1st YALS Literary Competition, initiated by Oxford School from Leskovac, was held in April 2006 and the winners announced on May 3, 2006.
The themes were assigned by levels:
A1 – My Special Day (from 60 to 80 words)
A2 – My Town/ City (up to 100 words)
B1 – Short story ending with the sentence: ”... It was the strangest experience of my life”. (120 to 150 words)
B2 – Article You are Never Alone in This Country (120 to 180 words)
C1 – Discursive essay (250 words) Young People Should Never Emigrate to Other Countries
The winners for 2006, awarded with books in English, are:
A1 - My Special Day - by Natalija Đorđević - (Tom & Ema, Beograd)
A2 - My City -by Hana Popović - (Anglian, Beograd)
B1 - It was the strangest experience of my life - by Ivana Jovanović -
(Tom & Ema, Beograd)
B2 - You are never alone in this country - by Stefan Kostić - (Lingva, Valjevo)
C1 - Young people should never emigrate to other countries - by Katarina Vicentijević - (Lingva, Valjevo)
The maximum number of points was won by Katarina Vićentijević from Lingva – Valjevo.