2009 UMD Writing Awards -response

Raghida Choucair
Professor P. Potvin
Comp 227
9/28/09


2009 UMD Writing Awards
Department of Language, Culture, and Communication in University of Michigan – Dearborn honored the winners of the best student’s writers for 2009.
Writing Awards Ceremony is to celebrate with the best student’s writers in UM Dearborn for 2009. The reception took place in the hall 1030 CASL, UM-Dearborn, on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, at 5:00 pm.
It is very nice to celebrate with the winner students. It will encourage them to improve their writings. Also, it will encourage other students to enter the context next time.
I was impressed with the audiences. The chairman, the parents, and other people show their interesting of listening to the students’ poems or stories. They encourage the students to write and to improve their skills. It certainly will encourage other students to participate in the contest in the future.
It is very brave to read in-front of people and wait for their evaluation of your performance, considering that writing an essay may be easier than standing and presenting it in a public place. I can tell some winners in the ceremony had shaking hands and they almost lost their points. Some students were shy to read in-front of the audience. Hence, their articles were read and presented on their behalves by others. Some participants read very short poems while other students read long stories. Also, some winners read their works in a fast way.
I noticed that most of the participants had creative writings. In fact, this event encouraged me to write and to participate in coming contests. I was thinking it is hard to enter a writing contest because winners must be good writers and I am not able to contest with them. I believed that it would be very difficult for international students to be part of the contest, but after attending this event I feel I am able to be one of those writer winners in UM- Dearborn next time.
Finally I would like to send my proud congratulations to the winner students of the 2009 UM-Dearborn Writing Awards
Recommendation:
Winners must read slowly.
Winners should have good eye contact with the audience
Stick with the time limit. Do not exceed the time limit and do not make it too short and quick.
Read in way to attract the audience.
Read in a way that keeps the listener so excited to know what will happen next.
Use tone and voice changing when moving to an excited part
Keep the listeners attached to your voice tone, your words, and to your body’s language.