The Yuvabadhana Literature Contest promotes children’s creativity and imagination through writing and illustrating entertaining children stories. By creating storybooks, children improve their writing skills and learn to use proper language, work and share creative ideas with others, and allocate tasks and responsibilities. The first contest was held in 1994. Since then, the Yuvabadhana Foundation has held the contest annually for twenty years, partnering with organizations such as the Cultural Center, National Council of Cultural Affairs, Satit Chulalongkorn School, Srinakharinwirot University, the Japanese News Agency, and the Japanese Embassy.

The Yuvabadhana Foundation will publish the winning story, and present copies to students in remote areas through the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Office of the Non-formal and Informal Education, Bureau of Special Education, Community Development Department, Bangkok School district, Department of Social Development, Border Patrol Police Schools, the Books for Children Foundation, and other government entities.

Any government entity or private organization interested in receiving books may contact the Yuvabadhana Foundation

Contestants’ Qualifications

Submissions can be from an individual child or from a group of two or three children, but only one submission will be accepted per group.

  • The writer and illustrator must be students in grade 1-6.
  • Submissions can be from an individual child or from a group of two or three children, but only one submission will be accepted per group.

Note : In 2003-2006, contestants were not limited by age or experience so that both children and adults could participate in the creation of good children’s literature.
All submissions must be solely the work of the contestant, and the work must not have been previously published or submitted to any other contest.

Requirements of Submissions

  1. Storybooks with illustrations – can be written and illustrated in any style or method.
  2. The story can be written as poetry or prose, but must follow correct Thai orthography.
  3. The book has to be 26 x 18.5 centimeter (portrait or landscape) in size, with at least 15 pages of illustrations and 15 pages of text. Pages will be written and/or illustrated on one side only. The pages cannot be bound together.
  4. The illustrations must be in color and show creativity and imagination. Illustrations should be unique, and not in the style of other children’s books.
  5. Stories must be neatly hand-written with two centimeter margins. There is no limit to the number of words per page.

Contestants are not allowed to use the story’s topic as the title.

Timeline

  • Announcement of the contest: April-May
  • Working period: May-July
  • Deadline for submitting stories: August
  • Judging: September
  • Awards Day and Exhibition Starting Day: November

Awards

Ten prizes will be awarded in the contest.

  • First prize 1 award
    An honor certificate and a 12,000 Baht scholarship
  • Runner-up 2 awards
    An honor certificate and a 6,000 Baht scholarship
  • Honorable mention 3 awards
    An honor certificate and a 4,500 Baht scholarship
  • Committee’s Favorites 2 awards
    An honor certificate and a 4,500 Baht scholarship
  • Best Illustration 1 award
    An honor certificate and a 4,500 Baht scholarship
  • Best Creativity 1 award
    An honor certificate and a 4,500 Baht scholarship

Where to send the literature

Mail or deliver in person at:

The Yuvabadhana Foundation 1 Soi Premier 2, Sri Nakarin Road, Khwaeng Nong Bon, Pravet District, Bangkok 10250

For more information, contact:

The Yuvabadhana Foundation
1 Premier Corporate Park Building, Srinakarin Road,
Nonbon, Pravet, Bangkok 10250

Tel : 02-301-1093(-6)
Fax : 02-301-1439
E-mail: ybf@ybf.premier.co.th
Website: http://www.yuvabadhanafoundation.org