[Contest]2020 English Book Cover Design Contest

  • 2020-02-20
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2020 English Book Cover Design Contest

 

A.Qualifications: Students at Asia University

B.Contest theme: Book Cover Design for Readers in General English Class

C.Important dates:

Call for works:  Mar. 9th (Mon.) ~ Apr. 17th (Fri.)

Result announcement:  May 6th (Wed.)

Award ceremony:  May 13th (Wed.)  

D.Regulations:

  1. The book cover design must address to one of the graded readers from “The 107-108 Academic Year Graded Reader List” (Appendix 1)
  2. Based on the reader’s storyline to design a cover, and write a 100-120 words description to explain the design in English.
  3. The cover should contain front cover, back cover and the original book title (Book spine is optional).  
  4. The English words applied in the design must integrate into the design.
  5. Both the English description and the photo/illustration applied in the design must be original. (Photo could be modified.) The 1st page: The book title and the photo/illustration are required to be presented together as an A4 size(29.7cm*21.0cm) book cover design (Both sizes of front cover and back cover are A5). The 2nd page: 100-120 words description to explain the design in English (A4 size). Contestants should turn in the book cover (2 pages) as a PDF file.
  6. For the required photo/illustration, you may use either a) photo, b) craft art, or c) illustration, which should be taken or created by yourself.
  7. At the right bottom corner of each page, please include the following words: “2020 English Book Cover Design Contest.”
  8. This is an individual contest; each student can submit only one work.
  9. The contest contains two groups: 1. International Group (DFLL students, international students, General English AU1&AU2 level students and EGSP – Advanced level students are included) and 2. Local Group (General English AU3, AU4 and AU5 level students and EGSP – Intermediate level students). Students who got a TOEIC score over 600 should join International Group.
  10. General English and EGSP Instructors can recommend up to 5 students/ per class to register the contest.

E.On-line Registration, please follow the following steps:

Step 1. Scan the QR code below or go to the registration link, (Local Group) & (International Group) and fill in register information. (You need to log in with your Google account)

Step.2 Submit your completed work to the link. 

*2020 English Book Cover Design Contest (Local Group) Registration Link：

 

         https://bit.ly/2QSslde

      * 2020 English Book Cover Design Contest (International Group) Registration Link：   

 

      https://bit.ly/2QV2HET

 

F.Notification:

  1. Since this is an EFL contest and the focus is to motivate students who live in countries where English is a foreign language, if participants come from a country where one of the official languages is English (or the participant has a passport from a country where English is an official language), that student cannot participate in the contest.
  2. If there is any dispute regarding the regulations, the competition judges will have a meeting for resolution, and the decisions and revised regulations will be announced by the organizer online.
  3. If the judges find either the message or the photo/illustration is plagiarized, the work will be disqualified.
  4. If the organizer finds any winning work is plagiarized, participants’ award will be canceled and prizes will be recovered.
  5. If the judges find the content harms another’s reputation or contains any disturbing images (violence, nudity, or sexual content), the work will be disqualified. 
  6. Contestant please be careful with the contest regulations. If the work does not follow the regulations, the work won’t be accepted to the final round.

G.Criteria:

 

English composition ability (35%)

Accuracy of English in design description

Creativity (20%)

Creativity shown in the cover design

Overall presentation (25%)

Coordination between book title and photo/illustration applied in the design; the completeness of design description

Photography/Illustration (20%)

Photo’s/illustration’s quality & uniqueness

 

H.Prizes:

Each Group will have 1st, 2nd, 3rd prize and 6 Outstanding Awards.

First prize: NT$ 1,200 & certificate.

Second prize: NT$ 1,000 & certificate.

Third prize: NT$ 800 & certificate.

Outstanding Award (6 people): NT$300 & certificate

 

More details about English Book Cover Design Contest are available on CDLTR website (http://cltr.asia.edu.tw)). If there are questions, ask CDLTR staff at M201 in person.

 

Organizer: Center for the Development of Language Teaching and Research, International College

Co-organizer: Office of Higher Education Sprout Project