Outstanding works of the ESSC 2010
Here are the winners of the ESSC 2010, an international competition for Japanese, Chinese, the Far East Russian and Korean writers of English, which was held from May 10 to September 30, 2010. Some 1,200 extremely short stories were sent to us.
We would like to thank all the participants. Every extremely short story was unique and creative. A big applause to the prize-winners selected through the preliminary, the semi-final and the final selections!
Enjoy reading a gift from one of our final judges, Professor Peter Hassall (Zayed University, UAE).
The semi-final judges of the Junior High School and Senior High School Sections:
Natsumi Suzuki (Otsuma Women's University)
Rumiko Okada (Seikei Senior High School)
Yasuhiro Fujiwara (Aichi University of Education)
Two Board Members of the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes
The semi-final judges of the College and Adult Section:
Four Previous Board Members of the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes
Four Board Members of the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes
The final judges:
Nobuyuki Honna (Honorary President, JAFAE)
Peter John Hassall (Zayed University, UAE)
Paul Kei Matsuda (Arizona State University, USA.)
Yoshiyuki Okaura (Chair, ESSC Steering Committee)
The ESSC 2010 has been sponsored and supported by the following organizations.
Sponsors: ALC Press, Inc., KINSEIDO Publishing Co.,Ltd., Taishukan Publishing Co.,Ltd., The Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP), Inc. The Tokyo Center for Language and Culture (TCLC)
Supporters: Macmillan Language House Ltd., NHK Educational Corporation, reallyenglish.com Co.,Ltd.
＜The backgrounds of the extremely short stories were decorated by the winners. Click on each story to enlarge it.＞
College Students and Adults
JAFAE President's Award
[ Amazon Gift Card (10,000 yen),
online course for Business Writing(provided by reallyenglish.com) ]
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She is my mother
EBISAWA, Airi
（Hokkaido, Japan）
Peter & Jon Hassall's Award
[ Amazon Gift Card (10,000 yen), Trad Japan with 3 DVDs & textbooks (provided by NHK Educational Corporation) ]
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Stones
YANAGIDA, Aya
（Aichi, Japan）
3rd Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (3,000 yen), Trad Japan with 3 DVDs & textbooks (provided by NHK Educational Corporation) ]
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What is the thing we can do?
OTAWARA, Nozomi
（Tochigi, Japan）
4th Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (1,000 yen),
Official Guidebook for TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests New Edition
(provided by The Institute for International Business Communication) ]
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Chaos
ITO, Soichiro
（Tochigi, Japan） -
Mirror
IGUCHI, Keisuke
（Tokyo, Japan） -
April
KUBOTA, Naomi
（Nagano, Japan）
5th Prize
[ Official Guidebook for TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests New Edition (provided by The Institute for International Business Communication) ]
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Sunflower
SAITO, Mai
（Yamagata, Japan） -
Wait and wait
HOUJOU, Saori
（Tochigi, Japan）
Senior High School Students
JAFAE President's Incentive Award
[ Amazon Gift Card (10,000 yen), MACMILLAN Essential DICTIONARY ]
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What does this situation look like?
KAWAMATA, Yuki
（Sapporo Sosei High School, Hokkaido, Japan）
Peter & Jon Hassall's Incentive Award
[ Amazon Gift Card (10,000 yen), MACMILLAN Essential DICTIONARY ]
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Hand power
SHIMIZU, Ayaka
(Seibi Gakuen Senior High School, Tokyo, Japan）
ESSC Steering Committee's Incentive Award
[ Amazon Gift Card (5,000 yen), Sankagetsu Topikku Eikaiwa with 1 CD & book (provided by NHK Educational Corporation) ]
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A little different day
TANAKA, Aki
（Agui High School, Aichi, Japan）
4th Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (1,000 yen), MACMILLAN Essential DICTIONARY ]
Smile
SAKAMOTO, Chisato
(Agui High School, Aichi, Japan)
A Dog's Life
SEKI, Maiko
（Ueda Higashi High School, Nagano, Japan）
Word
NOMIYA, Marina
（Soka Senior High School, Tokyo, Japan）
Sky
ICHIMURA, Sayaka
（Nakano Hachioji Senior High School Attached to Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan）
5th Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (1,000 yen) ]
Seeing a tree
ISHIGURO, Masamitsu
（Soka Senior High School, Tokyo, Japan）
Junior High School Students
1st Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (5,000 yen), Little Charo with 3 CDs (provided by NHK Educational Corporation) ]
Shadow
ABE, Yasuyuki
（Setagaya Junior High School Attached to Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan）
2nd Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (3,000 yen), Little Charo with 3 CDs (provided by NHK Educational Corporation) ]
Why not?
DOBASHI, Natsuki
（Kitamachi Junior High School, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan）
3rd Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (1,000 yen), Macmillan LanguageHouse eco-friendly shopping bag ]
Night When I was five
YASUI, Nhi
（Doshisha International Junior High School, Kyoto, Japan）
My character
MIYAKE, Yuta
（Doshisha International Junior High School, Kyoto, Japan）
Something
KUROKAWA, Yuka
（Doshisha International Junior High School, Japan）
My little brother
UMEMOTO, Ayaka
（Doshisha International Junior High School, Japan）
What is our kindness for?
KANEKO, Rintaro
（Setagaya Junior High School Attached to Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan）
Number 2
GOTO, Shuhei
（Setagaya Junior High School Attached to Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan）
4th Prize
[ Amazon Gift Card (1,000 yen) ]
My work
IKEDA, Marina
（Kaichi Junior High School, Wakayama, Japan）
Volunteer
IDE, Zenta
（Kaichi Junior High School, Wakayama , Japan）
