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On Wednesday April 9th we had the opportunity to attend the 47th Annual Literary Contest Award Ceremony. The ceremony was held in Amphitheater 4 in DMN. The ceremony started off with a presentation by our professor Dr. Cynthia Pittmann titled: "Writing Practice". In this presentation she gave us an idea about how morning writing is a very great tool. Some examples used during her presentation were that writing in the morning helps you remember your dreams, discover hidden motivations, helps you know what's bothering you, helps you be more proactive about solving problems, etc. She ended her presentation by stating that it is important to use paper and a pen and to "Enjoy the ever enriching conversations with yourselves". The UPR Tuna also presented various pieces. Before the award ceremony began Dr. Elsa Luciano read and discussed her essay "Read first then write". In her discussion, Luciano was able to express the importance of reading and how reading helps us be better writers.
After Luciano's presentation the award ceremony began. There were 9 judges and about 78 entries this year. The first prize for poetry was for Javier Acevedo Arus with his poem "Sanitation". He also won third prize for his essay "Believing in Bi". First prize for the essay was Yadmila Matos Serrano with her essay "Winning the War". Lastly, first prize for the short story was our classmate Claudia Cruz Rivera with her story titled "Made with Love". All three of the contest winners read their pieces to the audience. They we all excellent and very unique. Overall I do believe that it was a great experience. I also would like to congratulate all the winners for their effort and courage.
Great reflection Liz. I agree with you that this Literary Contest is an excellent and unique technique to inspire students to do their best on English work. Good job.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it was a great experience to assist to the Literary Contest Award Ceremony. I am proud of all my classmates works, especially Claudia that won an award.
ReplyDeleteNice job Liz, and I think too this type of activity is a good technique to motivate the students to be active in the university things.
ReplyDeleteI did not have the opportunity to attend the contest, however I understand very well what happened there because you did an excellent summarize about the contest. I like the way in what you explained the presentation of Dr. Cynthia Pittmann entitled “Writing Practice”. The ideas that Dr. Pittmann gave to us are wonderful and I consider that are a great tool to improve our writing process as you mentioned. I like a lot the pictures you used in the reflection. You did a complete and excellent reflection. Great job!
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