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Children’s Book Trust Shankar’s International Children’s Competition 2017 : childrensbooktrust.com

Organisation : Children’s Book Trust
Competition Name : Shankar’s International Children’s Competition 2017
Application Last Date : October 31, 2017
Applicable For : Children All over World
Prize : President of India’s Gold Medal
Location : New Delhi
Contest Details : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/24298-SICC-Brochure.pdf
Home Page : http://childrensbooktrust.com/index.html

Children’s Competition :

1. The competition is open to children all over the world. They should have been born on or after January 1, 2002.

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2. There is no entry fee.
3. Competitors are free to choose the theme/subject they are interested in, or like most, for their paintings/drawings/writings.
4. Each entry should be certified by the parent/ guardian/teacher as the original, unaided work of the competitor done during 2017. Entries should be an individual effort and NOT a combined work.

5. Every entry should carry the following information in English and in BLOCK LETTERS, at the back of the painting/drawing, or at the end of the written work:
** First name/Last name (Do not give expanded names)
** Boy or Girl
** Date of Birth
** Nationality
** Full postal address
** email ID and mobile number
** Subject/title of the entry

6. No entry will be returned. The copyright of all entries will rest with Shankar’s International Children’s Competition.

7. All packets should be pre-paid/adequately stamped and mailed directly to reach:
Shankar’s International Children’s Competition
Nehru House
4 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi-110002
8. Entries sent by air cargo will not be accepted.
9. The last date for receipt of Indian entries is October 31, 2017 and of foreign entries is December 31, 2017.

Paintings/Drawings :
10. The drawings can be in any medium. Computer printouts/ lino-cuts/batiks/scanned images will not be accepted.
11. The size of each entry should not be less than 30 x 40 cm.
12. A competitor may submit any number of entries. They should NOT be mounted/framed.

Written Work :
13. Only entries in ENGLISH will be considered.Translations from other languages do not qualify for the competition.
14. Entries may be in the form of poems, plays, short stories, essays, descriptive writing, and the like.
15. A competitior may submit any number of entries. They should be in a neat handwriting or typed. Written entries can also be mailed in MsWord format at sicc.cbt @ gmail.com.PR

Prizes :
16. The entries will be judged by the organizers with the help of a jury. The judges’ decision will be final.

17. The following prizes are offered:
i. The President of India’s Gold Medal for the best painting/drawing.
ii. The Shankar’s Award for the best written work.
iii. 15 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Gold Medals for the next best paintings/drawings/written work.
iv. About 300 Silver Medals and 300 prizes.

18. Results will be announced in September 2018. Prizewinners will be informed individually.
19. The best entries will be published in Shankar’s Children’s Art Number, Volume 59. Selected entries will also appear in the monthly magazine for children, Children’s World.

20. All competitors are entitled to a copy of the Art Number, Volume 59, at a concessional price. They can reserve their copies by mailing the attached coupon.

This post was last modified on December 31, 2022 1:09 PM

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    • Information available from the Official Website :
      Competitors are free to choose the theme/subject they are interested in, or like most, for their paintings/drawings/writings.

    • Information available from the Official Website :

      All packets should be pre-paid/adequately stamped and mailed directly to reach:
      Shankar’s International Children’s Competition
      Nehru House
      4 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
      New Delhi-110002

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