"Ça, c'est ma France" 

Great memories from France:

In May 2015, we launched the contest: "Ça, c’est ma France" (This is my own personal France) to celebrate the registration of the 10,000^th user on the platform. Since then, dear alumni, we have received about 200 contributions. Stories of your years as a student in France amazed us, impressed us and made us laugh. 

Your thoughts on France? They are tainted with nostalgia, for those who wrote us from far away. They are amusing, or even highly funny when they stressed the oh-so-typically French habits that surprised you. One thing is for sure: whether it's because of its people, cities or gastronomy, France inspires you.

And here are the winners!

 1^st prize   

Erendira Calderon (Mexico)

An exceptional 7-days stay in France, all inclusive, for 2 people

 2^nd prize (tie):

Kardelent Kala (Turkey) - Kim Cùc (Vietnam)

A book from the prestigious collection "La Pleïade" (Gallimard publishing)

4^th prize (tie): 

Camala Pamala Xisto (Brazil) - Tatiana Redel (Poland) - Demailson Malta Vigiano (Brazil) - Ali Timbine (Mali) - Eli Rasoloniaina (Madagascar) -  Adriana Rodriguez (Colombia) - Kyoshi Sepulveda (Mexico)

A comic book with an ex-libris signed by the author

11^th prize (tie):

Oscar Palacios Bustamante (Mexico) - Camila Gines (Uruguay) - Raissa da Silva (Brazil) - Camila Silva Nicacio (Brazil) - Maria Matala (Greece) - Areej Abou Harb (Lebanon) - Dmitry Levchov (Russia) - Camila Caixeta (Brazil) - Sophia Rischbieter (Brazil) - Maya Puspita (Indonesia)

A comic book

21^st prize (tie):

Cristobal Vera (Chile) - Marina Pereira Lina (Brazil) - Ricardo Andrés López Suárez (Bolivia) - Serhat Yetimova (Turkey) -Douglas A. Rodriguez (Venezuela) - Maman Sadissou Laouali (Niger) - Beltamoro Patricio (Mozambique)  - Sana Gammoudi (Tunisia) - Alejandra Beltran (Mexico) - Youstina Esmat (Egypt)

A book from "Folio" publishing

And for everyone else:

In the light of the quality of the stories received, we have decided to give a prize to all other contestants: you will then receive a present from "France Alumni".

Thank you all!

The book "Ma France, témoignages d'Alumni" is available in PDF format (in French)!

You may download it by clicking the image below: