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THE ALPINE FELLOWSHIP POETRY PRIZE

Application Deadline: 1 March, 2024

LOCATION: Italy

Apply for the Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize 2024. Awarded for the best poetic response on the theme of ‘Language’. The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes and will be invited to attend our annual symposium.

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to all nationalities.

Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.

All entries must be written in English.

Applicants must commit to using some of their prize money to attend our symposium from Sat 6th – Tue 9th July 2024 in Tuscany, Italy.

You may submit one poem or a collection of poems as long as ALL the poems in the collection speak to the theme.

There is a maximum of 500 words per entry.

There is no minimum required word count.

Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.

Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.

BENEFIT:

First place: £3,000

Second place: £1,000

Third place: £1,000

We will also offer up to £500 travel expenses to help with travel to the event and meals and accommodation during the symposium dates are also covered.

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Z ZURICH FOUNDATION ONE YOUNG WORLD SCHOLARSHIP SUMMIT

Application Deadline: 20 March, 2024

LOCATION: Canada

The Z Zurich Foundation Scholarship 2024 will allow 30 young leaders working on prevention-focused mental well-being projects, adaptation-focused climate resilience projects, or projects enabling social equity through education, employability or entrepreneurship solutions, to participate in the One Young World Summit 2024, which takes place in Montréal, Canada, from 18 – 21 September.  If you are a young leader working to champion any of these causes, this scholarship could be for you.

ELIGIBILITY:

Aged 18 to 30 at the time of the One Young World Summit 2024.

Passion for local and global issues.

Demonstrated commitment to creating positive change.

Willingness to engage and collaborate with fellow scholarship recipients and Zurich employees who are also attending the Summit.

Demonstrated impact in a field aligned with the work of the Z Zurich Foundation namely:

Improving Mental Wellbeing

Enabling Social Equity

Adapting to Climate Change

BENEFIT:

Access to the One Young World Summit 2024 in Montréal.

Access to additional scholarship programming organised by Z Zurich Foundation. This programming is likely to include pre and post-One Young World Summit sessions, including opportunities to meet and learn with the wider Z Zurich Foundation delegation, and an impact-focused development day on the Sunday (22 September) of conference week. 

Hotel accommodation in Montréal between 17 and 23 (inclusive) September.

Return air travel.

Catering which includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Ground transportation between Summit venues in Montréal.

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