Mokokchung, February 22 (MExN): The Watsu Mungdang is organizing a college level essay competition to commemorate International Women's Day on March 8, 2016. The topic of the competition is "Value of women is not merely that of a birth machine", which is excerpted from a prize winning essay entitled "If I were a king" by Luke Sasong while studying B.A at Calcutta University, a press release from Watsu Mungdang President, Moachila and Secretary, Toshimenla Walling informed.
The modalities for the competition are:
• Maximum word limit - 1500 words
• Essays to be collected by the respective institution at their convenient date and submitted to the Watsü Mungdang Office latest by March 4, 2016.
• Prizes will be cash award and certificates: 1st Prize – Rs. 5,000/-, 2nd Prize – Rs. 3,000/-, 3rd Prize – Rs 2,000/-; Consolation Prizes – Rs 500/- each.
• Participants may be both boys and girls.
• The essay can be written either in Ao or English.
• All participants must submit the following particulars along with their essay - Name and Class of Student; Institution in which he/she is studying; Contact number.
For further details, contact: email - Watsumungdang@gmail.com, mobile phone - 9436006936/ 9856542619.