Become a Writer

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How? Easily. Visit the website www.lidemezilidmi.cz and find out the details of the literary competition. It is open to everyone who has something to say about their life with a health disability and wants to share their views and insights with the public. An author can submit a maximum of three stories in each category. The length of one story must not exceed 5,000 characters including spaces. One author can enter the competition with contributions in all categories:

Story -- the fate of a person with a disability

Opinion (blog) -- what I think about the social reform

Creative writing -- the art of words (poems, short stories, feuilletons, and other literary forms)

Entries can be submitted electronically as a text file (format *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf, *.txt, *.odt) to the address soutez@lidemezilidmi.cz. The file must include the Title of the work, the Category the work is submitted to, Name, Surname, address, telephone number, and email.

The prize for the author of the highest-rated work will be a job at the Dobré místo (Good Place) civic association. Acceptance of the position is voluntary for the winner. Competition entries can be submitted until 30 January 2013. All entries that place first through tenth in each category will be published on the Lidé mezi lidmi (People Among People) health and social portal.