Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition 2013

Deadline: 14 June 2013

Each School should fill in one application form for all participants and submit writing before June 2013 to the following address: Unit 01, 11/F, Kowloon Plaza, No. 485, Castle Peak Road, Kowloon. Title: Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition – 2012-2013. Results will be released in July 2013.

JUDGING CRITERIA:

• Content - 30%
• Language - 30%
• Organization - 30%
• Tone - 10%

AWARD:

•  Best Writer (Gold / Silver / Bronze) - individual
• Most Creative (Gold / Silver / Bronze) - individual 
• Most Enthusiastic (Gold / Silver / Bronze - school
• All schools will be granted a certificate of participation

TIMETABLE:

• January 2013 – June 2013: Writing Submission
• June 2013: Writing Judgment
• July 2013: Competition Results

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

•  The writing competition is subject to the following terms and conditions. By entering this competition entrants are deemed to have accepted all the terms and conditions. 
• The writing competition is open to learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) or English. Students from S.1 to S.3 are eligible for the ‘Junior Division’. Students from S.4 to S.6 are eligible for the ‘Senior Division’. 
• The organiser reserves the right to require proof of consent – if applicable. 
• Contact details and all other mandatory fields must be completed. All entries must be submitted before June 14, 2013.
• Entries received after the deadline will not be considered. Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. will not accept responsibility for any entries that are corrupt, damaged, lost or inaccessible. 
• Entries into the ‘Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition (2012 - 2013)’ must be the ‘original work’ of the people submitting the entry and must not contain any third party content. Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. will not be responsible for breach of any copyright or other third party rights by entrants. 
•  At the discretion of the ‘competition organiser’, entries containing defamatory, offensive, obscene, inappropriate or illegal content will be disqualified. 
•  The winning entries will be chosen by a panel of judges. The panel will include representatives from Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. 
•  The winners will be selected based on the ‘judging criteria’ outlined. 
•  The judges’ decisions are final (irrefutable) and no correspondence will be entered into. 
•  Winners will be notified by telephone or email. A list of the prize winners will be published on the Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. website. 
• Prizes are not transferable and cannot be sold. The competition organisers reserve the right to substitute, in their reasonable discretion, any prize with a prize of equal value. No cash alternatives will be offered as prizes. 
• The Entrant shall retain all ownership rights in any entry to Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition 2012 - 2013. However, by submitting the entry, the Entrant grants the Organizer a universal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, adapt, reformat, translate and otherwise exploit and perform all or any portion of the Entry for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, in connection with promotion of the Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. and Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition 2012 - 2013 activities in any and all media formats and through any and all media distribution, advertising and promotional purposes without accounting, notification, credit or other obligation to the Entrant. Entrants further agree that the Competition Organizers may edit and manipulate the content of the Entry for operational and editorial reasons provided this is not to the detriment of the Entrant’s character or reputation. 
• By entering, any subsequent prize winners agree to allow, and consent to, Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. and Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition (2012 - 2013) use of, and right to publish, entrant’s name, photographs, images, all personal and other information (including general locations) for purposes of Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. and Hong Kong Secondary School English Writing Competition (2012 - 2013) publicity, promotional and news purposes (including use in printed publications, editorial and PR activities, and websites) related to this competition. 
• Synergy Education Provider Co. Ltd. reserves the right to cancel or amend the terms and conditions without prior notice in the event that unforeseen circumstances make changes necessary. All amendments will be published on: www.synedu.com 
• Any information that we collect will be used for internal use only.

Download: application form

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: Unit 01, 11/F, Kowloon Plaza, No. 485, Castle Peak Road, Kowloon

Website: http://www.synedu.com/