NOTE:
Due to the current situation with Russia internationally, we are very sad to announce that Wisdom Foundation is unable to provide Pen Buddies connection with Russia until further notice.
2021 Pen Buddies Global Poetry Competition Winners
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We are delighted to announce Pen Buddies Global Poetry Winners!
The competition this year has been amazing and we received around 100 submissions from the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China and Russia! We want to thank all of you for taking part and we hope you enjoyed writing the poems as much as we loved reading them.
The vision of the Pen Buddies project is to connect children around the globe, learn about and embrace the differences and remove communication barriers.
Writing a poem enables our children to share their knowledge, their culture and tell the story. The theme of the poetry competition was “The World Around Us”.
WINNERS
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Pen Buddies poetry competition
Little Gem Award - 5-7 y.o.
Global Winner: Lucas Chun Kit Yu (Day At The Beach) - Hong Kong
Creativity Prize: Alex Caizhuohan (Dream) - China
Inspiration Prize: Jeremy (My Cat) - Hong Kong
Orpheus Award - 8-10 y.o.
Global Winner: Daisy Shi (Wind) - China
Creativity Prize: Leung Ho Yin Alice (Who Hurts You) - Hong Kong
Inspiration Prize: Wang Junsh Spino (Thunder) - China
Apollo Award - 11-13 y.o.
Global Winner: Grace (One Night in My Dream) - UK
Creativity Prize: Louis (Winter Spirit) - UK
Inspiration Prize: Maya (Our Planet) - UK
Congratulations to you all!
Participated Schools
Chengdu Tianfu District Primary 1
成都天府区一小
Listen to poem recited by one of our Pen Buddies
Poetry courses are provided by ETC International College.
This competition is Supported and Funded by BH Coastal Lottery fund
Meet The Judges
Virginia Macgregor
Virginia Macgregor is a novelist and writes books for adults and young adults. You can find more about her and her books at https://www.virginiamacgregor.com/
David Jones
Principal of ETC International College,
Vice-Chair of the International Education Association of Bournemouth,
Christchurch and Poole
Cllr Lawrence William
Ward Councillor for Littledown &
Iford Vice-Chairman Audit &
Governance Conservative
Spokesman for Culture and Leisure
Harvey Martin
Local Poet from Virginia Water Council
Ms Jane Millward
Jane Millward was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2019.
Jane joined E-ACT as a regional education director in September 2016 before being appointed national director of education in February 2017.
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