UvA student and writing talent? Join our columnist contest
Are you a student at the UvA, do you know what is going on in university and student life and do you have a sharp pen? Then enter our columnist contest and win a permanent place as a columnist for Folia, the university medium of the largest university in the Netherlands.
What to do?
Write a column of minimum 300 and maximum 500 words. Your column can be about anything, as long as the topic has a relation to the university and student life. For example, think about struggles in the Amsterdam room market, friends microdosing before exams, physical versus online education, woke and diversity policies, scientists' flight policies, the new dean of humanities or the social awkwardness of dating in the end of the corona crisis.
What does the winner get?
A permanent place on the website of Folia, the journalistic medium of the largest university in the Netherlands, and thus immediately a large stage. If you win, we will discuss how often you will write for us. Of course, Folia columnists will receive an appropriate compensation and, if necessary, writing support.
Folia exists since 1948 and has produced many well-known writers and journalists. Examples are journalist Joris Luyendijk, science journalist Maarten Keulemans and columnist Aaf Brandt Corstius. At the moment the editorial staff consists of a mix of young, starting journalists and more experienced people that make daily news, reports and backgrounds about the UvA, both in text and in (moving) images.
Send your column before April 10 to redactie@folia.nl. The editors will judge the columns. Both Dutch and international students can participate.
