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ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION JUNIOR A School ofthe ~¥~ Brothers

REF: SJIJ/2019/02/904

Date: 8 February 2019

Dear Parents I Guardians,

RE : 2019 Tales of'S' eBook Competition

The above competition, organised by Civica, is open to all primary school students.

Objective: This year, the students are challenged to write an original short story to match the theme 'Voyage of Discovery'. The story can involve any type of discovery- could be personal and/or physical- e.g. a new planet, species (on Earth or elsewhere), hidden treasure, family history, self-realization, scientific/medical breakthrough, lost civilisation, uncharted land or the ocean floor, untapped potential. The story should show imagination, creativity and contain the unexpected!

What is in store? • Civica will publish the winning entries as an eBook of short stories, and also as a limited edition print copy. • Winning authors will be presented with a copy of the limited print edition and a Young Writer's Award certificate from Civica.

Guidelines: As the published eBook will be available across all school libraries, the content must be suitable for all ages. Inappropriate content such as excessive violence, may result in the submission being disqualified.

• Each submission should be written by a single author only. • Word limitation: 750 words

Each entry should have a cover sheet attached which should include the following: • Title of the story • Name of the student (as in BC) • Birthdate of the student • Nationality of the student (as in the student's passport) • Class • School's Name

3 Essex Road, Singapore 309331 • 6255 2700 (Tel) • 6255 7455 (Fax) • www.sjijunior.edu.sg • sjijunior@moe.edu.sg

ST. MICHAEL'S CAMPUS

Evaluation and Criteria Submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria: • Understanding of the theme • Creativity • Quality of language and style • Structure of the storyline The judging panels will comprise of representatives from Civica Management, and the Ministry of Education.

Endorsement • The school will receive all entries. We will then shortlist only 20 entries and

submit to Civica on behalf of all the students. The school's decision is final. Do note that the school WILL NOT be editing the students' entries.

Full Rights I Permission Parents of students must:

• give Civica the full rights I permission of the submission content • sign the Copyright Agreement form. The original copy of this must be

submitted to Civica along with the student's work.

Submission deadline The deadline for submission will be 22 March 2019. Submission must be made as a word document, using Microsoft Word 2003 or later. Entries must be submitted to the undersigned at lim_poh_gek_delphine@moe.edu.sg.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

' ~ r--,.------. Mrs Delphine Minjoot Library Co-ordinator

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Mrs Y Asogan Senior Teacher English Language

COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT

(All authors must submit an original copy of this signed Copyright Agreement with their entry)

Organiser: Civica Pte Ltd .

Event : 2019 Tales of'S' eBook Competition- Voyage of Discovery

Name of the story submitted:-- ----- ------------- -

Student Name: (in full) - - ------------------ --

Student Date of Birth: --------------

Student Nationality (as in passport) : _ ____________ _

School : - ------- ------------- Class: ______ _

Suggested name for 2019 Tales of'S' eBook: - ----- -----------------

We the undersigned, as parents or legal guardians of the author or artist, certifying

that our child is the sole owner of the copyright of the above mentioned article, hereby

grant permission to Civica Pte. Ltd to reprint, publish and use for world distribution the story

and/or illustration(s) submitted as entry to the competition, 2019 Tales of'S' eBook

Competition- Voyage of Discovery, by our child .

This material may be used for marketing purposes and iri the case of winning entries, the

publication of the material in the form of a book in electronic and hard and/or soft cover

versions.

We understand that Civica Pte Ltd will provide credit to the author/artist in any publication .

Civica may, for good consideration, at any time in the future produce the publication for

commercial sale.

We also grant permission to Civica Pte Ltd to undertake any editing or reformatting of the

materials as required in order to suit the intended purposes of the publications or marketing

materials.

Parent Name : ----------- ----- - ­Parent NRIC : --------------------Date : _____ ________ ______ _

Parent Signature:------------------

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