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Guidelines

1. Stories must be EXACTLY 55 words. No more. No less. Flouting this rule disqualifies your story!
2. All entries need to be posted on the official All In! Facebook page.
3. You can submit up to three entries! Subsequent entries will not be considered, no matter how awesome they are.
4. Your title should not be part of your word count.
5. Contractions count as one word. Hyphenated words are one word too.
6. Inappropriate posts or comments will be deleted (vulgarity, swearing and all that sort are unacceptable).
7. Your post should end with “By [Name to be listed in the registration for the All In! Festival]” and the school where you are from.
8. No (explicit) sexual content is allowed.
9. Open to anyone 13 – 25 years of age. The closing date for submission is 20 February 2017, 6:00pm.
10. All prizes must be claimed within 60 days after the Festival. If unclaimed, organisers with consider the prizes as forfeited.

Categories

The competition consists of the following categories:

1. Judges’ Choice, where a panel of judges will decide on winning entries
2. Popular Choice, where the entries with the most Facebook likes win 

Prizes

The following prizes will be awarded for each Judges’ Choice and Popular Choice categories:

1st Prize: A goody bag worth $200 (including a full version of Scrivener) and a complimentary 1-day pass to All In! 2017
2nd Prize: A goody bag worth $100, and a complimentary 1-day pass to All In! 2017

The winners will be informed by 6 March 2017.

Past Entries

2016 Entries | 2015 Entries | 2014 Judges’ Choice | 2014 Popular Choice | 2013 Entries

Post Your Stories Closed!

Guidelines

1. Stories must be written as one sentence with EXACTLY 10 words. 
2. The 10 words should include the word “Coffee”. This means there are 9 words you can add to form the one-sentence story!
3. All entries need to be posted on the official All In! Facebook page.
4. This competition will only be open for one week!
5. You can submit up to three entries!
6. You do not need a title.
7. Contractions count as one word. Hyphenated words are one word too.
8. Inappropriate content, posts or comments will be deleted.
9. No (explicit) sexual content is allowed.
10. The competition runs from 27 February to 3 March 2017. 
11. Your post should end with “By [Name to be listed in the registration for the All In! Festival]” and the school where you are from.
12. Individuals who submitted an entry for the All In 55-word Fiction Competition are allowed to submit entries for this competition.
13. All prizes must be claimed within 60 days after the Festival. If unclaimed, organisers with consider the prizes as forfeited.

Criteria

The one-sentence stories will be judged according to the following criteria:

• Word-Play. The author justifies himself being called a guile wordsmith by his choice of words to convey the story in just 10 words.
• Imagery. The story stirs the imagination, so much that it evokes an emotional reaction from readers: a giggle, a snort, goose pimples!
• Storyline. The sentence is a full story in itself, with most story elements present, using only 10 words!

Prizes

The winners will be informed by 8 March 2017. The top winners will receive the following prize:

1st Prize: A goody bag worth $100 and a complimentary 1-day pass to All In! 2017
5 Runners-up Prizes: A goody bag worth $50 and a complimentary 1-day pass to All In! 2017

Past Entries

2016 Entries | 2015 Winning Entries

Post Your Stories Closed!

YOUTHspeak features representative-students from ASEAN schools who will present preselected papers on a variety of topics approved by their mentors. 

The essay shall be 800 – 1,000 words long, typed with 1.5 space on normal margin using either Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman on point 11 or 12, in English, and will be based on either of the following topics:

• What Makes Me Who I Am
• Youth, Society and Definitions of Humanity
• What Do I Look Like Online
• Altruism and Youth: Reality or Social Fad
• What Lies Ahead for Young People
• Snapchats, Tweets and Posts: Making a Difference
• Positively Managing Anger and Growth Pangs
• Youth 3.0: The Future I Build Today
• Writing and Self-Expression: Going Beyond Paper
• Shifting Paradigms: Involvement in Social Issues Through Expression
• Listen To Me: What Youths Want to Tell the World
• Building Future Networks: My Online Friends
• Social Media: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• Today vs Tomorrow: What’s More Important to Me?
• YOLO: Really?

Prior to submission, the essays shall be evaluated and recommended internally by their respective school/teacher-in- charge, which shall choose five (5) potential candidates to represent the school in the session. Submissions will be in .doc, .docx and .pdf formats only, and sent via email to the Festival Manager on or before 16 January 2017.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

The Festival organisers will then choose from this roster, the paper for presentation based on the following criteria:

1. Technical Soundness, which refers to grammatical correctness, sentence fluency, and adherence to word count; and,
2. Structure and Format, which refers to coherence of ideas presented, organisation, voice and tone, word choice, arguments presented and the reasoning behind such arguments.

The Festival organisers will then inform the school if any of their submitted papers has been selected for presentation on or before 20 February 2017. However, all five papers submitted by the school will be included in the compilation of essays that will be electronically made available on the Festival website afterwards.

SLIDE PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 

For Selected Paper Presentations:

• Select only the key points of your presentation. Use lesser text. 
• Avoid using images with 200dpi and above as it restricts the file from processing faster. 
• Use a standard font and a relatively large point size so that your text is readable to those seated at the back.
• Keep text and visual animation at a minimum.
• As a rule of thumb, the number of slides in your presentation should be less than the presentation time allowed e.g., 10 slides for a 15 minute presentation allows you to speak for 1.5 minutes. 
• Send all PowerPoint presentations to Festival organisers on or before 6 March 2017. Bring a paper copy of your Presentation with you to the Conference as well as the Power Point file in a thumb drive just in case. 

File Extensions: If your Mac version of Office does not append the file extension, be sure to include it in your filename. Use .ppt or .pptx for PowerPoint files and .pps for PowerPoint slideshows. 

Equipment set up: Each room will be equipped with a standard audio-visual package to support an electronic presentation (laptop, data projector, screen, and microphone).  If you are using a Mac, please bring your own VGA adapter.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. The call is open to an original, unpublished piece of fiction, written by youths aged 13-25 years old, who are residing and/or based in Singapore.

2. The theme for the submission is “Myself and the World”. Writers can only submit one (1) entry.

• Submissions must be no more than 2,000 words, written in English, original and unpublished both in print and online.
• Entries must be typed with 1.5 space on normal margin using either Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman on point 11 or 12
• Submissions should have the author’s name, age, word count and school, if applicable, at the upper right corner of the first page of the story.

4. All entries must be emailed to the Festival Manager, together with a copy of the author’s IC.

5. Vulgarities, swearing and any form of profanity are unacceptable. No explicit sexual content is allowed.

6. The competition will be open from 31 March 2017 to 8 May 2017. Only those entries submitted within the dates will be eligible for the call.

7. An independent panel of judges who are experts in the field of fiction, will select 15 shortlisted authors from all the entries submitted to the call. The judges' decision is final, and no appeals or correspondence will be entertained at any point.

8. All In! Young Writers Festival will announce the shortlisted stories in end-May 2017. An email-based bi-monthly mentorship programme on snackable fiction will be organised for the shortlisted authors. The selection panel/judges will be linked to the authors via an online group, to discuss how the stories can be improved.

9. Final submission of stories selected for publication will be in 15 June 2017.Winners will be announced over All In!’s social media platforms, and through email directly to the authors, by end-June.

10. Upon publication, each featured author will also receive five (5) copies of the anthology and be invited to attend its book launch in July 2017. A certificate of recognition will also be given to the winning authors.

11. Submissions which fail to comply with any of the above rules and conditions of entry will be disqualified.

12. Copies of the book will be sent to all libraries in Singapore, and will be distributed during its book launch in conjunction with the NYC Youth Festival, in July 2017.

GUIDELINES

1. The call is open to an original, unperformed and unpublished set of lyrics, written by youths aged 13-25 years old, who are residing and/or based in Singapore.

2. Submissions must be no more than 300 words, written in English, original and unperformed, both on stage and online.

3. Writers can submit up to three (3) entries. Submissions should have the author’s name, age and school (if applicable) at the upper right corner of each lyric sheet. Lyric sheets should be accompanied by:

• An updated CV;
• A sample of their recorded work in .mp3/wav format, if any;
• A link to available work found online, if any;
• A high-resolution profile picture of themselves in .jpg/.png format; and,
• A completed application form.

4. All entries must be emailed to the Festival Manager, together with a copy of the lyricist’s IC.

5. Vulgarities, swearing and any form of profanity are unacceptable. No explicit sexual content is allowed.

6. The competition will be open from 1 April 2017 to 20 May 2017. Only those entries submitted within the dates will be eligible for the call.

7. An independent panel of judges who are comprised of local bands and programme partners, will select 10 winning lyrics from all the entries submitted to the call. The judges' decision is final, and no appeals or correspondence will be entertained at any point.

8. All In! Young Writers Festival will announce the winning song lyrics by late May 2017. Lyricists will then be paired with local bands for the musical arrangement. Jam sessions will be scheduled before the performance in July 2017.

9. Winners will be announced over All In!’s social media platforms and will be invited to attend the songs’ performance in July 2017. Winners will get their songs featured on the All In! website and a certificate of recognition during the performance.

10. Submissions which fail to comply with any of the above rules and conditions of entry will be disqualified.