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The Estonian Ministry of Culture and the Environmental Board (Keskkonnaamet) announce a creative work contest on the theme of nature, "Adventuring in the Book of Nature“.

 

The contest is joint enterprise between the Year of Reading  and the Year of Nature Conservation projects. The contest aims to turn focus on the diversity of nature, and to encourage interest in reading literature touching on nature and the environment, in writing about nature, and in considering and discussing nature and environment. Participants in the contest are expected to present  their ideas in a literary form.

 

Contest entries should be posted to the Estonian Literary Society (Eesti Kirjanduse Selts ), Vanemuise 19, Tartu 51014, and marked "Adventuring in the Book of Nature“.

 

The entries will be judged in five age groups

 

In judging the contributions the jury will look to originality, form, content, presence of  personal emotions, capture of the subject and handling of language. The jury may also hand out  genre awards and special awards. The awards consist of books; results and awards will be announced on December 15, 2010.

 

The award-winning works will be published in a collection that will be distributed free of charge to schools and libraries.

 

Additional informaton: Krista Ojasaar, tel 56 950 482, e-mail: krista.ojasaar@kul.ee

 

 

The Year of Reading started on January 1, 2010. The Ministry of Culture wants the Year of Reading to be a reminder that reading is an enjoyable activity that offers pleasure as well as knowledge, and that good reading skills also mean easier managing of life. The Year of Reading is celebrated in Estonia, in Estonian schools outside Estonia and in universities outside Estonia where Estonian is taught.

 

2010 is also theYear of Nature Conservation because the first nature protection area in Estonia was created a hundred years ago: on August 14, 1910 the Vaika isles were established as a nature protection area in order to protect bird life. Today this area has become the Vilsandi National Park. Thanks to the nearly hundred years of nature protection we still have untouched nature and habitats for rare species. Besides protection of the natural environment, the cultural historical heritage in our nature is also acknowledged.

 

The United Nations has declared 2010 as the International Biodiversity or Wealth of Nature Year. It is a year in which all of us living on planet Earth are invited to acknowledge and value the richness of life and to help in preserving it.