Details of Competition

Purpose:
 To boost students’ awareness of global issues, the international year declared by
the United Nations is adopted as our competition’s theme every year. The theme
of this year’s competition is International Year of the Reef, aiming to encourage
students to understand the value of, and threats to, coral reefs and associated
ecosystems, and raise students’ conservation awareness.
 To establish an international platform for students to express and share their
views on the theme with other participants around the world through art and
creativity.
Age Group (According to the Date of Birth of Participant):
Group 1 on or after 1-9-2012
Group 2 1-9-2009 to 31-8-2012
Group 3 1-9-2006 to 31-8-2009
Group 4 1-9-2003 to 31-8-2006
Group 5 1-9-1999 to 31-8-2003

Entry Requirements:
 Artwork can be made with various media and styles, including drawing, painting,
printmaking, collage, sculpture, three-dimensional construction, computer
graphic, or other technique (except materials which are peris hable, polluting, pest
attracting or stinking);
 Size of two-dimensional artwork: Up to 84 cm x 120 cm maximum;
 Size of three-dimensional artwork: Up to 84 cm x 100 cm x 120 cm maximum;
 Each entry should not be mounted, folded or rolled-up.
Rules:
 Each school should not submit more than 5 entries for each age group. Each
participant should not submit more than 1 entry (including team work entry). It is
not allowed to have more than 4 students in each team work entry;
 Artwork should not have been submitted to any other competitions or exhibitions.
If the artworks are submitted at the incorrect age group or any rules above are
being violated, eligibility of the participant will be terminated;
 All entries submitted will be retained for educational purposes and will not be
returned. The artwork and the copyright of all entries will belong to the
organizers.
Intellectual Property Rights:
All participants, their parents or guardians and principals should note and agree to the
following:
 No entries infringing intellectual property rights will be accepted. In cases when
the organizers, co-organizers or any related/affiliated organizations of the
Competition are put to any legal actions, demands, claims and costs arising from
the entries that are infringing intellectual property rights, the entrants concerned
 shall accept full liability and indemnify the organizers, co-organizers or any
related organizations of the Competition for all loss and damages; and
 The organizers retain the right to edit, alter, publish, or use any entries in any
forms for exhibition and educational purposes.
Adjudication Panel:
A panel of experts will be invited to select the artworks and to decide the results of the
Competition. The organizers will have the ultimate decision.

Criteria of Adjudication:
Including creativity, skill, expression of the theme of the artwork and participant’s
expressive capability.

Submission of Entries:
 Participants should download and fill the “Entry Form” (sheet 1). The form can be
downloaded here;
 Print out the “Entry Form” (sheet 2) and “Label of Entry” (sheet 3), and stick the
labels on the back of the artworks.
 Save the whole Excel file in a CD and submit it with the printed “Entry Form” and
entries to “Po Leung Kuk C W Chu College, Lung Hang Estate, Tai Wai, Sha Tin,
N.T., Hong Kong”, between 29th October and 9th November, 2018 inclusive,
from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, by mail or in person. Please state “2018 International
Year of the Reef Art and Design Competition (International Competition)” on the
envelope.
Awards:
1st Class Honours, 2nd Class Honours and 3rd Class Honours for each age group.
 1st Class Honours and 2nd Class Honours: Each will be awarded a trophy, a
certificate and a collection album of the awarded works of the Competition. The
awardee will also be invited to attend the Prize Presentation Ceremony.
 3rd Class Honours: Each will be awarded a certificate and a collection albu m of
the awarded works of the Competition.
 All entries awarded 1st or 2nd Class Honours will be published in the album “A
Collection of the Awarded Works of 2018 International Year of the Reef Art and
Design Competition”. The copyright of the album will belong to the organizers.
Announcement of the Results of Adjudication:
The results of adjudication will be announced on the Competition website and posted to
the participating schools directly on or before February, 2019. Each participating school
will also receive 5 certificates honouring its participants’ achievement. All schools are
given the discretion to choose the recipients to be awarded the certificates.

Prize Presentation Ceremony and Exhibition:

The ceremony and exhibition will be held on March 2019. Part of the outstanding entries
will be displayed at the exhibition. Details will be announced on or before February 2019.