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 Google entry form individually
| Primary School Category: | https://forms.gle/BWUXkh35sBYLvNmz7 |
| Secondary School Category: | https://forms.gle/XDsiUPeR4cPadMvLA |
| College School Category: | https://forms.gle/nrLL9jpSGpfBgxoN6 |
- Group Entry: Teacher in-charge to fill in Group Entry Form and email to nacc@nak.org.sg
- Click to download the Group Entry Form.
Entry Form(s) must be submitted together with one recent passport-sized 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:
- 14 March 2025 (Friday).
- Late or incomplete submission will not be accepted.
4.Competition Date & Venue :
- 12 April 2025 (Sat) at Ngee Ann Secondary School (3rd Floor Multi-purpose Hall), 1 Tampines Street 32, Singapore 529283
5. Competition Time:
|
Primary Category |
10am – 11:30am |
|
Secondary Category |
1pm – 2pm |
|
College Category |
10am – 12pm |
6. Prizes:
|
Category |
Awards |
|
Primary School
|
1 Gold ($400 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
1 Silver ($300 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
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1 Bronze ($200 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
|
15 Excellence ($50 vouchers + 1 Certificate each) |
|
|
20 Shinning Stars ($30 vouchers + 1 Certificate each) |
|
|
Secondary School
|
1 Gold ($600 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
1 Silver ($400 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
|
1 Bronze ($250 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
|
15 Excellence ($70 vouchers + 1 Certificate each) |
|
|
20 Shinning Stars ($50 vouchers + 1 Certificate each) |
|
|
College (JC/Poly/Other Colleges)
|
1 Gold ($800 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
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1 Silver ($600 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
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1 Bronze ($300 Cash + 1 Plaque +1 Certificate) |
|
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15 Excellence ($90 vouchers + 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.
7.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 |
8.Stationery:
- NACC will provide the contest script, ink and 2 sheets of unfolded rice papers to each participant.
- Participants should bring other necessary stationeries.
9.Announcement of Competition Results:
- Results will be released on 17 April 2025 (Thu) through the event website and NACC’s Facebook.
10.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.
11. 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 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.