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List of Finalists: "The 1st Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest" Final Competition

2022-05-10

10

May

10/05/2022

The list of finalists of “The 1st Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest Final Competition” is out now!

Please find below the list of the finalists of “The 1st Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest Final Competition“.

Elementary Category:

Secondary Category:

University Category:

Next Step:

Please submit Finalists’ student ID and Macau ID copy to contest@usj.edu.mo on or before 16 May. 

Failure to submit by the above date will be mark as renunciation.

Details:

Elementary category 

Final competition and poem recital will take place on 21 May 2022 (Saturday) at 10 AM (Please arrive 15 mins in advance for registration) 

Location: Fátima Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph, Ilha Verde Campus

*Please bring student ID and Macau ID for registration

 Secondary category 

Final competition and poem recital will take place on 21 May 2022 (Saturday), 11 AM (Please arrive 15 mins in advance for registration)  

Location: Fátima Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph, Ilha Verde Campus

*Please bring student ID and Macau ID for registration

University category 

Final competition and poem recital will take place on 21 May 2022 (Saturday), 12 PM (Please arrive 15 mins in advance for registration) 

Location: Fátima Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph, Ilha Verde Campus

*Please bring student ID and Macau ID for registration

1. All Finalists are allow to enter the venue with one supervisor and one family member.
2. Health code is required to entire the venue for all participants and attendees.
3. Students should not wear their school uniform on stage or mentions their school name during the Recital.
4. All Finalists should only mention their number and name of the contestant before their recital.
5. Recital must be memorized, no notes are allowed on stage.

Phase I: Poetry Writing (25% of total grade) 

1. Relevance to the theme 20% 
2. Creativity/Style and Originality 30% 
3. Coherence of form and structure (harmony of words, presentation) 25% 
4. Clarity of imagery and language 25% 

Phase II: Poem Recitation (75% of total grade) 

1. Stage presence and presentation 30% 
2. Poise and spontaneity of recitation 30% 
3. Intonation and poetic expression 20% 
4. Clarity of spoken words and diction 20% 

Total: 100%

Prizes:

• Prizes for the Elementary category are MOP 1,500 (first place), MOP 1,000 (first runner-up) and MOP 500 (second runner-up).
• Prizes for the Secondary category category are MOP 3,000 (first place), MOP 2,000 (first runner-up) and MOP 1,000 (second runner-up).
• Prizes for the University category are MOP 5,000 (first place), MOP 3,000 (first runner-up) and MOP 2,000 (second runner-up).

ATTENTION: 

**For all categories, please return to Fátima Auditorium at 12:30pm for Awarding Ceremony. 

**For all categories, contestants should not dress in school uniform to the Contest. 

COVID MEASURES: In event the nature of activity does not favour the contestants or performers to wear a mask (e.g. physical trainings, sports competitions, performances), and a minimum distance of 2 metres cannot be maintained during the activity, a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 should be performed before participating in such collective training or rehearsal, or else two doses of COVID-19 vaccine should be received at least 14 days earlier.