Creative Horizons - Paper Plane

2012 PAPER PLANES

Let Your Words Take Flight!

(A Creative Writing Contest)

CREATIVE HORIZONS presents our annual

creative writing contest – PAPER PLANES!!!

· Do you have the power of words?

· Can you spin an original tale?

If you fancy your answers to the above questions are ‘YES!’ then we invite you to take up the challenge of becoming one of our PAPER PLANES CHAMPIONS!!!

Award winners may incorporate their winning stories in their portfolios for their

Direct Schools Admission (DSA)

All application forms must be submitted online at http://www.creativehorizons.com.sg/paper_planes_form.php

by 25^th May 2012

JUDGES

1. Mr Peter Lim

Writer and media consultant, former Editor-in-Chief of Singapore Press Holdings, columnist for The New Paper

2. AP KIRPAL SINGH

Associate Professor of English Literature and Creative Thinking at SMU, literary and cultural critic, published poet

3. MS JANELLE TAN

Alumni of Creative Horizons 2002-2010

Champion of Paper Planes 2010

(Upper Secondary)

PRIZES

Champions:

·       $300 (Lower Primary)

·       $400 (Middle & Upper Primary)

·       $500 (Lower & Upper Secondary)

·       $100 Creative Horizons vouchers (all categories)

Runners-Up:

·       $150 (Lower Primary)

·       $200 (Middle & Upper Primary)

·       $250 (Lower & Upper Secondary)

·       $100 Creative Horizons vouchers (all categories)

Merit Award Winners:

·       $30 (Lower Primary)

·       $40 (Middle & Upper Primary)

·       $50 (Lower & Upper Secondary)

·       $100 Creative Horizons vouchers (all categories)

Rules:

1.       All contestants must be at Creative Horizons Language Centre by stipulated time. (Refer to Application Form for specific dates and times for each category.)

2.       Titles for essays will be given at the start of the contest.

3.       Contestants will be given a strict time limit in which to complete the stories (1 hour for Lower and Middle Primary levels and 1 hour 30 minutes for Upper Primary and Secondary levels).

4.       15 shortlisted stories from each category will be available online for the general public to read and vote for their favourite. The 10 stories per category with the highest votes will be given to the judges for final selection. (The organizers reserve the right to select 2 stories per category which might not have received high votes for judges’ consideration.)

5.       Refer to www.creativehorizons.com.sg/paper_plane.php to read 15 shortlisted entries and vote for your favourite. All 15 shortlisted entrants will be notified before stories are uploaded.

6.       Winning entries will be selected by the panel of judges. No prizes will be awarded if stories do not meet a certain standard.

7.       Winners will be notified by post. There will be a prize presentation ceremony.

8.       Creative Horizons holds the copyright to all stories written during the contest.

Important Dates:

Contests:

·       5 June 2012 (Tuesday) at 9.30am

·       5 June 2012 (Tuesday) at 6pm

·       7 June 2012 (Thursday) at 6pm

·       9 June 2012 (Saturday) at 9.30am

Online announcement of 15 shortlisted entries for public voting:

·       14 June 2012 (Thursday) at 12am

Voting:

·       14 June 2012 (Thursday) at 12am – 24 June 2012 (Sunday) at 12am

Online announcement of 10 shortlisted entries for judges’ consideration:

·       27 June 2012 (Thursday) at 12am

Judging:

·       27 June 2012 (Thursday) at 3pm

Prize giving ceremony:

·       29 July 2012 (Sunday) at 7pm

*All dates are subject to change at organiser’s discretion. Affected contestants will be informed ahead of time should any changes occur.