Poetry, Prose, and Poster
Contest

The Kurdish American Education Society (KAES) encourages the youth to learn about Kurdish history and culture and to express their understanding artistically. Students and youth (age range of 9-25) are invited to create posters, poems, and essays about Kurdish life, present and past. KAES will offer prizes (to be announced later) to those who produce the best poster, poem, and essay in a contest of creativity. Entries and poster themes are guided by any topic or image of the participants’ own choices. All work should be submitted by September 25. A panel of judges will review and assess all the submissions based on originality of expression and artistic creativity. Posters should reflect some aspect of Kurdish life in concrete or abstract form.

Entries will be evaluated on the basis of originality, visual effectiveness and theme. Awards will be distributed on the day of the conference. All poster submissions should be sent to Zuhdi Sardar and creative writing to Amir Sharifi, the Chairs of poster and essay Committee:

sharifiamir@yahoo.com     -     zuhdi@roadrunner.com

	Paintings by Zuhdi Sardar Zuhdi will display a selection of his Art work at the Conference and they will be available for purchase afterward with proceeds benefiting the cost of the Conference. Please contact zuhdi@roadrunner.com