Congratulations to all our finalists!

The Slam was a great success. Everyone did a fantastic job. Our three top storytellers this year are:

First Place - Andrea, Grandmother's Lunchbox

Second Place: Bisma, What's My Nationality?

Third Place (tied): Vanessa, Heels and James - Swimming

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Competition Details

This competition offers students a public speaking experience to boost creativity and build presentation skills.

The event will be held in English, but students will be judged on their story rather than their English proficiency.

What kind of story?

A story slam is a storytelling competition.

Your story must be a true story that has happened to you. (i.e.: You are the main character of the story.)

It should be under 5 minutes.

Each finalist is given the opportunity to tell their story on stage in front of a live audience and judges.

This year's theme: My Roots

My Roots refers to the places, experiences, people and things that make us who we are. Tell us a story about a point in your life that has shaped you. Your story could be about:

where you were born or grew up;
the people in your life;
a challenge that you’ve overcome, or
an opportunity that allowed you to grow.

Pick a memory of something has shaped your identity and share it with us.

How to enter:

The stories must relate to the theme: My Roots (see details above)

The competition is open to all secondary school students.

Stories can be entered by sending an audio recording attached to an email to storieshongkong@gmail.com. Deadline: Monday, 30^th January, 2023.

o The file name for the recording should be “student name/initials_school name”. (e.g. “sallychan_ABCSS”)

o Files must be in MP3 or AIFF format.

o The subject of the email should be “2023 Student Story Slam Entry.”

o The body of the email should contain the student’s name and age, the title of the story, the full name of the school, and the name, email and phone number of the teacher contact.

Finalists will be chosen and informed by early late February 2023. Feedback will be sent to all the storytellers who enter.

Students who submit entries should be prepared to perform on Saturday, 11^th March, 2023. Details about venue and exact time to be announced later.

All the finalists will have the option of being included in the Hong Kong Stories Podcast, which is listened to all over the world.

If you have any questions, contact us at storieshongkong@gmail.com.

For ideas and inspiration, check out the stories by finalists from previous years below.

Stories by the 2022 finalists can be found here:

“A Great Honour” by Sam, “Surgical Christmas” by Hayley and “Cruel Light” by Chloe

“Grandmother” by Kristen and “Time Gained” by Rex

"Transformation" by Nathan, "Longing" by Ariane, and "Dearest Diary" by Christy

Stories by the 2020 finalists can be found here:

"Speed" by Violet and "Timing" by Bobo

"Real or Fake" by Savio and "Lost" by Lorelei

"Secondhand" by Nabila and "Sister" by Karis

"Anticipation" by Harper and "Planning" by Manoela

Stories by the 2019 finalists can be found here:

“Competition” by Mehrosh and “Class Trip” by Samson

“Got Talent?” by Hilda and “Saudade” by Manoela

“Yellow” by Julian and “Knock, Knock” by Matthew

If you have questions or would like to get on our general mailing list - please email us at

storieshongkong@gmail.com

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