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2nd National Festival of Nasser Khosrow Travel writing

By on Thursday, December 13, 2012

The National Nasser Khosraw Travel Writing Contest aims to persuade the travelers to log their travels by providing a public forum. Therefore, we, the organizers of contest, including Zoraq Website, (the first comprehensive Iranian tourism portal providing online hotel reservation service all around the world), Tehran Tourist Guides Association, Tehran Tourist House, and Tatilat-e- Now Research Center, invite eagerly all those interested to put their abilities to the test and become familiar to other travel writings.

Permanent Committee

The Permanent Secretariat of Nasser Khosraw contest, including four cultural and tourism organizations, which are Zoraq Website, Tatilat-e-Now Research Center, Tehran Tour Guides Association, and Tehran Tourist House, aims to encourage, support and develop travel writing; the first step of which is arranging a contest on travel writing. It is named after the first Persian travel writer Nasser Khosraw Ghobadiani.
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Objectives
Promoting travelling culture and etiquette,
Laying the groundwork for interaction and sharing  the experiences,
Introducing the destinations to tourists,
Revitalizing the travel itinerary writing genre,
Encouraging people to document events,
Introducing monument, natural environment and diverse beliefs and religions, lifestyles and traditions of Iranian Tribes and clans.
Paying better attention to Persian Literature by suggesting new ways of looking.
Various categories

There are three different categories in the Second Nasser Khosraw Travel Writing contest:
Main Category, Consists of five (5) subcategories:
1- Writing a text
2- Photo
3- Video
4- Audio
5- Blog

Subordinate Category, Consists of four (4) subcategories:
1- Drawing and Painting
2- Persian painting
3- Comic strip
4- Caricature

‌Terms and conditions

General terms and conditions of the contest:

  • Contestants must fill out the online entry form on www.safarnegar.com website; otherwise their works will not be considered.
  • Contestants may participate in all categories open for the 2012 contest if they choose to do so.
    • Only one submission is allowed per category for each participant. The only exception to the said rule is the photo subcategory, for which contestants may send two collections of photos at most.

      • Terms of WRITTEN TEXT

    • Short texts: 2000 words at most
    • Long texts: 2500 words at least and 10,000 words at most
  • Translation: of travel writings that are of foreign tourists on Iran; must be travel(s) during the last thirty (30) years.
  • Descriptive texts should be on domestic or foreign tours, but the translated texts must be of those travel writers travelled to Iran.
  • Only Mitra 12-point font size will be accepted. Short texts must not exceed 2,000 words while the absolute maximum word length is 10,000 words.
  • Texts must be informative. We prefer the readers be allowed to be inspired to follow in the writer’s footsteps and be equipped with useful destination information. Details should include names of the towns, cities, resorts, hotels, glamorous destinations as well as suggested routes.
  • All texts must have a title and author’s name; translated texts must add the sources (e.g. The Website’s name and address) as well.
  • Children: between the ages of seven (7) to fifteen (15) must write a text on travelled they went.

    • VIDEO
    All videos must be submitted on DVD. Acceptable file formats include MPG, AVI, MOV.

    AUDIO
    Recorded audio files must be submitted on DVD in MP3 format.

    PHOTO

  • Amateur and professional photographers invited.
  • The photographs must be sent in TIFF and JPEG digital format, a resolution of 300 dpi, and not larger than 30 cm in small size.
  • When editing keep the originality of the photos.
  • Contestants are not allowed to send only one photo.
  • Each person may submit up to two (2) collections of 5-12 photos.
  • Photographers should submit a caption describing each photo; the time, place, reason and the way each photo has been taken, with a general explanation.
  • Entries can be sent via post to the permanent secretariat address or email to www.safarnegar.come website.
  • Each photo must have a title, in English, starting right from the left margin, and a number, e.g. 1 for the first collection and 2 for the second one, after which the name and surname of the photographer should be written. The number of photo must be added at the end, e.g. Ali zoraqi, an imaginary photographer, sent two (2) collections. The third photo of the second collection would be called 2alizoraqi3.jpg.
  • Contestants who will send their photos through post must save a text document which must include 1) his name 2) date of birth 3) his father’s name 4) his current address including  10-digit zip code 5) phone number 6) email address
  • Photos breaking the rules of the contest OR submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
  • Contestants retain ownership of their photos by entering this competition.
  • By posting a photo to the contest, entrants grant the Nasser Khosraw contest a license to use the image.
  • By entering this competition, entrants declare they have read and accepted the contest rules.
  • The deadline will not be extended.
  • Judges will include experts on photography and tourism.

    • BLOG

  • Blogs and websites on travel writing, which have more than ten (10) original texts on travels the owner (s) went, are welcomed. The name of the travel writer and his/ her blog or website title should be submitted to the secretariat.

    • Terms of Subordinate category:
    The paintings, Persian paintings, comic strips and caricatures which are worked on a story whose subject is travel are welcomed.

    Special Category:
    1- Written text
    – Travel in Museum:
    Contestants must send their texts on visiting a museum in 2,000 words at most.
    – Travel writing in English:
    Contestants must send their texts in English in 2,000 words at most.

    – Tehran travel writing and Writing a travel itinerary:
    the details of these recently considered subcategories will be announced soon.

    2- Film:
    – 100-second-film
    Contestants must send their own 100-second-film on travel.

    3- Photo
    – Video-clip:
    Contestants must send the video clips, which bring together 20-30 photos, text and music; they produced as a report of a travel they went.

    Side activities:‏

  • – Educational workshops and classes
  • – Exhibition of the winning works
    • Deadline

    Deadline for the 2012 competition is 25th December.

    Winners announced:
    Winners will be announced on January 24 , 2013 at the prize ceremony.

    Zoraq Office Address:
    Unit 6, 4TH floor, Tejarat-e-Iranian Building, on the corner of Taheri Street, Africa  ( Jordan) Street, Tehran. P.O. BOX 19666 44835
    Phone numbers: (021) 262 16 951-4
    Email address: info@safarnegar.com

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