International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

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Words can change the world. So why not hold a writing competition focused on nuclear weapons abolition? People could submit poems, essays or stories. You could then publish the winning entries in a booklet or online for the world to read!

Steps

1. Establish guidelines: Come up with some guidelines for your competition. Think about the following: Who is allowed to enter? What kinds of entries are accepted, e.g. poems, essays, fiction? Is there a word limit? Can a person make multiple entries? Is there a topic?
2. Publicise the competition: Set a deadline for people to submit their entries, and create flyers and posters to promote it. Advertise the competition in your school newsletter. Encourage your friends to submit their work.
3. Announce the winners: Arrange for a panel of people to judge the competition. This might include your school principal, your local member of parliament or an author. Present the winners with a prize or certificate at your school assembly.
4. Publish the winning entries: Arrange for the winning entries to be published in your school newsletter. You could also put together a booklet of entries so that other students have an opportunity to read them. And why not make them available online?

Sample topics

• I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons. Can you?
• The abolition of nuclear weapons is the most urgent challenge facing humanity today.
• Nuclear weapons are the worst kind of weapons. They must be abolished now.