Winners

Competition Guidelines 2023

1. Competition is open to all Primary and Secondary school students in Trinidad and
   Tobago.
2. Each student or group per school is restricted to a single entry. However, schools can
   submit a maximum of 2 entries.
3. Theme for the competition is: “People’s Solutions for Plastic Pollution”.
4. Submissions must creatively capture human practices within our watersheds with focus
   on the impact of pollution on our rivers.
5. Submissions must include topics such as pollution, deforestation, conservation and
   preservation.
6. Submissions must first satisfy the requirement of at LEAST three stanzas with at LEAST
   five lines per stanza.
7. Submissions qualifying for the final must be presented at a live showcase.
   Performance can include costuming, props, backups, background visuals and music.
8. Content can be sourced on this website. Additional content can be sourced from our YouTube , Facebook and Instagram pages.
9. Research, Research, Research!
10. Pieces are to be submitted to the Adopt A River Website in the form below during the period of June 12th to July 21st 2023. No late submissions will be considered.
11. No alterations will be allowed after entries are submitted.
12. A panel of five (5) judges will shortlist and select finalists.
13. Finalists will be announced on August 14th, 2023.
14. Finals will occur in-person on September 22nd, at a venue to be announced.
15. Entries must be entirely the work of the student/school and not that of any work
    published or performed publicly prior to the competition.
16. The judging panel will award marks based on the following 5 criteria: Content,
    Creativity, Language, Form and Relevance to theme.
17. All submissions will be deemed the property of the Adopt A River Programme, who
    reserves the right to reproduce any submission or part thereof by any means electronic or otherwise, free of all encumbrances. Full credit will be given to the author(s) for any
    reproduced work.
18. Family members of employees of the Adopt A River Programme and the Water and
    Sewerage Authority are not eligible to enter the competition.
19. The Judges’ decisions are final!

Prizes to be won for the Top 3 Winners of each category.
Prizes to be won for the 1st Place schools of each category.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

The Adopt A River Programme (AARP) takes this oppportunity to say thank you to all schools and students who submitted pieces for our RiverSpeak Spoken Word/Poetry Competition!
The live finals will be held on Friday, September 22nd, just in time to commemorate World Rivers Day!
BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK!!!

Finalists

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Jeremiah Gordon
Bon Air Secondary School

Keeshan Mohammed
Gasparillo Secondary School

CM Scope, S Nelson, K George
St.Joseph’s Convent, San Fernando

Joeshel Jewel Dann
Signal Hill Secondary School

Samuel Mohammed
Naparima College

J Ar-Razi, S Acosta, M Dyer
Naparima Girls’ High School

Siri Vadlamudi, Kaelyn Dipchand
Naparima Girls’ High School

Christopher Radhay
Presentation College Chaguanas

Vaishnava Ramjass
Presentation College Chaguanas

Vikash Bally
Vishnu Boys Hindu College, Caroni

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Arelon Felmine
Libertville TML Primary School

Suri Gosine
Libertville TML Primary School

Faryal Ali
Princes Town ASJA Primary

Amari Pacheco
Grant Memorial Presbyterian School