A Writers Contest for Urban Schools

by Mbizo Chirasha- Project Team Member

In a bide to identify , motivate ,promote and develop talent GirlchildCreativity Project a grassroots literacy and creativity promotion organization and one professional ,independent college ILSA college have come together to host a serious of programmes in the promotion of creativity and literacy in colleges ,high schools and other academic institution.

One such project is the Urban Colleges Writers Prize. The project is taking off with Colleges ,Schools, Media and Cooperate governance familiarization seminar , the seminar will outline the process and the progress of the project up to the day of the Awards Night.

Organizers of the event are confident that the events leading to the finalization of the contest will be successful.Negotiations are being held between the organizers and the Cooperate organizations for issues of funding the Project processes.

Schools and Colleges invited include all those from high and low density suburbs ,inclusive of those in the CBD.Harare Polytechnic College Mass Communication department have since confirmed its participation and support to the project.

According to the one of the organizers Jayne Mukwedeya of ILSA College, the event is an eyeopener as it create and develop a creative academic generation.

Come the 1st of March , English Teachers , Interact Club Teachers , Arts Teachers , students ,cooperate organizations ,writers and the media will be converging at ILSA College in five street near American Embassy in Harare.

Alot of prizes from books , laptops ,internships and scholarships as well as cash money are expected for the winners of this contest..

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