Golden Pen Awards

Not to be confused with the Golden PEN Award

The Golden Pen Awards is the highest competition for budding writers (journalism) in both private and public schools in the Western Visayas, Philippines pursuant to the Sec. 1 Rule IX of Republic Act 7079 also known as Campus Journalism Act of 1991. The writing contest includes both students from the elementary and secondary level.

This journalism contest is separately organized compared to Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) wherein the winners will advance to the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC). This structure would still depend on the organizing committees and to Department of Education (Philippines) to ensure a higher standard for the campus journalists.^[1][2] The contest is scheduled annually with four level/category to select its winners started from gardes 3–4, grades 5–6 for the elementary level and 1st year to 2nd year and 3rd to 4th year for the high school level.^[3][4]

Training, development and contest

Students who will compete in the Golden Pen Awards attend seminars before the actual competition. The contest are all in English medium and all category are judged independently and all points will be added to every writer's entry which will determain his standing and the overall points will be total to the school standing as a group contest. There will group winners awarded as top 10 best performing schools, individual ranking from 10th place up to the 1st place standing in six categories, likewise the most promising writer, outstanding writer and the highest individual awards as golden pen awards recipient.

Young campus journalists during the awarding ceremony of 2007 Golden Pen Awards

Contest and categories

• News Writing
• Editorial Cartooning
• Editorial Writing
• Feature Writing
• Sports Writing
• Copyreading / Headline Writing
• Editorial Cartooning

See also

• National Schools Press Conference
• Up The Hill

References

External links

• Department of Education (Philippines)

Student newspapers in the Philippines
Adamson University – The Adamson Chronicle Ateneo de Manila University – The GUIDON, Matanglawin Central Philippine University – The Central Echo Colegio de San Juan de Letran Calamba – The Page, The Squire, Ang Kabalyero, The Knight De La Salle University – The LaSallian De La Salle University – Dasmariñas – Heraldo Filipino Divine Word College of Calapan – The DWCC Gazette Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology – EARIST Technozette Lyceum of the Philippines University-Laguna – Voyage Polytechnic University of the Philippines Taguig – The Chronicler Saint Louis University – White and Blue Silliman University – The Weekly Sillimanian Tarlac State University – The Work Trinity University of Asia – Trinity Observer University of Asia and the Pacific - The Bosun, UNIVERSITAS University of St. La Salle – The Spectrum, The Lead Magazine University of San Agustin – USA Publications University of San Carlos – The Carolinian University of Santo Tomas – The Varsitarian University of the City of Manila – Ang Pamantasan University of the Philippines Diliman – The Philippine Collegian, Sinag (publication) West Visayas State University – Forum-Dimensions Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan – The Crusader Publication