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Children's Arabic Story Contest مسابقة الكاتب الصغير 2019 The theme for this year's Children's Arabic Story Contest is Asool's Adventures. The contest challenges young writers to think about an original story line based on the adventures of Asool, a tiny but agile honey bee. The story and all its events must be based in the Sultanate of Oman. Look at the blank paper in front of you and let your words fill it in with a whole new world, new characters and a new special story to share with us. We can't wait to read the story you come up with! The contest is open to children nationwide ages 10-15 years There will be three winners: First Place: iPad 9.7-inch (128 GB; Wi-Fi; Cellular) Second Place: iPad 9.7-inch (128 GB; Wi-Fi) Third Place: Mini iPad 4 (128 GB; Wi-Fi) Deadline is 30 October 2019 Winners Announced 15 November May 2019 See below for contest eligibility and entry guidelines Call for Entries for Children’s Story Contest Now Open! We invite non-heritage and heritage non-native Arabic speaking children all over the United States to join our Children’s Arabic Story Contest. Unleash your creative mind to craft a masterpiece! The entry is free. Winners will be awarded a prize, certificate, and publication opportunity on our website. Eligibility and Entry Guidelines: The contest is open to non-heritage and heritage non-native Arabic speakers ages (10-15 years) The contest is open to all children nationwide. The required length of the story is 250-300 words The story has to be written in Arabic. Drawings, photos or any other graphics are not allowed. Only one entry is accepted per student. The story should be typed. Type your story using Microsoft Word, and use Times New Roman or Arial 12 point regular font, double-spaced. Stories will be judged on the basis of originality, creative expressions, language use, and style of writing. Entries must be the original unpublished work of the child. Stories submitted in other contests will be disqualified. Proof of age is required (scan or take a photo of your birth certificate/identity card/certificate from school /school record). Stories must be submitted digitally with the entry form and proof of age documentation. Any failure to adhere to these contest rules may result in disqualification. Finalists will be interviewed via Skype by SQCC staff regarding their entries. Entry Form To participate, send your story, entry form, and proof of age requirement attachments to contest@sqcc.org https://www.sqcc.org/Programs/Children%27s-Arabic-Story-Contest.aspx

The fourth edition of the Mansour Bin Mohammad Short Film Award in Dubai is back and UAE’s youth (ages 18-30 years) can send their entries until November 7. The annual short film award is an initiative by the Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai aimed at encouraging creativity and innovation mixing creative media skills and human rights values together. Organised in line with the ‘Year of Tolerance,’ this year’s edition of the award will revolve around three main pillars:‘Youth and promoting the culture of peace’, ‘Multiple cultures, One Heart’, and ‘Yes for Bridges, No for Barriers’. It follows a four-pronged objective: Increase community awareness about human rights; encourage the youth to use their creative skills in highlighting human rights values; develop creative capabilities of the youth in arts, and to establish the values of tolerance, cultural diversity, combating discrimination and extremism among today’s younger generation. Maitha Al Shamsi, CEO, Human Rights Sector, CDA, explained that the award has been able to generate key success as an innovative channel that aims to increase awareness of human rights issues while also encouraging young people to express these rights through the use of their creative and artistic skills and talents. Al Shamsi said, “Tolerance has been a long-followed value that the UAE has encouraged since its establishment as a nation. The country is widely known for its promotion of the values of tolerance, peace and respect of others.” Al Shamsi revealed that this year’s edition of the award will see for the first time a panel of judges made up of youth representatives from select universities, in addition to the regular panel of judges. These young jurors will be tasked with selecting winning entries for each category based on the film’s messages to the younger generation. BOX: What: Mansour Bin Mohammad Short Film Award Who: Open to youth in the UAE, aged 18 to 30 years When: Entries accepted until November 7, 2019 Prizes: 1st prize winner of each category: Dh30,000; 2nd prize winner: Dh20,000; 3rd prize: Dh15,000 For more information: www.cda.gov.ae

Entries are invited for the International Photography Contest 2019 in Doha, Qatar. In celebration of Doha as the OIC Youth Capital 2019, the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the State of Qatar, Youth Hobbies Center and Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center, announces the “Photography Contest“ in framework of Doha OIC Youth Capital Innovation Awards. Young people acquire wide creative energy that has been manifested in their artistic, literary, intellectual and cultural production in general. This has made a distinctive impact on the cultural activity in the Islamic societies and led to the promotion of cultural diversity, intellectual and artistic openness, creative interaction among artists and the dissemination of identity elements in their creations so that communities preserve their identity since the Nation’s Strength Lies in its Youth. Therefore, the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum, an international organization affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, invites the youth of Islamic countries to participate in the Doha Youth Innovation Award, which will be distributed during the conclusion of Doha Capital of Islamic Youth, January 17, 2020. The Award aims at valuing the skills and creations in various artistic and creative fields for youth delegates, thus contributing in the formation of youth experiences that would be able to engage in community development and to work to develop these experiences. INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2019 DETAILS: HOST COUNTRY: Qatar EVENT LOCATION: Doha Popular International Opportunities 2019: International Media Training Camp 2019 in Turkey – Fully Funded International Startup Summit 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey – Fully Funded PRIZES: The first theme: Islamic values First place: 50.000 riyals Second place: 40.000 riyals Third place: 30.000 riyals Fourth place: 20.000 riyals Fifth place: 10.000 riyals Sixth place: 10.000 riyals Seventh place: 10.000 riyals The second theme: Youth and success stories First place: 50.000 riyals Second place: 40.000 riyals Third place: 30.000 riyals Fourth place: 20.000 riyals Fifth place: 10.000 riyals Sixth place: 10.000 riyals Seventh place: 10.000 riyals The third Theme: Our Islamic Heritage First place: 50.000 riyals Second place: 40.000 riyals Third place: 30.000 riyals Fourth place: 20.000 riyals Fifth place: 10.000 riyals Sixth place: 10.000 riyals Seventh place: 10.000 riyals FINANCIAL BENEFITS: The host country will cover travel expenses to and from the participant’s country of residence as well as internal transportation, accommodation, and meals. EVENT OBJECTIVES: Developing the spirit of innovation and creativity among young people in various scientific, literary and artistic fields and moving away from stalemate and calcification in thinking and planning. Providing an appropriate environment for creative youth to highlight innovative efforts and unleash creative skills. Encouraging young Muslims in the culture of competition and excellence. PROGRAM DETAILS: During this international photography competition, the Doha Youth Innovation Award will be distributed following the Photography Theme. All this aims at motivating young people to continue to innovate in order to serve their homelands and achieve prosperity. The Award and the deadline for the submission of works would be announced according to the specified schedule and no contributions would be accepted after that deadline. The winners’ names in each field would be announced during the closing ceremony of Doha, Capital of Islamic Youth events on January 17, 2020.

THE COMPETITION OVERVIEW The Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), one of Dubai's leading economic institutions, launched the Young Entrepreneur Event in 2005, inspired by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai to plant the seed of initiative spirit at an early age. The study of the Global Observatory of Entrepreneurship identified the social and cultural challenges and emphasized on the need to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in the new generations. The event is designed to encourage and facilitate the delivery of the idea of entrepreneurship and the trading to the youth of the future by providing a truly integrated business environment that ensures that generations of entrepreneurs are able to innovate and be creative within a participate business environment. The participants will be given the opportunity to market their projects through the exhibition to that will be held City Walk Dubai, in order to create a participate environment between participants simulating the real world of business.

Youth competition Best single images by emerging photographers aged between 12-19 years-old Free to enter and open to all 12-19 year-olds, asked to submit single images taken in 2019 New format for 2020: Monthly competitions with a changing theme running from June 1 to December 31, 2019 Photographers can enter up to three single images per month Judges will select up to 10 images per month, including one winner All the judge’s monthly picks will compete to be named Youth Photographer of the Year Once you enter the Youth competition you cannot submit work to the Professional or Open competitions Please see 'Rules' below for full image eligibility criteria Closing deadlines available here (see Themes, deadlines and announcements) ENTER YOUR BEST TRAVEL IMAGES TO SEPTEMBER'S YOUTH COMPETITION NOW The Youth competition rewards the next generation of talented photographers. Judges are looking for fresh approaches to photography and images showing the vision of the young photographer. For the new format for 2020, photographers aged 12-19 are set monthly challenges. Each photographer can enter up to three single images answering the set challenge per month from June 2019 to December 2019. Judges will select up to 10 of their favorite single images per month, and one winner. All the monthly winners will then go on to compete for the Youth Photographer of the Year title. Entering the Youth competition couldn’t be simpler – click the link below and upload your image(s) directly from your mobile phone or from your desktop. “Becoming the Youth Photographer of the Year showed me that my work, my talent, and my vision for the future are respected and appreciated, not just within the local community, but on a global scale. It finally gave me a chance to allow myself to be considered as an artist.” Megan Johnson, United States - 2018 Youth Photographer of the Year Youth Photographer of the Year receives flights and accommodation to the Awards ceremony in London, a range of Sony digital imaging equipment and inclusion at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London Monthly judges’ selection - showcased on the World Photography Organisation website and Instagram account

ModelOff is the home of The Financial Modeling World Championships. ModelOff hosts an annual competition open to individuals and teams who have a passion for financial modelling.  The competition is open to students and professionals who compete on an open playing field. Individuals who enter will have the opportunity to proceed to the finals which will be held in London, UK for 2019. The final is consists of 10 individual competitors and 6 Rookies. A Rookie is a student aged 24 or under.  Teams have the option of competing in the Private League or the standard team competition. The Private League allows teams to select the company league (professionals) or university league (students). ModelOff prides itself on providing an educational competition that is open to participants from across the globe, offering participants the opportunity to witness and be part of advanced financial modelling in an exciting and fast-paced environment.  For more information, please click here .  

The reading-out-loud competition of the German Book Trade is under the patronage of the Federal President and is one of the largest nationwide student competitions. The competition is recommended by the Kultusministerkonferenz, and approximately 600,000 pupils across the country take part every year. All sixth school classes can take part, and those who like to read and enjoy books are invited to present their favourite book and read a short passage from it. There are books for every individual and on every subject. Whether for excitement, entertainment, knowledge, the reading competition offers the opportunity to present your own favourite story and discover lots of new books. Over 600 event organizers throughout Germany hold the reading contest at the regional level. These can be bookstores, libraries, schools and other cultural or educational institutions. School winners are invited directly to the decision by the organizers and thus learn when and where the next round takes place. The winners of the state elections compete against each other at the federal finals in Berlin. The Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels invites all state winners to Berlin for three days. Here they are accompanied by an experienced team of supervisors, undertake joint activities and prepare for the grand finale. For more information, please visit: www.vorlesewettbewerb.de

The Liebig Association for Organic Chemistry of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker eV awards the ORCHEM prize for junior scientists every two years. The prize is awarded to younger scientists who have qualified themselves through new, original and groundbreaking scientific work in the field. The prize not only includes the coveted title, but also a grant of €5000.00. The ORCHEM prize is traditionally awarded at the ORCHEM conference and is a highly prestigious award aimed at acknowledging the work of particularly successful young scientists. For more information, please visit: https://www.gdch.de/netzwerk-strukturen/fachstrukturen/liebig-vereinigung-fuer-organische-chemie/orchem-preis.html

The GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology hold an annual prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology. The Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the GDCh deals with the fate of chemicals in the environment (environmental chemistry) - their pathways, their distribution and their transformation in the compartments soil, water, air - and their effect on organisms and habitats (ecotoxicology). The topic is extremely interdisciplinary and a wide field of research and activity for chemists, biologists, geoscientists, lawyers, engineers and scientists of other related disciplines. The work can be submitted by the author themselves or by third parties - a scientific publication (from the past two years, peer-review journal). The first or main author should have a doctorate, but the work to be awarded should not have been published more than two years after the doctorate. Included in this prestigious award is not only a certificate but prize money of 1,000 euros, donated by the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, which the award winner can use at their own discretion. A panel of experts appointed by the board of the section decides on the award.

A competition, facilitated by an international expert, to encourage schools and students (from Grades 6-12) to compete in the fields of scientific and technical invention and innovation. Focuses on four categories – Biological & Ecological Sciences; chemical. Physical & Mathematical Sciences; Social & Behavioral Sciences; and Technology. Includes a non-competitive Primary Science Fair targeting younger students. Encourages students, parents and the public to think and learn about science plus motivates students to follow careers in science and technology, and make valuable contributions to the UAE. The competition looks to promotes different science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related activities ​ INITIATIVE DETAILS § Science competition with three entry levels, Junior (Cycle 2, Gr 6&7), Intermediate (Cycle 2, Gr 8&9) and Senior (Cycle 3, Gr 10-12) § Non-competitive Primary Science Fair (Cycle 1) § Technology Exhibition – Industry and higher education displays § Potential winners camp to prepare for international competition​"The student will have to be familiar with video editing technology and video-making process, or have the ability to get assistance with the video-editing aspect. The story should be well-developed and pre-planned, and the execution should be to a high standard. For more information, please click here .

Original Narrative is an annual, non-profit student short film festival initiated & hosted by MBRSC and AUD in Dubai. We hope to inspire, recognize and reward the up-and-coming filmmakers of tomorrow, showcasing students’ short films and screenplays from the UAE, the region and beyond. "Make a one to three minutes original short film based on the theme "Happiness" or "Brotherhood or Sisterhood" or "A Day in Your Life". For more information, please click here . 

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication at the American University in Dubai (AUD), in association with the Dubai Press Club, has launched an investigative journalism competition and a short film competition for grade 12 students. Both categories accept English and Arabic submissions. First prize in both competitions will be a full scholarship at AUD MBRSC.

The Think Science Competition is the region’s largest science competition focused on engaging teams of up to three or four talented youth from all across the UAE. It aims to identify eager and gifted youth with advanced innovative solutions that seek to serve a community benefit and betters the lives of others. It encourages youth to design, develop and build a working scientific prototype using their scientific knowledge, problem-solving and analytical skills to solve practical problems. For more information, please click here .

The competition aims to encourage them to explore the role of peaceful use of nuclear applications to serve the community. The high-school students are encouraged to submit a proposal covering one of the following categories that focus on the role on nuclear science and technology to: improve human health; protect the environment and water resources; and generate clean energy. The three categories of the competition correspond with the UN Sustainable Development Goals which the UAE adopted in 2015. The categories touch upon: UN Goal # 7 "Affordable and Clean Energy" that aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable sustainable and modern energy for all. UN Goal # 3 "Good Health and Well-Being" to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It also supports UN Goals # 6, 13, 14 and 15 to use nuclear applications to combat climate change, provide clean air, sanitation as well as protect the environment. For more information, please click here .

The Programme Each Fall, debate teams from UAE high schools come to NYU Abu Dhabi to compete for the Abu Dhabi schools trophy. A two-week programme, the tournament first invites teams for a day of coaching, during which our globally competitive university speakers train high school students at various skill levels: from first-time public speakers to experienced debaters. The following week, teams return to NYUAD to debate multiple preliminary rounds before breaking to the final rounds. The winning team, as well as the best speakers of the tournament, are recognised as the UAE High School Debate Champions. Speakers can opt to debate in either the English or Arabic division of the competition. The Vision High School debating is an extraordinary chance to learn to express ideas and arguments convincingly, explore new topics, and meet other driven students. There is a reason that many of the best high school debaters go on to study at the world’s most competitive universities, and that many who try out Debate for only a few weeks stay at it for years. We aim to pioneer Debate in the UAE and MENA by bringing this opportunity to all high schools throughout the Emirates, foster a debating circuit in the region, and establish Arabic language debate as a crucial addition to the global debating circuit in the 21st century. For more information, please click here .

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (3 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on the student’s ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in engaging, illuminating, and imaginative ways. The Challenge is organized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. Prize: $250,000 post-secondary scholarship $50,000 prize for your teacher $100,000 Breakthrough Science Lab For more information, please click here .

Now in its fifth year, the COBIS Music Festival is a wonderful weekend of workshops, competitions, performances and fun social activities. This fantastic event celebrates talented COBIS students from around the world through a full programme, providing them with the opportunity to meet and socialise with students from other countries. Schools must register on behalf of students. Schools can bring a maximum of 20 students (this number may depend on the number of schools that sign up). There will be several workshops over the weekend, with: Dominic Peckham – Conductor (National Youth Choirs of Great Britain) Ioanna Ismyridi – Conductor/Repetiteur (Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra) Andrew Plummer – Lead Singer/Guitarist (Snack Family, World Sanguine Report, Bilbao Syndrome) For more information, please click here .

The COBIS art competition is open to students from the Council of British International Schools' member schools. The theme changes each year. The 2019 art competition theme is a challenge for students to “Introduce Yourself”. Through a piece of art, students should convey who they are; this could be a self-portrait or a reflection on the things, feelings, surroundings etc. that make all COBIS students so wonderfully unique. There are five categories students can enter: Early Years and Foundation Stage Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3 Group Entries For more information, please click here .

The Young Scientist Film Awards is the annual COBIS science competition in partnership with National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London. It is open to COBIS member schools and non-member schools for students in KS1-KS5. For this competition, students are asked to make an exciting film celebrating the diversity and excitement of science. Awards will be presented for the “Best Filmed Experiment”, “Best Engineering” and “Best Overall” in KS1&2, KS3 and KS4&5. Don’t worry about choosing the category for your films; NPL will classify each film. For more information, please click here .