🗣️ Calling all writers—sharpen your pencils ✏️, polish your pens ✒️, hit the keyboard ⌨️ —BirdsCaribbean is hosting a 🎭 Story and Poetry Competition! If you enjoy writing short stories or poems this competition is for you 🙌. We are calling on the Caribbean community to write about a unique experience that you have had with a bird 🦉 or birds 🦜🦩 that reflects our #CEBF2022 theme, ✨Loving Birds is Human Nature✨. Click the linkin @birdscaribbean bio to learn more! (español below) Your experience could have happened in your backyard 🏡, nearby park, garden 🌳, wetland, forest or anywhere really! It could be about the first time you really noticed a bird 🦚 and got hooked on birding, or about how birds have changed your life in some way, or an unusual or special encounter that you had with a bird that touched you 👦🏽👧🏻🐦. Judges will be looking for originality, voice, and a poem or story that holds the attention of the reader by making use of imagery 🖼️. The competition is open to Caribbean nationals, aged 1️⃣6️⃣ or older (list of eligible countries can be found in the blog). The top three poems and short stories selected will be shared on our blog 💻 and social media 📲, featured in an electronic booklet 📗, and awarded Amazon eGift cards 💳 in the amounts listed below (for a total of 6 prizes): 🥇 1st place: $75 🥈 2nd place: $50 🥉 3rd place: $25 Submissions remain open until 🗓️ 25 May, 2022. So, stop reading this post, and start writing! And please share! #BirdsCaribbean #CaribbeanBirds #EndemicBirds #CEBF #FromTheNest #scholarshipjamaica #LovingBirdsIsHumanNature #WritingCompetition #CaribbeanStorytellers #Poetry #Poems #ShortStories #StoriesThatInspire (at ScholarshipJamaica.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc0eDs4u5Ke/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
