Year of Russian Language essay contest

[shuffelton at AOL.COM]

Dear colleagues,

This is perhaps the last reminder of the approaching deadline for the International Year of Russian Language essay contest sponsored by the Cultural Centre of the Russian Embassy in collaboration with American Councils for International Education.  Please consider sending some essays, your own or your students', keeping in mind the guidelines in the official announcement.Essays  in Russian on the topic  "Russian Language and Culture in My Life" should be received by July 15, either  by email or regular 
mail to one of the addresses given in the  announcement.  
 
Students at any level of Russian, instructors, and other  professionals  are 
encouraged to submit essays. The only restriction is  that essayists must be 
traditional learners of Russian.  Heritage and  native speakers of Russian, 
Ukrainian,  and Belorussian are not eligible  for the essay contest.
 
If you are involved in teaching or administering a summer program, perhaps  
your students could write the essays as a performance assessment activity  and 
submit them to the contest. 
 
The text of the official announcement follows:
 
  
 
THE RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON  AND 
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF  RUSSIAN 
ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL ESSAY CONTEST IN THE UNITED  STATES 
The International Russian Essay Contest is a major international writing  
event for students and learners of Russian at all levels, held in conjunction  
with the official “Year of the Russian Language” observance around the globe.  
Grand prize winners from each participating country will take part in a  
celebration in Moscow in the fall of 2007 with travel expenses  paid. The 
contest will also name twenty finalists who will be invited to  a special ceremony in 
Washington, hosted by the  Russian Ambassador  and ACTR.  
In the United States  the Embassy of the Russian  Federation, in 
collaboration with ACTR, will administer the  contest on the topic “Russia — its 
language and culture in  my life.” Russian Ambassador Yury Viktorovich Ushakov will 
serve as Chair of the contest, with Vice-Chairs Dr. James  H. Billington, 
Librarian of Congress, and Dr. Dan E. Davidson, President of American Councils 
for  
International Education, and a group of leading American teachers and 
specialists in the Russian field,  professional writers, and journalists also 
serving on the jury. Students of Russian at the pre-college, undergraduate, post-graduate, or  
professional level are invited to submit essays in Russian of no more than 500  
words. Submissions including full contact information(both email and postal  
addresses) should be received by July 15, with awards announced after August 15. 

 Please submit essays by email either to the special box that ACTR has set up 
 (<russian-essay-2007 at sbcglobal.net>) or directly to the Russian Cultural 
Center (<rcc at rccusa.org>). After the  deadline has passed the two sets of essays 

will be combined for sorting and  judging. Essays may also be sent to the 
following address:  
Russian Cultural Centre 
1825 Phelps  Place 
Washington,  DC 20008 
contact: Eugene Agoshikov 
<agoshkov1975 at yahoo.com 
message posted by Jane Shuffelton 
President, American Council of Teachers of Russian 
_shuffelton at aol.com_ (mailto:shuffelton at aol.com) 




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