Rules & Regulations of Ngee Ann National Students’ Calligraphy Competition 2024

1. Categories: a) Primary School;  b) Secondary School;   c) College (JC/Poly/Other Colleges);

  • The competition is open to all students in Singapore. No fee is required.
  • Students from Private Education, Integrated Programme or Special Education can participate in the respective category based on age.

2. Submission of Entry Form:

  • Individual Entry: Student to fill in online form individually
  • Group Entry: Teacher in-charge to fill in Group Entry Form and email to nacc@nak.org.sg

 Above mentioned forms can be downloaded via the Event Website, NACC Facebook page:

Entry Form(s) must be submitted together with one recent photograph of the student (do name the portrait image with applicant’s name or write the name of the applicant on the back of the photo print).

3. Registration Closing Date:

  •     1 March 2024 (Friday). Please email the Entry Form(s) to nacc@nak.org.sg.
  •     Late or incomplete submission will not be accepted.

4.Date/ Venue of the Competition: 

  •      30 March 2024 (Sat) at Ngee Ann Secondary School (3rd Floor Multi-purpose Hall), 1 Tampines Street 32, Singapore 529283

5.Prizes:

Category

Awards

Primary School

 

 

 

 

1 Gold ($400 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

1 Silver ($300 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

1 Bronze ($200 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

15 Excellence ($50 + 1 Certificate each)

20 Shinning Stars ($30 vouchers + 1 Certificate each)

Secondary School

 

 

 

 

1 Gold ($600 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

1 Silver ($400 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

1 Bronze ($250 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

15 Excellence ($70 + 1 Certificate each)

20 Shinning Stars ($50 vouchers + 1 Certificate each)

College

(JC/Poly/Other

Colleges)

 

1 Gold ($800 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

1 Silver ($600 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

1 Bronze ($300 + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate)

15 Excellence ($90 + 1 Certificate each)

School Award

Proactive Participation Award : 1 Plaque for each category

 

*Each participant who attends the competition will receive a Certificate of Participation.

6.Requirements:

  •  Each participant is required to complete ONE piece of calligraphy work with their preferred script style. The Organiser will provide the contest script and rice paper.

Category

Time Frame

No. of Chinese characters

Primary School

1.5 hrs

20

Secondary School

2 hrs

28

College

40

 

7.Stationery:

  • NACC will provide the contest script, ink and 2 sheets of unfolded rice papers to each participant.
  • Participants should bring other necessary stationeries.

8.Announcement of Competition Results:

  • Results will be released on 5 April 2024 (Fri) through the event website and NACC’s Facebook.

9.All winning and selected artworks:

  • NACC will notify the winners to collect prizes on the designated date and time.
  • Will be owned by of the Organiser, who has the rights to reproduce them in any form for publicity or other purposes.

10. The Organiser and the panel of Judges reserve the right:

  • to revoke the award should the individual winner fails to collect the prizes without any valid reason.
  • not to grant any of the Awards, should the entries fail, in the judges’ opinion, to meet the standards.
  • to cancel the event if the response does not meet the expectation.
  • to amend the rules and regulations without prior notice.
  • to reject competition applications that fail to meet the entry requirements.
  • to decide the winning entries without citing any reasons.