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ORANGE BOOK PRIZE 2013 LAUNCHED
Country - Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:49
Today Orange announced the launch of "Orange Book Prize 2013" Book
Contest. The objective of this annual contest, organized the third
year already, is to boost interest in reading, reveal the literary
works by contemporary Armenian writers and through the daily evolving
electronic media made them available for larger groups of readers.
TheOrange Book Prize is organized and implemented in cooperation
with the "Armenian Book Center" NGO."Already the third time with
joy we announce the launch of the Orange Book Prize. This is not a
professional literary prize, neither it tends to become such. Orange
Book prize is readers' and book lovers' prize. Reading public
will be able to participate in the selection of the prize-winning
literary works through online voting. Last year the number of contest
participants was many a time more vs. previous year, which means
that the Orange Book Prize already has its specific place in the
cultural life of Armenia," said Orange Armenia Marketing Director
Aram Lazarian."This contest allows ro reveal and encourage many
gifted and original writers. However, our main goal is to involve
large groups of readers and let them participate in the process of
book creation. Like previous years, this year also we expect that
many works that have been written recently or long time ago will be
revealed, which, however, are not known to the pablic," said Mkrtich
Matevosyan, President of the "Armenian Book Center" NGO.The contest is
open to all those, who write in Armenian (Eastern or Western) and who
will present a literary work never published in the past (literary
works posted in electronic journals, blogs and social networks are
considered non-published).Literary works of the following 4 categories
can be presented for participation in the contest: short story, novel,
tale and poetry. Those who wish to participate in the contest will
need to send their work and its brief summary in Word or PDF format
[email protected] by December 26, 2013.Jury members
will select maximum 3 works of each category, which will be posted on
Orange official web page. All readers will have a possibility to vote
for their favorite works via Facebook. On March 21, 2014, at noon, the
quantity of votes per each work will be registered as the final result
of online voting.The winning work of each category will be selected
by Jury voting. Online voting results will be considered as a vote
of 1 Jury member. A special "Prize for Popularity" will be awarded
for the literary work with the maximume quantity of readers' votes,
regardless of the category.Names of the winners will be announced
on March 28, 2014, during the awarding ceremony. The winners will be
granted certificates and the prize-winning works will be printed by
quantity of 500 copies. The authors of prize-winning works of each
category will be awarded money prizes (300 000 AMD each), save the
winner of the "Prize for Pupularity".As a reminder, 130 and 470 works
participated in the Orange Book Prize 2011 and Orange Book Prize 2012
correspondingly.All conditons of participation and other details can
be found at www.orangearmenia.am/book-prize.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/31110
Country - Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:49
Today Orange announced the launch of "Orange Book Prize 2013" Book
Contest. The objective of this annual contest, organized the third
year already, is to boost interest in reading, reveal the literary
works by contemporary Armenian writers and through the daily evolving
electronic media made them available for larger groups of readers.
TheOrange Book Prize is organized and implemented in cooperation
with the "Armenian Book Center" NGO."Already the third time with
joy we announce the launch of the Orange Book Prize. This is not a
professional literary prize, neither it tends to become such. Orange
Book prize is readers' and book lovers' prize. Reading public
will be able to participate in the selection of the prize-winning
literary works through online voting. Last year the number of contest
participants was many a time more vs. previous year, which means
that the Orange Book Prize already has its specific place in the
cultural life of Armenia," said Orange Armenia Marketing Director
Aram Lazarian."This contest allows ro reveal and encourage many
gifted and original writers. However, our main goal is to involve
large groups of readers and let them participate in the process of
book creation. Like previous years, this year also we expect that
many works that have been written recently or long time ago will be
revealed, which, however, are not known to the pablic," said Mkrtich
Matevosyan, President of the "Armenian Book Center" NGO.The contest is
open to all those, who write in Armenian (Eastern or Western) and who
will present a literary work never published in the past (literary
works posted in electronic journals, blogs and social networks are
considered non-published).Literary works of the following 4 categories
can be presented for participation in the contest: short story, novel,
tale and poetry. Those who wish to participate in the contest will
need to send their work and its brief summary in Word or PDF format
[email protected] by December 26, 2013.Jury members
will select maximum 3 works of each category, which will be posted on
Orange official web page. All readers will have a possibility to vote
for their favorite works via Facebook. On March 21, 2014, at noon, the
quantity of votes per each work will be registered as the final result
of online voting.The winning work of each category will be selected
by Jury voting. Online voting results will be considered as a vote
of 1 Jury member. A special "Prize for Popularity" will be awarded
for the literary work with the maximume quantity of readers' votes,
regardless of the category.Names of the winners will be announced
on March 28, 2014, during the awarding ceremony. The winners will be
granted certificates and the prize-winning works will be printed by
quantity of 500 copies. The authors of prize-winning works of each
category will be awarded money prizes (300 000 AMD each), save the
winner of the "Prize for Pupularity".As a reminder, 130 and 470 works
participated in the Orange Book Prize 2011 and Orange Book Prize 2012
correspondingly.All conditons of participation and other details can
be found at www.orangearmenia.am/book-prize.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/31110