1. The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10 Briefing 8 October 2009 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Gifted Education Section, EDB

2. The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10 An annual event since 2005 To develop students’ high-order thinking skills and creativity To enhance students’ awareness and appreciation of poetry To provide students an opportunity to strive for excellence in the use of language and literature

3. Eligibility Primary Section (All primary schools) Secondary Section (All secondary schools) Open Section (All including international and ESF schools) All entries must be nominated by schools. Each school can nominate at most 20 entries, choosing any of the three sections The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

4. Primary Section Secondary Section Open Section Length (minimum) 12 lines16 lines20 lines Poetic form Poetic form is open but should exhibit rhyme, rhythm, imagery and structure. Poetic form is open but should exhibit rhyme, rhythm, imagery and structure, in addition, the use of poetic devices such as alliteration, simile and metaphor. The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

5. 16 Themes for the Primary Section Stationery Friends Festivals Family Food Seasons Fantasy Dream Favourite Things Toys Animals/Pets Hobbies The Holiday The Recess When I was… Once upon a time… The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

6. 20 Themes for the Secondary and Open Sections Miracles School Relationships Heroes Sports Achievement The Future Environment Memory Rules The Media Money Pain Guilt Competition My Place in the World Appearance and Reality A New World Natural Disaster War and Peace The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

7. Students can enter poems on any specified themes by the organiser and in any shape they like. Each poem must be given a title. All poems are judged anonymously and the name of the author must not appear on the manuscript. The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

8. Poems must not have been previously published, self-published or published on a website or broadcast before 1 June 2009. Poems must be the original work of the author. Any infringement of competition rules and regulations will disqualify the student from taking part in the competition or winning an award. The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

9. Student Entry Form Have the contestants give a title to their entries Never include school name or student name on the Student Entry Form Have the poems typed and printed in 14-pt Times New Roman Assign a number to each entry form in sequence, e.g. 1, 2, 3… Save all soft copies on to a disc The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

11. CD

12. Adjudication Phase One: Screening Judging Panel GE Teacher Network (Eng Lang) GE SectionNET Section

13. Adjudication Phase Two: Final judging and ranking the top 60 nominees Final adjudication Prof. Shirley LIM Geok-lin Dr. Gillian Bickley Prof. Joanna Radwanska Williams Mr. Nury Vittachi Prof. Jason Gleckman Mr. Martin Alexander

14. Interview Each interview will take approximately 10 minutes The nominees will share their views and writing experience to demonstrate the originality of their entries The interview will be video-taped

15. Prize Primary SectionSecondary Section Open Section FirstTrophy and $500 book coupon Trophy and $600 book coupon SecondTrophy and $300 book coupon Trophy and $400 book coupon ThirdTrophy and $200 book coupon Trophy and $300 book coupon FourthTrophy and $100 book coupon Trophy and $200 book coupon 5 th - 10 th Certificate of Merit 11 th - 20 th Certificate of Commendation The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

16. Certificate of The Poets of the School Award Authors of the best entries selected from schools nominating not less than 10 students. Entries of the winners have to demonstrate a high standard overall. The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

17. Important Dates

18. Application Deadline: 30 October 2009 School Application Form Provide the GE Section with your email for final-call reminder http://resources.edb.gov.hk/gifted/bpea/ The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

19. Workshops The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10 Dates are: Primary; 26th November (Thursday) Secondary; 27th November (Friday) Presenters will be; Prof. Shirley Geok-lin Lim, English Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara Prof. Kinglsey Bolton, English Department of The City University of Hong Kong

20. Submission of entries Deadline: 10 February 2010 Entry Record Form Student Entry Form Softcopy (CD) of all Student Entry Forms The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

21. Interviews Dates: 21 st, 22 nd and 23 rd April 2010 Time:3 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (approx.) Venue: Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

22. Prize-giving ceremony 29 May 2010 Saturday Award winners will be invited and present their award-winning poems The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

23. Assessment Criteria Criteria Use of Language Artistic Quality Expression of the Theme Construction

24. - Use of anthologies in the poetry classroom - Other anthologies The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

25. News and announcements http://resources.edb.gov.hk/gifted/bpea/ The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10

26. Enquiries: Dorothy LI Tel: 3698 3476 Email: dorothyli@edb.gov.hk Lily HO Tel: 3698 3489 Email: lilyho@edb.gov.hk The Hong Kong Budding Poets Award 2009/10