Collective Cultures

To celebrate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the British Council is running two competitions under the theme of Collective Cultures to find out about young people's experiences of other countries and cultures and developing relationships with people from different societies and backgrounds.

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We are welcoming entries to a poster competition and a poetry competition, from primary, secondary, special and sixth form pupils and further and higher education students and young people (including young people in non-formal learning environmentes) that participate in the Comenius, eTwinning, Erasmus or Youth in Action programmes.

Prizes for winners include a new Archos 405 Portable Media Player and winning entries will feature in a special publication to be produced later in 2008.

The attached leaflet gives more information on how to enter the poetry and/or the poster competitions. The closing date for entries is Monday 2 June 2008. Entries must be submitted in paper form, by post, accompanied by the relevant entry forms, to the competition address as specified on the attached leaflet. The leaflet includes details of full competition terms and conditions.