Winners of Bulgaria's "Green Tree of Hope" Essay Contest Awarded

Society | May 22, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Winners of Bulgaria's "Green Tree of Hope" Essay Contest Awarded Boyan Biolchev (right), Rector of Sofia University, awarded Thursday winners in “Green Tree of Hope” essay contest. It is named after a story by famous writer Yordan Radichkov, patron of the project. Photo by Tony Tonchev (novinite.com)

Winners of Bulgaria's "Green Tree of Hope" national essay competition were awarded Thursday at the National Theater Ivan Vazov's cafe. More than 200 high-school students from sixty Bulgarian cities and four villages vied for the prizes and were assessed by a jury, headed by Boyan Biolchev, Rector of Sofia University.

The contest was named after a story from the collection of Bulgaria's famous writer Yordan Radichkov entitled "Fierce Mood"(1965). It is part of the "Lovely North-west" project which aims to popularize culture of North-west Bulgarian region. Patron of the project is Yordan Radichkov.

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