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2025 NATIONAL YOUNG WOMEN’S SPEECH CONTEST

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(18 to 29 years old)


Deadline: 31st August 2025


Method of application: Submit your own written composition in relation to this year's theme

- 'Work-Life Balance - Is it a Myth to the Modern Woman?' by email only.

Adopt your own theme in your composition.


Write at the end of your composition the following information:

(1) Your name in full

(2) Date of birth

(3) Home telephone/Mobile number

(4) Email address

(5) Home address

(6) Emergency contact (name, telephone, email address)


(A) Write in English only


(B) Write in A4 size, portrait orientation, with aprox.1000 words


(C) The applicant should speak based on this composition (Must

NOT read it out, but may look at notes)


Email address: info@wfwp.org.uk


If your composition is handwritten, please scan it and Email it as an

attachment.


Telephone Interview: Shortlisted applicants will undergo a telephone interview which

will be recorded and evaluated, resulting in the selection of 7 finalists. This will be

conducted in the second week of September.


The results will be communicated to all candidates by Sunday, 21st September at the latest.


Evaluation:


Speaking Skills: Fluency


Naturalness of delivery

Grammatical correctness

Vocabulary


Content: Clarity of argument


Structure and flow of discourse

Originality


Presentation Skills: Delivery


Stage presence

Connection with audience

Time management


Answering questions: Accuracy


Appropriateness of language

Relevance to questions

Persuasiveness

Communication strategies

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