Annual Awards for 2020
The annual awards project “Chance for the Talent” aims to support the training and performance of talented children and young people in the sciences, humanities, arts, technology as a stage in the process of continuous learning, education and development. For 14 years we have supported individual awards and distinctions for talented children and young people. Over 75 children from across the country have been honored through the Awards, Scholarships and Honors program, and 10 of them have won the Foundation’s Chance for Talent Grand Prize.
Laureates for 2020
Aneliya Rosenova Krumova, 12th grade, “P. R. Slaveykov” Secondary School, Kardzhali
For excellent performance in national or international olympiads, contests, and competitions in the field of literature. Notable Achievements: Laureate in the International Essay Contest organized by the Representation of Russian Cooperation in Bulgaria (in the essay section on the topic “Freedom and the Internet”); First prize for demonstrated consistent research interest and development of results aimed at studying and preserving the richness of Bulgarian dialects and traditions of Bulgarian culture, with her research project “The Words from Grandma’s Dictionary”, presented at the Sixth Scientific Session of the Student Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS); Special award and publication in a collection from the National Youth Essay Contest with international participation “Good and Evil in Our Society”; Grand prize – the Stoyan Mihaylovski statuette for journalism at the 11th National Contest for Literary Creativity and Journalism “St. Mihaylovski” – Ruse, 2018; First place in the Essay category at the National Literary Contest “The Purple Quill”, 2019; First prize in the First National Literary Contest for Students on the theme “The Works of Nikolay Haitov – A Legacy for Bulgarian Literature and Cinema”, Sofia, 2019; First place in the National Literary Contest “Slaveykov and My World”, First place in the Essay Contest “People????”, commemorating the 146th anniversary of the heroic death of the Apostle of Freedom; Second place for essay in the National Literary Contest “We Live in the Land of Botev”, Vratsa, 2019.
Vyara Plamenova Pencheva, 4th grade, “Raycho Karolev” Secondary School, Gabrovo
For excellent performance in national or international olympiads, contests, and competitions in the field of fine arts. Notable Achievements: First place (sole winner) in the International Children’s Drawing Contest “Rotary Art for Peace”, organized by the Rotary Club of Dhaka Stars (Bangladesh); First prize (Star Artist), age category 6–10, in the International Online Children’s Art Contest “Watercolor Art Contest 2020” (organized by PicassoArtContest.com), India, February 26, 2020; Special “COLOR” Award from the 11th International Children’s Drawing Competition – Arts Salon “ARTE MICI” (“Little Arts”), Motru, Romania, 2020; First place (sole winner), age group 6–10, category “Painting”, at the 2nd International Cultural Forum “Veliki Preslav – the History of an Entire Nation”, Veliki Preslav, April 2020; Second place (sole winner) in the International Children’s Drawing Contest “FROGS ARE GREEN”, on the theme “Fire and Ice”, held in New Jersey, USA, 2020; Grand Prize (sole winner across all age groups) in the International Visual Arts Contest-Exhibition “Structure and Color”, Iași, Romania, June 17–19, 2019; First prize (Winner), age group 9–10, in the 20th edition of the International Children and Youth Art Contest under the auspices of UNESCO “The Children Are Painting the World”, Almaty (Kazakhstan), October 30, 2019; First prize (Winner, sole representative from Bulgaria), age 9, in the 5th International Children’s Art Contest “Through Art to Life”, Moscow (Russia), March 22, 2019.
Gabriela Todorova Yordanova, 10th grade, National School of Music and Performing Arts “Prof. P. Vladigerov”, Burgas
For talented children/youth with limited financial means who have achieved outstanding success in the field of musical arts. Notable Achievements: Grand Prix at the 28th European Youth Pop Rock Competition “Sarandev”, Dobrich; Grand Prix at the International Competition for Performers of Popular Song “Spring Star”, Romania, 2019; Grand Prix at the International Pop Rock Performers Competition “Gala Star Melody”, Romania, 2019; First prize at the 17th International Competition for Performers of Popular Song “Silver Yantra”, 2019; First place at the National Competition for Entertaining Song Performers, Plovdiv, 2019.
Demira Georgieva Nedeva, 7th grade, “Acad. Kiril Popov” High School of Mathematics, Plovdiv
For talented children/youth with limited financial means who have achieved exceptional success in the field of mathematics. Notable Achievements: Grand Prize (above first place, across all ages and categories) – International Contest “Methodology and IT in Education” – National Round, Sofia, February 2019; First place and gold medal – The International Competition Mathematics and Projecting, May 4, 2019, Moscow; Special award for successful debut in a mathematics project – 19th Student Section of the 48th Spring Conference of the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians, Borovets, April 2019; Super Star Cup (highest score) – National Mathematics Competition “Mathematical Stars”, Plovdiv, 21st Century Academy, June 2019; Gold medal (highest score) – 2nd International Festival Mathematical Triathlon Apollonia, Sozopol, June 2019; First place (sole winner) and gold medal – 15th Mathematics Competition “Mathematical Challenges”, Sofia, June 2019; Maximum score at the Regional Round of the National Mathematics Olympiad – February 2020; Special award from the Mathematics magazine for outstanding achievements in their annual competition – 2019; First place with maximum score at the National Financial Mathematics Competition – March 9, 2019, Plovdiv; First place (sole winner) and gold medal at the “Enigmatic” Mathematics Tournament – March 2019, Plovdiv; Second place and silver medal at the American Regional Mathematics League (ARML) qualification – December 21, 2019, Plovdiv; Diploma II degree – United International Mathematical Olympiad “Formula of Unity” / Third Millennium – 2019.
Desislava Tsvetanova Dimitrova, 11th grade, Foreign Language High School “Exarch Joseph I”, Lovech
For talented children/youth with limited financial means who have achieved exceptional success in the field of visual arts. Notable Achievements: Star Artist Award from the International Online Contest “Picasso Art Contest” 2020; First place in Student Drawing Contest (graphics, collage) based on poems by Damyan Damyanov – “Autumn”, “Grape Harvest”, “My Street” – Sliven, 2020; First prize at the “Water – Source of Life” Drawing Contest – Shumen, 2020; First place in National Contest “I Will Love With All My Heart This Land and This People”, 2020; First place in National Contest “Spring in Kyustendil”, 2020; Star Artist Award from “Picasso Art Contest”, 2019; Creative Star Artist Award from International Online Contest “Creative Brilliance”, 2019; Prize Winner at the 14th Contest “Stars Will Fill the Heavens” – Sofia, 2019; First place at the 3rd International Contest “My Bulgarian Embroidered Shirt” – Rome, Italy, 2019; First place at the International Contest “From Ignazhden to Christmas” – Valladolid, Spain, 2019.
Deyan Hadzhi-Manich, 7th grade, High School of Mathematics “Dr. Petar Beron”, Varna
For excellent performance in national or international Olympiads, contests, and competitions in the fields of mathematics and computer science. Notable Achievements: Second prize, silver medal at the 3rd European Junior Olympiad in Informatics (EJOI) – Maribor, Slovenia, August 23–29, 2019; First place, gold medal and gold cup (sole winner) – Final of the 6th International Tournament “Mathematics Without Borders” – Nessebar, June 30 – July 2, 2019; First place, gold medal in National Round of the National Mathematics Olympiad (Grade 7) – Sofia, August 12–14, 2019; First place, gold medal (sole winner with maximum score) – National Round of the European Kangaroo Contest, Grades 7–8 – Sofia, June 1, 2019; First place, gold medal (sole winner) – 13th Autumn Mathematics Tournament “Acad. Stefan Dodunekov”, Grade 7 – Sofia, November 8–11, 2019; Second prize, silver medal (shared), Junior group at the 11th International Autumn Tournament in Informatics (IATI) – Shumen, November 20–24, 2019; Second prize, silver medal – 13th Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (JBOI) – Maribor, Slovenia, August 23–29, 2019; Third prize, bronze medal at the 14th Open Olympiad in Informatics – Moscow, Russia, March 5–7, 2020.
Team “Eco Art”, 6th grade, Primary School “A. G. – Kodzhakafaliyata”, Burgas
Monetary award for an innovative project in the field of ecology created/recognized during 2019/2020. Project Description: The project “Shopping Energy” aims to develop an alternative and accessible method for generating “clean” energy by designing a shopping cart that produces electricity through mechanical movement. While shopping, energy is generated via a generator that converts the mechanical energy from the cart wheels into electrical energy. This energy is stored in a rechargeable battery and can be used by customers to charge mobile phones. Any remaining energy after shopping is transferred to a larger battery, which can power store needs such as parking lot lighting or automatic doors.
Iva Ivanova Ichevska, 8th grade, Plovdiv Language High School, Plovdiv
For excellent performance in national or international Olympiads, contests, and competitions in the field of musical arts. Notable Achievements: Grand Prix (sole winner) – Vocal section – Jazz, 13–15 years – International Contest “Star of the Dublin”, Dublin, Ireland, April 14, 2020; First place (sole winner) – Class category, Jazz section, 15–18 years – International Art Festival-Contest “Debut”, Moscow, Russia, April 22, 2020; First place (sole winner) – Class category, Native Language Song section, 15–18 years – “Debut”, Moscow, April 22, 2020; First place (sole winner) – Class category, Foreign Language Pop Song section, 15–18 years – “White Rocks”, Moscow, Russia & Byala, Bulgaria, April 20, 2020; Grand Prix (sole winner) – Chanson section, 13–15 years – “Star of the Rome”, Rome, Italy, May 3, 2019; Grand Prix (sole winner) – Jazz section, 13–15 years – “Euro Vision Media Star”, Paris, France, July 5, 2019; First place (gold medal, sole winner) – Jazz and Broadway Jazz section, 13–15 years – “Spain Star Production”, Madrid, Spain, April 24, 2019; First place (gold medal, sole winner) – Pop Singing section, age 14 – “Zum Tag der Befreiung”, Berlin, Germany, August 24–25, 2019; First place – Jazz section, age 14 – “Zum Tag der Befreiung”, Berlin; First place – Free Style Vocal section, age 14 – same contest.
Karita Dimo Todorova, 3rd grade, National School of Arts “Dobri Hristov”, Varna
For talented children/youth with limited financial means who have achieved exceptional success in the field of dance. Notable Achievements: First place (solo) – Classical dance – Dance Star World, World Finals – Poreč, Croatia, May 22–26, 2019; First place with school ensemble – Ballet section – Dance Star Bulgaria, qualifier for World Finals – Varna, March 16–17, 2019; First place (solo) – Ballet – Plovdiv Open – Rainbow of Talents, April 19–21, 2019; First place (solo) – Ethno Dance – same contest; First place (solo) – Ethno Dance – Harmonia i Sila, Sozopol, June 29 – July 5, 2019; Qualification for the European Dance Cup – Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 19–22, 2019; Qualification for Dance Cup Bulgaria, Plovdiv – March 14–15, 2020 – for Dance World Cup, Rome, June 26 – July 4, 2020; Second place (solo) – Ballet – Balkan Dance Spartakiad – Queen of Tarnovo Cup, November 8–10, 2019; Scholarship for Dance Camp in San Francesco di Paola, Italy – July 2019 from the mOvmnt contest – Ruse, March 8–10, 2019.
Simona Vasileva Vasileva, 7th grade, Primary School “Dr. Ivan Seliminski”, Sliven
For talented children/youth with limited financial means who have achieved exceptional success in the field of literature. Notable achievements: First prize in the 12th National Student Contest for Literary Creativity and Journalism “Stoyan Mihaylovski”, Ruse, 2019. First prize in the Literary Contest “Kindness – the Greatest Test for Every Person”, Sliven. First prize in the “Christmas Magic” Contest, 2019, Sliven. Special award from the “Human Library” Foundation in the 13th National Literary Contest “PrismehUlnitsi”. First prize in the National Children’s Contest for Original Fairy Tale “I Will Tell You a Story”, Sofia.
