Peadar O'Donnell Memorial Essay Competition

national | miscellaneous | event notice Tuesday June 14, 2005 13:37 by Alan - Aontacht.net

Aontacht.net is proud to announce its first essay competition which will be named after the great Republican writer Peader O'Donnell. It is hoped that the competition will inspire those not familiar with writing to become involved and that it will be come a twice yearly event.

The competition is open to everyone and will take the following format:

The theme of the Essay is -

Write an appeal to a Unionist person trying to convince them the merits of Republicanism and their place in a new United Ireland.

Essays must be at least 500 words long

The Competition will close on August 1st

All entries will be included on a new section of the Aontacht site and the winner will be recognised as such on both the site and forum.

The winner will be chosen by a committee of people drawn from the mods and admins of the site.

A small prize will be offered to the winner

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