SATURDAY, MARCH 5, FROM 3 PM TO 5 PM, BOOKSTORE “AU BROUILLON DE CULTURE” – 23 RUE DE L’HÔTEL DES POSTES
As part of the “Rencontres en Toutes Lettres” contest, the Courrier Côte d’Azur is organizing a writing workshop next Saturday at the Nice bookstore “Au brouillon de culture,” led by the poet and playwright Victor Varjac.
The goal of this workshop is to raise public awareness about letter exchanges and the emotions conveyed through writing and paper.
Attendees of the workshop will be able to participate in the contest and submit their letters during the event.
Presentation of the Contest
Opening, reading, keeping, and re-reading a letter… Such precious moments in our daily lives.
For 84% of the French population, across all generations, receiving a paper letter is more significant than receiving an email or SMS.
That is why La Poste, naturally the messenger of the written word, has decided to celebrate mail and highlight the benefits of this genuine “emotional vector.”
This edition’s theme is “The Encounter” and is titled “Rencontres en toutes lettres.” The contest extends to the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var and will run until March 31.
Accessible to the widest audience with 3 categories (general public, high school students, and postal workers), this contest aims to ignite or reignite the passion for writing among the residents of Var and Maralpine. A special “paper culture” prize will reward the letter with the most interesting use of the paper medium.
To achieve this, a dozen events (writing workshops, public readings…) in unique locations will be organized as a journey through the two departments to raise public awareness about the emotions of writing during the contest.
Contest Rules
To participate in the “Rencontres en toutes lettres” contest, participants must send a handwritten letter not exceeding 25 lines, in French, on the theme of the encounter to the following postal address between February 15 and March 31, 2011, midnight (postmark as proof). The letter should mention the category “grand public,” “postal workers,” or “high school students”: Rencontres en toutes lettres BP 1002 06001 NICE CEDEX
Participation is open to all persons aged at least 16 residing in France, with one letter per person.
The Prizes
6 prizes to reward the winners of the general public and postal worker categories in the form of weekend stay packages for 2 people.
The winning letters from each category will be published in full in Nice Matin and Var Matin.
Each winner will be given the book “La Vie en Toutes Lettres” by author Jean-Pierre Guéno.
All winners will receive the book “Petits et grands secrets” (volumes 1 and 2) from the Museum of Letters and Manuscripts.
The Museum of Letters and Manuscripts will offer each winner a private visit for 2 people to the Museum.
All winning letters will be published in the national magazine Plume.
Annual subscriptions for each winner to Nice Matin/Var Matin and the magazine Plume.
3 prizes will reward the winners of the high school student category in the form of gift vouchers.
– 1 prize will be awarded for the special “Paper Culture” prize.
