Logo of the Cricket Award for Children (Photo courtesy of the organising board). The organising board - the Vietnam NewsAgency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper - is receivingsubmissions until midnight on May 15. Entries must have been created, performed,or announced between May 15, 2020 and May 15, 2021.
The awards ceremony is expected to take placeon International Children’s Day, June 1.
The organising board will present one majorprize called “Cricket Knight” and several “Cricket Desire” prizes.
Images of crickets and the “Adventures of aCricket” by writer To Hoai were part of the childhoods of many generations ofVietnamese.
Writer Nguyen Quang Thieu said that “De Men”was initiated in the hope of bringing the deepest and purest spiritual life tochildren. This is not only a prize but also an attitude towards the future.
Last year, the Cricket Knight prize, worth 30million VND (1,300 USD), was presented to writer Nguyen Nhat Anh for his work“Lam ban voi bau troi” (Make Friends with the Sky).
The organising board also granted four CricketDesire awards, each worth 10 million VND, to a collection of paintings from 10-year-oldNguyen Doi Chung Anh, a long story by 12-year-old Cao Khai An, a collection ofshort stories by writer Nguyen Chi Ngoan, and a collection of songs about childrenby composer Nguyen Van Chung./.
VNA
