Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition

2021 National qualifiers

2021 National qualifiers
First of all, we would like to congratulate all 2330 participants in the 11th Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition! Welcome to the participants from Pakistan who joined our colorful gang and brought new characters, images, emotions, plots! In the past 10 days our 48 judges were fully immersed into the lively worlds that our young authors ...

First round of judging started on January 13th, 2021

First round of judging started on January 13th, 2021
The first round of judging for the Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition started today.  48 judges have an important task – to read and rank all 2331 pieces of creative work. And to have a lot of fun… We are happy to announce that for the first time in the history of BCWC we have international ...

Happy holidays!

Happy holidays!

Writing days are behind the corner!

Writing days are behind the corner!
November 24 and 25, 2020 are the days when thousands of students from 137 schools in Bulgaria will get inventive, imaginative, innovative,  experimental, original, artistic, expressive, inspired, and CREATIVE! We can’ wait to read your stories and poems! Good luck!

10th BCWC Award Ceremony

10th BCWC Award Ceremony
The 2020 BCWC Award Ceremony, which took place on February 15, was a wonderful celebration of creativity and perseverance! All attendees relished the opportunity to meet other members of the BCWC community in person, exchange ideas during our daytime activities and reflect on the vital role of literature together – in helping us make sense ...

10th BCWC National Winners

10th BCWC National Winners
We are happy to announce the national winners of the 10th Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition! All works that qualified in the regional round were read and assessed by our panel of 13 native speakers and Bulgarian professionals: Mariya Stefanova, Nadya Zaharieva, Galina Nikolova, Angelina Mirazchiyska, Gergana Paraskova, Darina Konova, Vladimir Mihaylovski, Joseph Herr, Sarah Perin, ...

10th BCWC National Qualifiers

10th BCWC National Qualifiers
Congratulations to all participants in the 10th Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition! On January 11th, our 45 judges were fully immersed into the lively, multifaceted worlds that our young authors created. These worlds were populated by inanimate objects such as helium- filled balloons and confined winter coats which could speak with distinctly human voices and memorable ...

“The story of an hour” has been launched officially!

The official presentation of our book The Story of an Hour took place in the National Library “St. Cyril and Methodius” yesterday, November 26th and what a joyful evening it was! The Story of an Hour is a collection of 33 outstanding student works from the first ten years of the Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition. ...

9th BCWC Award Ceremony

9th BCWC Award Ceremony
On February 16th, 2019  we celebrated the achievements of this year’s winners and their teachers at the American University in Blagoevgrad. All participants had the opportunity to visit the university campus and ask questions about academic and student life. The students participated in a creative writing workshop facilitated by Michael Cohen – Associate Professor at ...

20 ways to be creative

20 ways to be creative
All schools from this year Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition received a special gift! We hope that this colorful poster will brighten up the classrooms and will provide our students with important tips 🙂
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