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Prizes awarded

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Artistic prizes: $500 first place, $300 second place, $200 third place

Literary prizes: $500 first place, $300 second place, $200 third place

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Participation guidelines

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Russian parish schools based in the United States: All ages;

Russian-American students in US Schools: 12-16 years old

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Deadlines and submission rules

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Deadline for submissions to be received by ARAA-OTRADA is May 31st, 2021

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Winners will be announced June 6th, 2021

 

Essays and poems may be submitted by Email:

 

Artwork should be submitted by mail to:

 

ARAA Otrada, Inc.

385 South Pascack Rd.

Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977

 

All submissions must indicate the author’s full name, age, photo, and coordinates: postal and email addresses and telephone number.

 

Approximate Minimums / maximums for literary submissions

 

Minimum Essay submission: 1,000 (one thousand) words. Maximum Essay submission: 2,000 (two thousand) words.

 

Minimum Poetry submission: 100 (one hundred) words. Maximum Poetry submission: 200 (two hundred) words.

 

Expectations on literary submissions

 

All work should be original.

 

Plagiarized work will be disqualified. 

 

Essays / literary work must be submitted in Russian

 

Expectations on submissions of artwork

 

All work should be original, no copies of existing paintings, etc., will be accepted.

 

All literary and artwork submissions become the property of ARAA-Otrada, including for exhibit and publication use.

 

Decisions of judges are final

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