PHLPost announces UPU  International Letter Writing Contest for students

Here’s good news to all elementary and high school students from public and private schools.

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) will hold the 54th Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter Writing Competition for students aged 9 to 15 years old.

The winning piece will be sent by PHLPost as the Philippines’ official entry in the worldwide letter-writing competition to be held in Berne, Switzerland.

The contest is a yearly event organized by PHLPost under the auspices of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which is composed of 192 countries around the world, of which the Philippines is an active member.

The 2025 competition asks young people to write a letter focusing on the theme: “Imagine you are the ocean. Write a letter to someone explaining why and how they should take good care of you”.

The theme allows participants to creatively articulate their thoughts on the significance of ocean conservation and reflect on current global issues and propose sustainable solutions .

The compositions must be recent and original handwritten letters in English according to the theme of the competition. It must not exceed the limit of 800 words in length.

The first prize winner will receive P25,000.00 cash; the second prize P20,000.00 and the third prize P15,000.00. . E-certificates of participation will be sent through the registered e-mail of the participants.

The criteria for judging are relevance to the theme of the competition -30%; imagination and originality of the contents- 20%; demonstrating a good style of writing and communication -20%; demonstrating an extensive vocabulary-20% and youthfulness of tone-10%.  

All entries must be submitted no later than 5:00 PM on  March  14.

For more information, visit the official PHLPost website at : http://www.phlpost.gov.ph and social media accounts at Facebook www.facebook.com/PHLPost.