At the beginning of this year, like every year before, the Universal Postal Union and the Czech Post announced the themes for letter-writing competitions for children up to 15 or 12 years of age. The overall number of received letters, which complied with the conditions and entered the competitions, was almost 2 thousand. 

This meant a lot of work and a hard task for the expert board consisting of members of the Czech Post who had to choose the best ones. Let us introduce to you the winners and the texts of the most interesting letters of this year: 

40th Annual International Letter-Writing Competition for Children up to 15 years of Age - Czech Round 

Theme: "Imagine you are a tree living in a forest. Write a letter to someone to explain why it is important to protect forest."

1st prize: Karolína Smutková, Vidče (pdf, 1MB)
2nd prize: Kateřina Mašková, Praha 3-Žižkov (pdf, 321kB)
3rd prize: Martina Gabryszová, Mělník (pdf, 228kB)

Number of received letters: 1,100. The winner of the National Letter-Writing Competition wins a digital camera; the second and third winners win an MP3 player. They can also look forward to a small postal surprise. All winners will receive a personal letter. 

A French translation (doc, 30kB) (doc, 30 kB) of the first winning letter of the Czech round of the international competition was sent to the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union in Bern. Winners of the international round will be announced in Bern. A Czech public announcement will be a part of the unveiling ceremony, which will be held on October 5th, 2011 on the occasion of the issue of a special stamp commemorating the World Post Day.

6th Annual National Letter-Writing Competition for Children up to 12 years of Age

Theme: "Let me write you a letter about sitting under a tree."

1st prize: Anežka Vašulínová, Střelice (pdf, 206kB)
2nd prize: Tereza Zbořilová, Vrbno pod Pradědem (pdf, 238kB)
3rd prize: Petra Oravová, Choryně (pdf, 415kB)
Number of received letters: 750. All the above-mentioned winners will receive a letter informing them about the awarding procedure.

We would like to thank all participants for their letters.