{"id":77109,"date":"2026-11-11T16:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/?page_id=77109"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T16:00:54","slug":"writing-contest-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/sprachschule\/writing-contest-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Contest 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/Writing-Contest-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-77110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/Writing-Contest-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/Writing-Contest-2026.jpg 820w, https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/Writing-Contest-2026-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/Writing-Contest-2026-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cThe Things We Carry\u201d<br \/>\nStories of What We Hold, Hide, and Let Go<\/h2>\n<p>Participants are invited to explore the invisible landscapes of our inner lives: the memories, emotions, experiences, relationships, and untold stories that shape who we are.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short Story or Essay, word count unlimited but be reasonable \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Adults (Age 18+)<\/li>\n<li>Deadline: December 5th<\/li>\n<li>Submit to: <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#x65;d&#117;&#x63;&#97;&#x74;&#105;&#x6f;n&#x40;d&#97;&#x69;&#45;&#x68;&#101;&#x69;&#100;&#x65;l&#x62;e&#114;&#x67;&#46;&#x64;&#101;\">&#x65;&#100;u&#x63;&#x61;&#116;i&#x6f;&#x6e;&#64;d&#x61;&#105;-&#x68;&#x65;&#105;d&#x65;&#x6c;&#98;e&#x72;&#103;&#46;&#x64;&#x65;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gala Evening: Wednesday, December 16th at 7 p.m., in the DAI Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winners will read their work at a Gala Evening at the DAI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Things We Carry\u201d Stories of What We Hold, Hide, and Let Go Participants are invited to explore the invisible&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"better_featured_image":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Writing Contest 2026 - Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut. 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