World Book Day | Writing Competition

 Write an essay with around 500-800 words to describe a Spanish book you have read and which you love the most. Tell us why you love it. Submit your writing only in Spanish. Please write manually by hand, no typing by computer. Make sure that your writing is legible and no plagiarism is allowed. 

Your writing will be evaluated in these aspects: content, language, organization and logic.

Please submit your writing by 3^rd April 2017 to language.inquiry@helpcat.edu.my. Results will be announced on 12^th April 2017. The winner will be invited to the World Book Day 2017 celebration lunch and award ceremony on either 20^th or 21^st April 2017 (TBC).

For the public: contestants only limited to Malaysian. If you are non-Malaysian, you may join only if you are registered in any courses at HELP College of Arts and Technology.

Prize for Champion: RM 800 cash.

For inquiry, email language.inquiry@helpcat.edu.my

What is “World Book Day”?

World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on April 23rd, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright. In the United Kingdom, the day is recognized on the first Thursday in March. World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.

In Spain, to celebrate this day, Cervantes's Don Quixote is read during a two-day "readathon" and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize is presented by the Spanish king in Alcalá de Henares.

In Catalonia, Spain, St. George's Day has been 'The Day of the Rose' since 1436, and involves the exchange of gifts between loved ones and respected people—it is analogous to Valentine's Day. Although World Book and Copyright Day has been celebrated since 1995 internationally, books were exchanged on 'The Day of the Rose' in Catalonia since 1929, in memory of Cervantes.