The Center for International Private
Enterprise invites
bloggers from around the world to submit their best posts on democracy and
economic reform.
The blog
post should address one of the following three topics as related to developing
countries (e.g., non-OECD countries):
·
How can social media empower citizens to participate
in a democratic dialogue on constructive reforms?
·
What experiences from other countries can guide the
role of youth in your country’s democratic and economic development?
·
What story or personal experience can you share to
illustrate the need and possible solutions for democratic and economic reforms
in your country?
Blog
Competition Guidelines
Who can
participate:
Writers
from around the world interested in democratic and economic reforms and their
role in development. Past CIPE Essay Competition Winners are not eligible to
participate.
Length
and language
Up to 750 words. All blog posts must be in English.
Up to 750 words. All blog posts must be in English.
Submission
Format
·
This year
CIPE’s competition is reaching out to the growing global ranks of bloggers.
- All submissions should be written as a blog
entry. Submissions will be accepted both from seasoned bloggers and
aspiring ones. You do not need to have an existing blog to apply, but if
you are interested in blogging, CIPE encourages you to set one up for free
using a service such as WordPress, Blogger, or Tumblr.
- The submissions must be either unpublished
work or previously published on the author’s own blog. Previously
unpublished submissions must include the writer’s name in the file name
and inside the document. For example, if your name is John J. Smith, the
document should be named “SMITH-JOHN.doc”. If the entry is already
published on your blog, please provide the URL.
- You are only allowed to submit one entry.
- The blog post you submit, where applicable,
should include examples from your personal experience relating to the
topic. Submissions that only talk about challenges to the issues in
general terms, or limit proposed solutions only to what governments should
do, will not be successful.
- You are encouraged you to submit blog posts
that contain a photo or a video to illustrate your message. Photos or
videos should be original or, if someone else is the author, properly
cited under fair use standards with a link to the source.
Prizes
for Winners:
·
Authors
of the three best blog posts will each receive a $250 honorarium, three
runners-up will each receive a $100 honorarium, and three third place winners
will each receive $75 honorarium.
·
CIPE will
publish all nine winning entries on its blog, which reaches 15,000 readers
around the world each month, and also publish them as a part of its Economic
Reform Feature Service article series reaching CIPE’s network of over 20,000
contacts worldwide.
Deadline:
December 2, 2013 at 11:00 PM (EDT)
Click HERE to participate
December 2, 2013 at 11:00 PM (EDT)
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