Competitions
Competitions

Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2023/24 (updated as of 30 May 2024)

Final Result Announcement

  1. Competition Result, Prize-giving Ceremony and the HKAGE Membership Arrangements.pdf

Introduction

  1. Details and Regulations of Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2023/24

Application

  1. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform (The Platform has been closed until further notice)
  2. Manual of Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform
  3. Training Workshops for Participants (Optional)
  4. Important Dates

Training Workshops for Participants (Optional)

Activity

Date and Time

Venue

Language

Application

Application Deadline

Training Workshop for Primary Students


The Musicality of Poetry


(E1BPA001W /
E1BPA001W-2 /
E1BPA001W-3)

6 January 2024 /
13 January 2024 /
20 January 2024 (Sat)


10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

(Classroom to be confirmed)

English

Information

Online Application

4 December 2023
(Application closing time:12:00 noon)


Workshops application result will be announced on
11 December 2023  

5:00 p.m. by email

Training Workshop for Secondary Students


Poetry and Imagination
 
(E2BPA001W /

E2BPA001W-2 / 
E2BPA001W-3)

6 January 2024 /
13 January 2024 /
20 January 2024 (Sat)


2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Information

Online Application


Important Dates (updated as of 23 March 2024)

DateActivity
4 December 2023 (Mon) 12:00 noonDeadline for school online registration
4 December 2023 12:00 noonDeadline for Training Workshops for Participants
11 December 2023 (Thu) 5:00 p.m.Result Announcement for Training Workshops for Participants
6 January / 13 January  / 20 January 2024 (Sat)Training Workshops for Participants (Optional)
5 March 2024 (Tue) 12:00 noonDeadline for online entry submission by participants
6 March 2024 (Wed) 12:00 noonDeadline for online entry submission by teachers-in-charge*
March to May 2024Preliminary and Final Adjudication
Late May 2024Final Result Announcement
Late June 2024Prize-giving Ceremony


*Notes:

  1. To join the competition, schools are required to complete the application through the Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform. Online School Application should be submitted and the signed and stamped School Application Form should be returned on or before 12:00 noon, 6 December 2023 (Wed).
  2. Teachers-in-charge login information for the “Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform” will be sent to the teachers-in-charge by email within 3 days upon receipt of the completed Online School Application Form. Teachers-in-charge can create accounts for students by logging in at the “Teacher Zone” of the “Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform”.
  3. To prevent emails related to HKBPA mistakenly being sent to the spam folder, teachers-in-charge and participants are advised to add the email address [email protected] to their email address book or contacts folder (Especially Yahoo Mail or Hotmail users ) so that all emails will go directly to their inbox.
  4. To complete online entry submission, teachers-in-charge are required to click the box under “Submit to the organiser” at the “Teacher Zone/ Students’ Poems” on or before 12:00 noon, 6 March 2024 (Wed).

Previous Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Awards

  1. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2022/23
  2. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2021/22
  3. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2020/21

Reference

  1. Suggestion to Teachers-in-charge: Serious Problems to Avoid
  2. Learning and Teaching Resources for English (from EDB website)

Enquiry

For enquiries, please contact us at 3940 0502 or email at [email protected].