Philippine Kana Competition: 6th [Digital] Philippine Kana Art Competition 2022

The Japanese Studies Program of the Ateneo de Manila University

invites everyone to participate in

6th [Digital] Philippine Kana Art Competition 2022

I. Categories:

A. Junior Division: ONLY ONE OF THE Hiragana CHARACTERS
は、ひ、ふ、へ、ほ *

* this includes characters

ば、び、ぶ、べ、ぼ、ぱ、ぴ、ぷ、ぺ、ぽ

ひゃ、ひゅ、ひょ、ぴゃ、ぴゅ、ぴょ、びゃ、びゅ、びょ

B. Open Division: ONLY ONE OF THE Katakana CHARACTERS

ハ、ヒ、フ、へ、ホ *

* this includes characters

バ、ビ、ブ、ベ、ボ、パ、ピ、プ、ペ、ポ

ヒャ、ヒュ、ヒョ、ピャ、ピュ、ピョ、ビャ、ビュ、ビョ

II. Who may join?

A. Junior Division: Elementary to Senior High School Students

B. Open Division: College/University Students and Professionals

III. Mechanics

1. Draw and make your own original “word associated kana character”
in an A4-size paper (Orientation can be portrait or landscape)

2. One character = one entry

3. Write a simple sentence on how to remember the chosen character
via word association. This can be typewritten and saved as a separate
word file.

4. The associated word must be in Japanese.

5. Any medium for the entry is welcome (i.e. digital art, watercolor, pencil drawing, mix-media, etc.)

6. Digital art, scanned or photographed entries must be AT LEAST 100 dpi

to ensure that the entry is clear for judging.

7. Nothing should be written on the artwork.

8. All artworks must be submitted via the google form on or before 6 March 2022

9. A contestant can submit multiple entries BUT must submit a different entry form for each entry.

Entry form

The entry form will request for the following information

Category (Junior Category / Open Category)

Full name:

School / Affiliation: (e.g. Ateneo de Manila University, Freelance Artist, Unemployed)

Contact Information: (Cellphone number and email)

FOR JUNIOR CATEGORY ENTRANTS

Since there will be a prize money that will be be sent to the winners, the Japanese Studies Program

needs to send this to your Legal Guardian for safety purposes

Full name of Guardian

Contact Information of Guardian (Cellphone number and email):

Filename format: (Lastname-Art.jpeg/tiff/etc)
EXAMPLE: delacruz-art.jpeg

You need to identify the kana character of your submission

For the sentence description, the entrant can choose to input the text directly on the form

or upload a word file with the following Filename format

Filename format:(Lastname-Text.doc/etc)
EXAMPLE: delacruz-text.doc

9. The Japanese Studies Program reserves the right to use
and exhibit submitted entries for non-profit purposes.

IV. Dates to Remember

a) Last day of submission: 6 March 2022

b) Date of Announcement of Winners: April 2022

V. Criteria for Judging Criteria

1. Interpretation and the clarity of the theme to the viewer
(letter, sentence description and motif) 30%

2. Creativity and originality of the depicted theme. 30%

3. Quality of artistic composition and overall design based
on the theme. 30%

4. Overall impression of the art (the artwork stand on its own
as a complete and outstanding work of art) 10%

Some reasons for not being selected;

1. Poor color or image quality. the colors are not balanced,
are washed out and are not representative of the original
colors of the art. These images will be passed over quickly
as they will not show well on the site.

2. Sloppiness. Works that are framed, are crooked, show
backgrounds, watermarks or large and oversized artist
signatures.

3. Incomplete or poorly written submission materials.
Submission with forms (written explanation on the letter art)
that are incomplete, poorly written or need to be updated
or summarized.

VI. Awarding of Prizes

A: Junior Division

1st Place Winner – 5000 pesos, Prize pack

2nd Place Winner – 3000 pesos, Prize pack

3rd Place Winner – 2000 pesos, Prize pack

B: Open Division

1st Place Winner – 10000 pesos, Prize pack

2nd Place Winner – 7500 pesos, Prize pack

3rd Place Winner – 5000 pesos, Prize pack

VII: Inquiries

Please email japanese.soss@ateneo.edu
with the subject line: Kanakom

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