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August 2010
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Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) has been running international
creative competitions for young people for more than one hundred years.
With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, three competitions were
brought together in 2010 as one exciting awards scheme, including
writing, film and photography categories.
All three competitions took the Commonwealth theme for this year: ‘Science, Technology and Society’.
The Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest and
largest youth writing competition attracting more than 50,000 entries
from around the Commonwealth each year.
In 2010, for the first time in more than 25 years, the top prize was
awarded to a UK-based entrant, Lars Gladhaug, whilst 12 year old Sri
Lankan, Samm Pecht, triumphed in the Junior category.
Essay Competition prizes were awarded to:
Senior Prize Lars Gladhaug, UK, age 18
Senior Runner- Up Jia Ying Lim, Singapore, age 15
Junior Prize Samm Pecht, Sri Lanka, age 12
Junior Runner- Up Sharuka Wikramanayake, Sri Lanka, age 14
Eight further commendations were made for a range of writing skills
including humour, use of language, insight and creative writing to
entrants from Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh.
The Commonwealth Photographic Awards have been running since
the 1990s, but 2010 marked the first year that they were administered
by the RCS. With more than 200 entries from 36 countries around the world, competition was fierce.
Photo Competition prizes were awarded to:
Class A (age 18-30)
Gold: Madhabi Das Bhattacharyya, India, age 22
Silver: Zoey Heath, Canada, age 24
Class B (under 18)
Gold: Kimberley Sue, Trinidad &Tobago, age 16
Silver: Tom Niu, Canada, age 16
Bronze awards went to young photographers from India, Canada, Australia and Pakistan.
The Commonwealth Vision Awards celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2010.
This competition promotes excellence in film-making and enables
aspiring young directors to showcase their work on an international
platform.
Seven entrants have been nominated for Vision Awards in this year’s
competition. The winners will be announced at the Commonwealth Gala
Awards Ceremony to be held at the RCS on 14 October 2010.
The Vision Awards nominees are:
Class A (age 18-30)
Max Edkins, South Africa
Mbia Mballa Victorine Ghislaine, Cameroon
Sheng Wang Lee, Malaysia
Liz Wanjiku, Kenya
Class B (under 18)
Makena Binker-Cosen and Andres Binker-Cosen, Canada
Adil Butt, Canada
Elena Harris, UK
For all enquiries about the Young Commonwealth Competitions, please contact Catherine Clark, Royal Commonwealth Society UK,
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