The International Finnish Writing Competition
Others Event
11/09/2023 0:00 - 11/11/2023 23:59
Global | Bugøynes | Lassigården
Story-telling - We ask young and adult people to write a story in order to motivate language proficiency
Languages: Karelian (Karelia), Finnish, Kven Finnish
Kielimestarit – International Finnish writing competition
Competition entries will be submitted between September 11 and November 11, 2023
The winners will be announced on January 24, 2024, International Education Day
The competition is intended for people who write Finnish (Finnish, Meänkieli, Kvaäni Finnish, and Karelian). The competition has a junior and a senior category. The junior category includes those who turn 19 this year, and the senior series includes those older than this.
The competition is organized in different countries: Norway, Sweden, Russia and Finland. There is also an open category that includes all the entries from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia and anyone outside these indigenous Finnish language areas that would like to participate.
We will announce a winners from each listed country separately. And the overall global winners, youth and adult category.
In addition, a participant prize (NOK 5000) will be drawn among all participants.
Read the rules before you send the competition to write, there you will also get suggestions on what you can write about.
Prize money is NOK 2500 for each category by country, and NOK 7500 for the global winner both under and over the age of 20.
The under-20 may write 500 – 2000 words. The over-20 may write 1000 – 2000 words.
Check rules at:
Enter competition by submitting information about yourself and your story:
