Contests

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation’s Literary Competition was founded in memory of Kaiti Laskaridou by the President of the Foundation’s Library, Marilena Laskaridou in 2000.

The competition’s main goal is to encourage self-expression among young people, as well as to enhance their study of Literature and Language in Secondary Education. For this reason, the Competition is fully supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Education. For the Foundation, liberated self-expression remains the primary objective. It is the Foundation’s contribution to young adults’ need to address the issues, concerns and questions they are faced with. This requires an individual journey toward self-realisation as achieved through reading, interacting with others and understanding this contest’s benefits for the candidates, schools and the larger social framework they operate in.

Initially, only Secondary education students from Piraeus were eligible to apply. The massive response from students led to the inclusion of Secondary education students from the prefectures of Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ioannina, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Laconia, Messenia, Achaea, Elis, Evrytania and Phocis. Following an ad hoc meeting of the Literary Competition’s Panel of Judges on 24 September 2012, the competition was unanimously made national.

The competition takes place every year, and Secondary Education students of all schools in Greece have the right to participate. Three awards are given in the Gymnasium and three in the Lyceum, accompanied by a corresponding cash prize. The Jury consists of personalities from the fields of literature and education, as well as representatives of the Foundation. The awards are presented at a special ceremony, to which the participants, as well as representatives of Secondary Education institutions, are invited.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation established in 2019 the Short Story Literary Competition in memory of Marilena Laskaridis for students of Secondary Education of all Greek schools abroad and of the Greek Language Departments recognized by the Ministry of Education.

The competition’s aim is not only to encourage the expression, the writing skills and in general the artistic sensitivity of the teenagers, but also to create a bridge of communication with the students of the Greek schools abroad. We believe that this creative collaboration contributes to the dissemination and cultivation of the Greek language and culture.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, actively supporting the field of music education, organizes since 2013 a Panhellenic Competition for the granting of scholarships for violin studies abroad for obtaining a Bachelor or Master’s degree. 

The competition is held in memory of Ismini Chrysochoou-Carter, a distinguished violinist and violin professor of Athens Conservatoire.

Recipients of the scholarship should be Greek or Cypriot citizens pursuing postgraduate studies in an acknowledged academic music institution of their choice abroad (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine).

Elligible applicants should be already admitted to an educational institution in one of the above countries.

The scholarship is granted for two (2) consecutive academic years and amounts to 24,000 euros.

The Aikaterinis Laskaridis Foundation, with the aim of strengthening children’s and teenagers’ love of reading, in the context of the World Book Day celebration, announces the competition “A book invites you, a book challenges you”, for children aged 5-17 years. The competition was organized for the first time in 2021.

Children can participate in the competition individually, with their friends or even with their whole school class.

Children are invited to listen favourite authors narrate their books. Each book comes is accompanied with suggested activities. For each activity they complete, participants earn points.

Participants are divided into 4 age categories:
1st category: 5-7 y.o.
2nd category: 8-11 y.o.
3rd category: 12-15 y.o.
4th category: 16-17 y.o.

By collecting points, the participants win prizes such as books, meetings with their favorite authors and more. A bicycle is awarded to for first position.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation announces a Panhellenic School Competition for Wikipedia Articles, for students of the Fifth and Sixth Grades of Elementary School and all grades of Gymnasium, all public and private schools in Greece.

How well do we know the use of Wikipedia? How can we create articles or enrich existing ones with new information? How can we all become co-creators of knowledge in the modern, global encyclopedia?

Wikipedia is the modern form of encyclopedia and enables a large number of people worldwide to access knowledge and to create or supplement knowledge. Wikipedia aims to provide freely reusable content, with objective and verifiable data, that anyone can modify and improve. (source Wikipedia).

The purpose of the contest is for students  to find information and  to complete or create articles on Wikipedia for poets that are missing or need to be completed, through suggested bibliography and their own sources. The ultimate goal  is to enrich knowledge on Greek literature and culture.

Students of the Fifth or Sixth Grade of the Primary School or the A’, B’, C’ Grade of the Gymnasium, throughout the country, have the right to participate.

More information, terms and conditions of participation at the relevant links.

The competition is conducted within the framework of the project “Creation, Promotion and Exploitation of Digital Cultural Reserve”, Call Code 118, and with the Issuing Authority: ESA EPANEK, with the project entitled: “From the Aegean to the Ionian: A sea of knowledge. Preservation, management and promotion of the historical archive of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation” and is implemented in collaboration with PostScriptum.

Contest conducted in greek.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation announces a photographic competition as part of the action “The sea in literature”.

The purpose of the competition is for the participants to highlight insular and not only, regions of the Aegean and Ionian Sea, but also to participate with their photographic works in the enrichment of poesea.gr digital application.

Before applying, please read detailed information in the relevant announcement here.

The application form and the sending of photos are made exclusively through the platform poesea.gr in the contact field (left in the folder indicator).

*Up to two (2) photographs will be accepted, as mentioned in the relevant notice.

Until 31 October 2024

*The project has been implemented under the Operational Programme Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (NSRF 2014-2020) co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union.