Shankar’s International Children’s Competition.

• The competition is open to children all over 
• the world below the age of 16 years.
• There is no entry fee.
• Competitors are free to choose the 
• theme/subject they are interested in, 
• or like most, for their paintings/drawings/writings.
• Each entry should be certified by the
•  parent/guardian/teacher as the original, 
• unaided work of the competitor done 
• during the previous year. Entries should be an 
• individual effort and NOT a combined work.
• Every entry should carry the following 
• information in English and in BLOCK LETTERS, 
• at the back of the painting/drawing or at the 
• end of the written work:
  * First Name/Last Name
  * Surname
  * Boy or Girl
  * Date of birth
  * Nationality
  * Full postal address
  * email ID and mobile number
  * Subject/title of the entry
• No entry will be returned. The copyright 
• of all entries will rest with Shankar’s 
• International Children’s Competition.
• All packets should be pre-paid/adequately 
• stamped and mailed directly to reach: 
• Shankar’s International Children’s Competition
  Nehru House
  4, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
  New Delhi - 110 002
• Entries sent by air cargo will not be accepted.
• The last date for receipt of Indian entries is 
• October 31 and of foreign entries is December 31.

PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS

• The drawings can be in any medium. 
• Computer printouts/lino-cuts/batiks/scanned
•  images will not be accepted.
• The size of each entry should NOT be 
• less than 30 x 40 cm.
• A competitor may submit any number 
• of entries. They should NOT be mounted/framed.

WRITTEN WORK

• Only entries in ENGLISH will be considered. 
• Translations from other languages do not 
• qualify for the competition.
• Entries may be in the form of poems, plays, 
• short stories, essays, descriptive writing, and the like.
• A competitor may submit any number of entries. 
• They should be in a neat handwriting or typed.
• Written entries can also be mailed in 
• MsWord format at sicc.cbt@gmail.com.

PRIZES

• The entries will be judged by the 
• organizers with the help of a jury. T
• he judges' decision will be final.
• The following prizes are offered:
  • The President of India's Gold Medal 
  • for the best painting/drawing.
  • The Shankar's Award for the best 
  • written work.
  • 15 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Gold 
  • Medals for the next best paintings/drawings/written work.
  • About 300 Silver Medals and 300 prizes.
  • Certificates of Merit to deserving entries.
• Results will be announced in September. Prize 
• winners will be informed individually.
• The best entries will be published in Shankar’s 
• Children’s Art Number. Selected entries will also appear in the monthly magazine for children, Children’s World.

All competitors are entitled to a copy of the Art Number,  at a concessional price. They can reserve their copies by mailing the attached coupon.

The competition is now open. Entries are invited for the same.

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