Diasporic Literature Spot
Results of the First Literary Phrase Competition 19th September 2010 After completion of the counting of votes the organising committee would like to announce the winners of the Diasporic First Literary Phrase Competition 2010 in the English language. Forty-four phrases were entered in the competition and after as many votes were cast by the writers who participated the following entries received:
First Prize is awarded to George Nikolopoulos and phrase number 42 which has collected 5 votes (winning the $200AUD ) Second Prize is awarded to Marvin Rabinovich with his phrase number 2 which collected 4 votes ( $100 AUD ) 3 votes were collected by phrase numbers 4, 19, 29, and 34. 2 votes were collected by phrases 21, 33 and 36 1 vote was collected by phrases 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23, 25, 27, 28, 35, 37, 38, 43.
Congratulations to the winners. Diasporic Literature Spot would like to sincerely thank Onesilos Communications the sponsor of this competition and in particular Mr Dinos Toumazos. Some of the phrases were really inspirational. It is important to note that most of these phrases received at least one vote and all except one participant received at least one vote. You will find more details of the results on this Diasporic page From the organising Committee: Iakovos Garivaldis - Writer, Software Engineer, D.L.S. Administrator Gabrielle Morgan – Writer, Literary Editor