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Below you will find three short-listed entries in last year’s writing competition and two from 2008. They all scored highly on the assessment criteria, but in different areas.
2009
Topic: What BBC TV does for me
Title: Across the North Sea at the touch of a button
Judges' verdict: "good style of writing, lively language"
Topic: What the world can teach the Dutch
Title: A lesson in intercultural competence
Judges' verdict: "good structure and original thoughts"
Topic: Fitting in or standing out
Title: How Now Purple Cow
Judges' verdict: "good structure, good content"
2008
Topic: History - A Lesson for the Future
Title: Darkness at Midnight
Topic: History - A Lesson for the Future
Title: Lessons from history; a lesson well learned?
