Essay Writing Contest 2010

Contest Guidelines

In line with Walong Filipina’s aim of creating awareness of environmental issues through art, the Walong Filipina Essay Writing Contest aims to encourage student viewers to appreciate and understand the exhibit, and become inspired enough to write about it, their feelings about it, what they think needs to be done, and what they can do the help heal the earth.

The contest also aims to contribute to developing young writers, who will develop and mature into fully engaged competent and informed observers, teachers and critics of art.

The essays we are looking for will address, refer or respond to the exhibit Walong Filipina 2010: Sa Ngalan ng Kalikasan III which was exhibited in Quezon City and Dagupan City earlier this year, and will be exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from October 14 to November 28, 2010. The Contest is open to all college undergraduate students.

I.Who can join and how?

The contest is open to all individual college undergraduate students.
Contestants should have seen the exhibit, and signed the attendance sheet.
Contestants should register and fill up an entry form available at the CCP Visual Arts and Museo Division (VAMD) and the CCP website, and also at Liongoren Gallery (111 New York Street, Cubao, QC) and the UP Department of Art Studies office (2nd Flr UP Faculty Center, Diliman, QC).
This entry form will be attached to the submitted essay and will serve as the contestant’s duly signed certificate of originality.
Entry forms should be accompanied with any proof of enrolment, such as the enrolment form or certification from the school.
II. Writing and submitting the essay:



After viewing the exhibit, contestants can do their library and online research, request interviews with artists and honorees, among others. The essay will be written individually. Essays written by more than one author will not be accepted.
Submit an essay, in English, of not more than 1,500 words, Arial 12pt, double-space, and printed on letter-size paper (8½ by 11 inches) or A4 paper.
The essay should be placed in a short folder together with the entry form and proof of enrollment. The folder should be labeled with the student’s name and school.
Submit entry at the CCP VAMD, 4th Floor, Cultural Center of the Philippines from Tuesdays to Fridays 9:00am-6:00pm. For inquiries, call CCP Visual Arts at 8323702 or 8321125 locals 1504/1505.
Submission period of walk-in entries will be from November 9-26, 2010.

The deadline on Friday, November 26 at 6:00pm is final and will be strictly observed.

Entries sent by post or door-to-door courier will be accepted as long as they are properly labeled and placed in a folder with the required entry form and proof of enrollment, and should be received by the CCP on or before November 30. Emailed submissions will not be accepted.

IV. Judgment Criteria

Entries will be judged according to the following criteria:

Substance, originality, analysis – 70%

Development and coherence – 15%

Style and presentation – 15%

IV. Selection and announcement of winners:

There will be a total of seven (7) finalists, from which two (2) top winners will be chosen

All decisions of the Panel of Jurors, including the First Screening, shall be final

Winners shall be informed by email and SMS

Winners or his/her authorized representative are strongly encouraged to attend the awarding ceremony on December 09 6:00pm to be held at the Main Gallery of the CCP to personally receive their prize.

V. Prizes:

Winning entries will be published in the CCP website and other sites endorsed and sponsored by Liongoren Gallery and UP Art Studies.

1st Prize Php10, 000.00

Certificate of Merit for the Student

2nd Prize Php5, 000

Certificate of Merit for the Student

Five (5) Special Citations Php P1, 000 each

Certificate of Merit for the Student