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| Application Guide Topic Themes Japanese Art / Creative Experience / Art and Life 2024 Application Deadline: Monday, September 30, 2024 Announcement of Results: March,2025 (online) Awards: Grand Prize – 1 to 3 entries / Award for Excellence – 5 to 10 entries / Winning Entries – 10 to 20 entries The winners will receive certificates, art material the sponsor provided, and some university gifts. Rules Applicants must be high school students or students attending a public institution equivalent to an upper secondary school (in Japan, mostly ranging ages from 15 to 18 years old) at the time of the application. The essay must be written by the individual within 1000 words in English. Please give each essay a title. You may think and write logically about the topic like a short thesis. You may talk about your personal feelings as you might when reminiscing. You may also focus on reporting a topic as would a journalist. Although “Art” will be assumed to describe visual arts focused on art and design, the essay writer is free to define art according to his or her own view. Procedures for Applying [0] Visit the Art Writer Award for High School Students website Get information about the award, review the awarded essays, and consider what you will write about. [1] Write your original essay Find a theme, research it, record it, and think about it. Write your thoughts on art in English within 1000 words. Please review what you have written and seek advice from friends and teachers to improve it. [2] Start Submission Once you have completed your essay, read the instructions on this page carefully and click “Go to Application Form”. [3] Fill in the applicant information You can save your answers anytime by clicking the "Save" button at the bottom right of the page. [4] Fill in the title and main text of your essay. We recommend pasting text written in other applications into the textbox. Subheadings should be placed in [ ] to distinguish them from sentences. Notes on Quotes Please refer to the Application Guide(PDF) for details. [5] Upload image files you want to include in your essay. Up to 5 images can be uploaded. Give the image a file name from Figure 1 to Figure 5. Write a caption for the uploaded figures. The caption includes the title of the figure, its descriptions and its source. Please refer to the Application Guide(PDF) for more detailed examples. [6] List of references: Please list the source of any quoted or referenced texts (books, websites, etc.). Please refer to the Application Guide(PDF) for more detailed examples. [7] Questions Please answer the questions to improve our contest. [8] Submission After all entries are completed, press the “Save” button, check that all entries are correct, and then press the “Submit” button. You will receive a Submission Completion e-mail. You can download a PDF file of your submission from the Submission Completion screen and the Submission Completion e-mail. Notes on Personal Information Information submitted through the online application form will be encrypted and safely stored. Any personal information submitted will be strictly managed and controlled and will only be used for this contest and research for its development. The University of Tsukuba's School of Art and Design will hold the copyright of all submitted essays. The University of Tsukuba may publicize essays as published material or over the internet. Note that if the contest host decides to display a submitted essay publicly, the work may be presented with images removed for copyright reasons. |
Application information Recruitment theme Japanese art / Production experience / Art & Life 2024 Application deadline: Monday, September 2024, 9 Results announcement February 2025 on the web (planned) Award (Certificate, art supplies provided by partner companies, commemorative gifts from the university) Grand Prize 1 to 3 works / Excellence Award 5 to 10 works / Selected works 10 to 20 works Entry conditions Applicants must be students (mainly 15 to 18 years old in Japan) enrolled in high school or equivalent public educational institutions at the time of application. Essay written by an individual in English, within 1000 words. Please give your own title. It doesn't matter if you set a topic and think about it logically like in an essay, if you mainly talk about your personal thoughts like in an experience report or essay, or if you focus on conveying your message like in a magazine or newspaper article. does not matter. The scope of "art" is assumed to be visual art centered on fine art and design, but the author is free to use his or her own judgment. Application procedure [0] Check out the High School Student Art Writer Award website Understand the contest, learn from past winners, and think about what you want to write. [1] Write your own essay Decide on a theme, research it, record it, and think about it. Please write your thoughts on art in English within 1000 words. Once you have written it, review it carefully, ask friends and teachers for advice, and revise it thoroughly. [2] Start application Once you have completed your essay, please read the instructions on this page carefully."Go To Application Form"Click. [3] Enter applicant information If you wish to temporarily save your information while filling it out, you can do so at any time by clicking the "Save" button at the bottom right of the form. [4] Enter the title and body of the essay We recommend that you complete your essay in another application and then enter it into the form. Subheadings should be enclosed in [ ] to distinguish them from the main text. About citation For more information,Application guide (PDF)Please refer to. [5] Upload the image file you want to post You can upload up to 5 image files. Please name the files from "Figure 1" to "Figure 5". Please enter a caption for the figure you uploaded. The caption includes the title, description, and source of the illustration. Application guide (PDF)Please refer to the following for a specific example. [6] List of references Please enter a list of materials you have cited or referred to (books, websites, etc.). Application guide (PDF)Please refer to the following for a specific example. [7] Question Please answer the following questions to improve the contest. [8] Submission When you have completed all entries, press the "Save" button, check that there are no mistakes in the information, and then press the "Submit" button. You will receive an email confirming submission completion. You can download a PDF file of the submitted content from the submission completion screen and submission completion email. Privacy Policy Information submitted through the Internet application form is encrypted and secure. The personal information you submit will be strictly managed and used only for research for this contest and its development. The copyright of the submitted manuscript belongs to the College of Art, University of Tsukuba. Submitted manuscripts may be published in publications or on the Internet. When the contest organizers publish submitted texts, they may remove photos, etc. due to image copyright issues. |