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Concorso di poesie originali

Original Poetry Competition

General Information

Special for 2019
Tema-
​Leonardo da Vinci OR Libera (open topic)
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 The Competition
Students are to write an original piece of poetry on a topic of their choosing. Students may choose any poetic style. Students must produce their own work. Teachers are advised to check for grammatical errors and assist students in proof-reading their work before final submission, however all entries must be honest representations of students' abilities. Teachers should not be translating students' work from English into Italian. Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

Teachers please note: Students' poems must be in verse, should reflect suitable content for students' age and use grammatical structures appropriate to each student's year level.


Sections
Entries for the Poetry Recitation Competition will be accepted from students in Years 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 in the following sections:
Madre Lingua
Those students recently arrived in Australia and/or were born and educated (for a number of years) in Italy.
Italian-Australian
Students of Italian heritage. They may or may not speak or hear Italian spoken at home by parents or relatives. This is a category also for students who have one parent who is of Italian birth or heritage (including if they have an Italian background but were born in Australia); the students may or may not have an Italian surname.  Students in this category have an advantage over Non-Italian heritage students. They may have some other regular contact with the Italian culture and language additional to their tuition received at school.
Non-Italian
Reserved for students who have NO knowledge of the Italian language or links to the Italian culture. Their exposure to the Italian language and culture is solely through lessons received at school. This category is for students who have another nationality or heritage which is not ITALIAN.   Students of Italian Australian heritage must not be entered into this category.

​Cost
A non-refundable fee of $10 per student must be paid at the time of registraiton. This is to cover the administrative costs of the competition.

Poem Submission
Student work is to be submitted in the following format along with Entry Forms (see below)
  • Student work must be in 12pt Calibri
  • No images are to be included with the poems
  • All student work from your school should be submitted in one Word Document
  • Each student's work should be presented on a separate page of the Document
  • Above each piece of student work the following information should be included
    • Name:
    • School:
    • Year Level:
    • Section: Italian-Australian (example)
The image at the right demonstrates the correct submission format.

Entry Forms
All entrants must be listed by the teacher on the form provided in the following manner:
  • Submit only one entry form per school - this saves you time!
  • Divided by year level and Section (i.e. Year 9, Non-Italian)
  • Each group of students (i.e. Year 9, Italian-Australian) must be listed in alphabetical order by surname
  • First Name, Surname format (i.e. Jack Nguyen  NOT  Nguyen, Jack)
  • Do not use CAPSLOCK (Jack Nguyen not JACK NGUYEN)


Teachers please note
Students entering the Original Poetry Competition are not required to recite their work in front of a judge during the Recitation Competition. Original Poems are marked by a panel of judges in students' absence.

All forms and Poems are to be submitted to: dantepoetrycomp@gmail.com

FINAL SUBMISSION DATE: Friday 28 June 2019

How to Enter
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    • Poetry and Literary Competitions >
      • Poetry Recitation
      • Original Poetry
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    • Poster Competition
    • Audio Competition
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      • History
    • VCE Conversation Classes
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