Writing from my Heart
我手寫我心
A Global Cantonese Writing Initiative for Youth
兒童青少年粵文徵文活動
What is Written Cantonese?
Cantonese writing is the written form of the Cantonese language. In fact, written Cantonese has existed for many years, and people can find it in magazines, advertisements, comics, newspapers, and literary works. Written Cantonese has long been regarded as a less “formal” form of writing, so students generally have not learned how to write in Cantonese in mainstream schools. In recent years, however, Cantonese creative writing has gradually gained wider recognition, and the number of writers creating in Cantonese has continued to grow, showing that the development of written Cantonese is becoming more mature. However, it will still take time to break the perception that written Cantonese is “not standard” or “not legitimate.”
何謂粵文?
粵文就係粵語嘅文字紀錄。其實粵文已經存在好多年，大家喺雜誌、廣告、漫畫、報紙同文學作品裏面都會讀到。粵文一向俾人認為係一種「唔夠正經」嘅書寫形式,所以學生一般唔會係主流學校學過粵文書寫。近年嚟，粵文創作逐漸獲得更多認同，加入粵文寫作陣營嘅作者亦日益增加，粵文發展漸趨成熟。但要打破「粵文唔正統」嘅觀念，仲需要啲時間。
Purpose of the Event
Through this writing competition, we hope to encourage children and young people to express their creativity, thoughts, and emotions through written Cantonese—to write from the heart and cultivate a new generation of Cantonese writers.
We also hope that this event will help promote Cantonese creative writing and deepen public understanding of written Cantonese. After the submission period, selected outstanding works will be edited, annotated with Jyutping romanization, and compiled into a publication. Our goal is to provide more learning resources for the public to support the study of Cantonese language and written Cantonese.
The objectives of this event are to:
- Encourage the younger generation of children and youth to write in Cantonese
- Collect and showcase more outstanding written Cantonese works
- Promote the culture of written Cantonese writing
活動目的
我哋希望透過呢個徵文活動,鼓勵兒童青少年我手寫我心,用粵文表達自己嘅創意、思想同埋情感,培養新一代粵文作家。我哋亦希望通過呢次活動,推廣粵文創作,加深大眾對粵文嘅認識。文章徵集以後,我哋會將其中優秀嘅作品加以編輯,附以粵拼,匯集成書,期望能夠籍此為大眾提供更多幫助學習粵語粵文嘅文章。
活動旨在:
- 徵集更多優秀嘅粵文作品
- 推廣粵文寫作文化
- 鼓勵新一代兒童青少年以粵文寫作
What is Written Cantonese?
Cantonese writing is the written form of the Cantonese language. In fact, written Cantonese has existed for many years, and people can find it in magazines, advertisements, comics, newspapers, and literary works. Written Cantonese has long been regarded as a less “formal” form of writing, so students generally have not learned how to write in Cantonese in mainstream schools. In recent years, however, Cantonese creative writing has gradually gained wider recognition, and the number of writers creating in Cantonese has continued to grow, showing that the development of written Cantonese is becoming more mature. However, it will still take time to break the perception that written Cantonese is “not standard” or “not legitimate.”
何謂粵文?
粵文就係粵語嘅文字紀錄。其實粵文已經存在好多年，大家喺雜誌、廣告、漫畫、報紙同文學作品裏面都會讀到。粵文一向俾人認為係一種「唔夠正經」嘅書寫形式,所以學生一般唔會係主流學校學過粵文書寫。近年嚟，粵文創作逐漸獲得更多認同，加入粵文寫作陣營嘅作者亦日益增加，粵文發展漸趨成熟。但要打破「粵文唔正統」嘅觀念，仲需要啲時間。
Purpose of the Event
Through this writing competition, we hope to encourage children and young people to express their creativity, thoughts, and emotions through written Cantonese—to write from the heart and cultivate a new generation of Cantonese writers.
We also hope that this event will help promote Cantonese creative writing and deepen public understanding of written Cantonese. After the submission period, selected outstanding works will be edited, annotated with Jyutping romanization, and compiled into a publication. Our goal is to provide more learning resources for the public to support the study of Cantonese language and written Cantonese.
The objectives of this event are to:
- Collect and showcase more outstanding written Cantonese works
- Promote the culture of written Cantonese writing
- Encourage the younger generation of children and youth to write in Cantonese
活動目的
我哋希望透過呢個徵文活動,鼓勵兒童青少年我手寫我心,用粵文表達自己嘅創意、思想同埋情感,培養新一代粵文作家。我哋亦希望通過呢次活動,推廣粵文創作,加深大眾對粵文嘅認識。文章徵集以後,我哋會將其中優秀嘅作品加以編輯,附以粵拼,匯集成書,期望能夠籍此為大眾提供更多幫助學習粵語粵文嘅文章。
活動旨在:
- 推廣粵文寫作文化
- 鼓勵新一代兒童青少年以粵文寫作
- 徵集更多優秀嘅粵文作品
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