– Are you proud of your achievements?
– Do you want to write about them and also get them published?
– Do you want to share your achievements with the world?
– Do you want to win great prizes too?

If you answered one or more of these questions with a yes, please read on, as EMPHNET is giving you the opportunity to do just that.  We are now happy to announce the launch of our “Voices from the Field” writing contest, where we invite you to write and to compete for prizes too.

Who Can Join?

The Voices from the Field Writing Contest is open only to FETP residents and graduates from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where we invite you to write about  your experiences in the field in a  testimonial style. This is your chance to highlight your experience, as we at EMPHNET are proud of all what you have achieved. We want to highlight your contributions to the public health field and to make those achievements known.

The Rules

• We are asking you to write a 1000-word entry.
• The entry should be your original work.
• In the case of plagiarism, the submission will be automatically disqualified.
• Each participant cannot submit more than one entry.
• All entries will be published on EMPHNET’s website and social media channels.

Note

Once entries are submitted, they are the sole property of EMPHNET. Therefore, EMPHNET reserves the right to publish all entries on its website and social media channels as it sees fit. Furthermore, EMPHNET reserves the right to do minor edits to typing, spelling, and grammar errors prior to publishing.

What You Can Write About

We accept entries that cover one or more of the following topics:

1) Lessons Learned in the Fields of Outbreak Investigation, Non-communicable Disease, communicable Disease, Surveillance, Rapid Response, or Data Collection.

2) Prevention of Non-communicable or Communicable Disease.

3) The Immerging Importance of Health Security.

4) Practical Experience in Rapid Response, Outbreak Investigation, Non-communicable Disease, Communicable Disease, Surveillance, or Data Collection.

5) Field Experience in Surveillance, Rapid Response, Outbreak Investigation, Non-communicable Disease, Communicable Disease, or Data Collection.

6) Challenges of Surveillance, Rapid Response, Outbreak Investigation, Non-communicable Disease, Communicable Disease, or Data Collection.

7) Other Public Health Topics.

How and When to Submit Your Entry

Kindly send your entries by filling in this application form.

The deadline for submission is: August 15, 2016  at 5:00 pm Jordan Local Time (GMT +3).

Judging Criteria

A committee will be judging your entries based on:

• Creativity.
• Originality.
• Story Development.
• Sincerity and Testimonial Style.

The Prizes

1. First Prize

An all-expense paid opportunity to attend EMPHNET’s fifth regional conference and a chance to talk about the entry in an informal session.

2. Second Prize

An opportunity to choose between a one-year subscription to a medical journal of his/her choice or   a chance to attend an online course.

3. Third Prize

A Dell Latitude E5450 laptop

4. Fourth Prize

A Samsung Galaxy Tab S2

To win the tablet, get your friends to like EMPHNET’s Facebook page and get them to like your article. Noting that the author of the entry with the most likes on Facebook from people who like our EMPHNET page will win. However, if you win one of the other three prizes you will not be considered for this one.

We wish you good luck