Everyone has a story. And every story is worth telling.

Therefore, Odebrecht Informa is holding the “Recount your story at Odebrecht” contest to celebrate the 150th issue of the magazine, which will be published in September this year.

All members of the Organization can participate (except the team that produces the magazine) by writing about their careers at Odebrecht or an interesting incident or watershed event in the course of their professions.

The winning story will be featured on the cover of issue no. 150. The other stories will be published online in the magazine’s digital edition.

“Our goal is to provide an opportunity for members of all Odebrecht companies to share the stories of their professional careers," says Karolina Gutiez, the officer Responsible for Odebrecht’s Publications Programs. “By enabling people to tell their own stories, this contest is also Odebrecht Informa’s contribution to the retrieval, dissemination and preservation of our corporate memory.”

Remember the deadline
To participate, members must submit their stories at the following web address:
(www.odebrecht.com/conteasuahistoria). The writing style is left to each author’s discretion, but pay attention to the length requirements: entries cannot be less than 3,000 characters (including spaces) or more than 4,000 characters (including spaces) long.

The essays must be submitted in Portuguese, English or Spanish. Members who write in other languages will have to have their story translated into one of these three languages before submitting their entry.

If they like, members can also send in JPG photos that represent their careers at Odebrecht. The images should portray situations, places or people related to the story, avoiding pictures that are out of context with the subject matter.

Entries can be submitted between July 9 and 5 pm GMT on July 30, 2010.

The winner will be chosen by a judging panel and announced on August 16 at (www.odebrecht.com/conteasuahistoria).