Competition for the second annual Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants opened Sunday with the organizer calling for submissions.
Current or former migrant workers and immigrants in Taiwan and the children of these immigrants are eligible to participate in the literary competition. The competitions accepts all literary genres including poems, songs and stories in Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai and Tagalog, which is spoken mainly in the Philippines.
The winner of the top prize will receive a trophy and NT$100,000 (US$3,179) in prize money. There are currently over 550,000 migrant workers and 200,000 immigrants in Taiwan from Southeast Asia.
Organizers of the awards said they hope that migrant workers can express their thoughts and document their experiences in Taiwan through literature. Literary heavyweights in Taiwan will serve as judges for the awards. Second generation immigrants of these languages have also been invited to read the submissions and choose three to recommend to their peers.
Those interested in the award can apply at the award's official website: http://2014tlam-tw.blogspot.tw/ and submit their works online before the end of May.