both 7-11 age group and the 12-17 age group)
1) How do you work for goodness and resist ‘Ahriman’ (evil) in your life?
2) Have you ever seen or done an “Unexpected act of kindness”? Tell us the story and how it made you feel.
3) If you were asked “What is at the heart of the Zoroastrian faith?”, what would you say?
4) “Life is an echo – what you send out comes back” Do you agree with this Chinese Proverb? Why?
Contest Rules:
- Essays can be humorous, heartfelt, or practical.
- They should be personal and anecdotal.
- Students must submit original work, and be current members of ZAGNY.
- Essays should be about 200 words (This is only 1 typed page with double spacing), please use MS-Word (it does the word count as well).
- Entries should be emailed to navmerch2002@yahoo.com with Name, Contact number, & Age of participant, on or before August 8th 2010.
- Essays will be judged in two categories, the 7-11 age group and the 12-17 age group. One first prize of $50 will be awarded in each category. Certificates will be awarded to 2nd and 3rd place entries in each category.
- Prizes will be awarded at the Pateti function or the first religious class in September.
Judging:
Contestants names will be masked from the judges. Of course, the judges decision is final. All entries are the property of The Gool Kothawala Essay Competition.
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