B-Meg’s Php20,000 essay writing contest
February 18, 2007
B-Meg, the country’s premier manufacturer of livestock feeds, is sponsoring an essay writing contest offering cash prizes as much as P20,000 plus P2,000 worth of San Miguel products.
The overall theme for the contest is “The impact of B-MEG on the Filipino livestock raisers, the community and the nation.” The essay must discuss how a Filipino livestock raiser can benefit from a partnership with B-MEG and how B-MEG can have an impact in the community and the nation.
More contest details below.
- Deadline and DurationÂ
All entries must be received by 12 midnight of March 2, 2007. Winners will be determined on March 22, 2007 for the Regional Level while results for the National Level will be announced on March 29, 2007.
- Eligibility
All bona fide college students of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, Agribusiness and Fisheries in the Philippines are eligible to submit a contest entry.
- Rules
- Essays must be in English.
- No other information must be included anywhere on any page of the essay except the discussion.
- Entries must be NO LESS THAN 500 WORDS and NO MORE THAN 800 WORDS.
- Each essay submitted must be the work of one student and may not be the collective work of more than one student or with the help of a guardian or teacher.
- By submitting an essay, entrants certify that their essays are original, authored solely by them and that in writing their essay did not plagiarize or otherwise infringe upon the rights of any third parties.
- Criteria for Judging
Content – 70%
30% – Actual Content (examples cited, flow of thought)
30% – Cohesion and/or Relevance to Theme
10% – Degree of Brand Awareness Present
Creativity – 20%
Use of Language (Grammar and Punctuation) – 10%Â
Total – 100%Â
There will be 2 winners each from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and from these six (6) regional winners, three (3) will be named as national winners.
- Prizes
Six (6) regional winners
PhP5,000 each plus eligibility to compete at the national level plus Php 2,000 worth of San Miguel products.
Three (3) national winners
1st place: Php 20,000
2nd place: Php 15,000
3rd place: Php 10,000
- To join
Entrants must fill up and complete an Official Entry Form on the B-MEG website.
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1. Select the topic of your essay.
2. Choose the central idea, or thesis, of your essay. For example: Information technology has revolutionized the way we work.
3. Outline your essay into introductory, body and summary paragraphs.
4. The introductory paragraph begins with an interesting sentence. For example: Home workers have grown from 150,000 to over 12 million in the past 5 years thanks to the wonders of the computer.
5. After this first sentence, add your thesis statement from above.
6. Use one sentence to introduce every body paragraph to follow. For example: The Internet has made this possible by extending the office into the home.
7. Finish the introductory paragraph with a short summary or goal statement. For example: Technological innovation has thus made the traditional workplace obsolete.
8. In each of the body paragraphs (usually two or three) the ideas first presented in the introductory paragraph are developed.
9. Develop your body paragraphs by giving detailed information and examples. For example: When the Internet was first introduced it was used primarily by scientists, now it is common in every classroom.
10. Body paragraphs should develop the central idea and finish with a summary of that idea. There should be at least two examples or facts in each body paragraph to support the central idea.
11. The summary paragraph summarizes your essay and is often a reverse of the introductory paragrah.
12. Begin the summary paragrah by quickly restating the principal ideas of your body paragraphs. For example: The Internet in the home, benefits and ease of use of modern computer systems…
13. The penultimate sentence should restate your basic thesis of the essay. For example: We have now passed from the industrial revolution to the information revolution.
14. Your final statement can be a future prediction based on what you have shown in the essay. For example: The next step: The complete disappearance of the workplace.