WLCU Sydney
Dr Charles Malik Award
Submissions are now open for the WLCU Sydney’s annual Dr Charles Malik Award. This annual writing competition was first held in 2022 and is open to all persons aged 15 years and over (at the time of submission).
The Award is named in honour of Dr Charles Malik, the first United Nations Ambassador for Lebanon who also significantly contributed to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Dr Malik was a distinguished academic, philosopher, author, diplomat and politician that became President of the Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations General Assembly.
We invite entrants to prepare an essay on a topic of choice, which must include a Lebanese theme, in accordance with the requirements outlined in the Dr Charles Malik Award Rules.
2024 Competition Details
| Entries open: | 15 January 2024 |
| Entries close: | 14 November 2024 |
| Submissions: | May be made via a PDF or Word Document e-mailed to: info@wlcusydney.org.au Entries are to be around 3,000 words in length, however shorter and longer entries are welcomed. Acceptable writing forms for submission include, but are not limited to: fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, personal essay, discursive writing. |
| Enquiries: | Please contact us via e-mail at info@wlcusydney.org.au |
| Award Ceremony: | Late 2024 – details to be advised |
| Results: | All entrants will be notified of the results via e-mail |
| Award Rules: | Please see above for the link to the Dr Charles Malik Award Rules |
| Non-English entries: | An English translation must be submitted in order to be judged |
| Awards 2023: | 1st prize A$1,000 plus a Montblanc pen to the value of $1,000 2nd prize A$500 plus a Montblanc pen to the value of A$750 3rd prize A$250 |
2023 Award Winners
Congratulations to our winning entries from the 2023 Competition.
Click on the hyperlinks below to read the outstanding quality of the submissions in full.
| Essay Title | Author | Prize |
| Moo For A Better Tomorrow | Wael (William) Khalil Manoun | First Prize |
| Dear Mr Gibran | Chadielle Fayad | Second Prize |
| The Lebanese Emigrant | John Abi-Saab | Third Prize |
2022 Award Winners
Congratulations to all those who were recognised as high-calibre entrants in the inaugural essay writing competition held in 2022.
Click on the hyperlinks below to read the outstanding quality of the submissions in full.
| Essay Title | Author | Prize |
| Food For Thought | JohnPierre Kiraz | First Prize |
| Return | John Abi-Saab | Second Prize |
| St Michael’s Melkite Cathedral | Jack Bettar | Third Prize |
| Shrouded Testaments | Marie Khoury | Highly Commended |
| Al Oum | Rafqa Touma | Highly Commended |
| Towards A Data Driven Lebanon | Chadi Abi Fadel | Highly Commended |