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SCOLAR School Young Writers Nurturing Programme 2021- 2022
Lee Sum-yi / Professional Publications Unit
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The art and craft of writing not only piques student writers’ budding creativity, it also greatly nurtures critical thinking. The two winners of the School Young Writers Nurturing Programme 2021-2022 this year have been announced and their winning entries were printed for sale at the Hong Kong Book Fair.
This year’s the School Young Writers Nurturing Programme 2021-2022 attracted more than 300 student entrants from 106 secondary schools this year. 80 of them were selected to participate in a series of learning, training, practice and competition activities including writers’ training workshops and camp with both fiction and non-fiction categories.
The winner of the fiction category is Daisy Hui, a F.4 student of Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School. Her work entitled “Dear Don & Saya" brings readers into a fantasy world, and explores with the protagonists between a world straddling between fantasy and reality.
The winner of the non-fiction category is Scarlett Chan, a F.3 student of YLPMSAA Tang Siu Tong Secondary School. Her work entitled “Island L’amore” records observations about life chaptered into the 4 seasons from a 14-year-old’s perspectives.
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups’ Executive Director, Mr Andy Ho Wing-cheong commented that “School Young Writers Nurturing Programme 2021-2022 and Hong Kong Creative Writing Competition have been well-received so far. We have trained 650 primary and secondary school students who nurture the love for reading and writing in past 3 years.” From the students’ works, he could see that it had been a learning journey for all of them. They learnt to express themselves, articulate their thoughts and record their experiences through writing.
Many esteemed writers and experts from the Hong Kong Chinese literature scene served as instructors for
the writing workshops. The online writing training camp was also successfully completed in April. Activities such as student writers’ sharing sessions and creative exchange sessions were also arranged to allow students to interact with their tutors.
School Young Writers Nurturing Programme 20212022 and the creative writing competition are held every September and continue to the following July. The programme’s objectives are to increase the level of interest in Chinese writing among primary and secondary school students while creating an atmosphere conducive to writing within the school environment. The Project is divided into two categories: fiction and non-fiction. The work of the two winners is published and put on sale, while excerpts from other selected outstanding works are published online.
For details
please visit cps.hkfyg.org.hk
