“VNEJOURNAL.COM’S CONTEST – WRITE FOR YOUR FAVORED MOMENTS”

On the 20 months anniversary of launching the project “ELTiCenter.wordpress.com Website” (the original version of Vnejournal.com Website), 3 months anniversary of launching the “Vnejournal.com Website Project” and welcome the New Year 2016, we are happy to announce the “VNEJOURNAL.COM’S CONTEST – WRITE FOR YOUR FAVORED MOMENTS”.

The Vietnamese English Journal Website Project (Vnejournal.com) is originated from the ELTiCenter.wordpress.com Website, an online hub supported by Hawai’i International Education Program (HIEP) with the missions of disseminating updated information about scholarships/ grants and promoting innovative practices in English language learning and teaching throughout Vietnam.

ELTiCenter.wordpress.comWebsite has been being officially operated since April 2014 at the address: https://elticenter.wordpress.com/ with the slogan “Empower Teachers, Inspire Learning”.

After more than 01 year running the ELTiCenter.wordpress.com Website, the Project team could gain a lot precious experience of conducting an Educational Website Project and we decided to continue developing this project by implementing a new Website named “The Vietnamese English Journal” Vnejournal.com )

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The “VNEJOURNAL.COM’S CONTEST – WRITE FOR YOUR FAVORED MOMENTS” is organized in order to create a good environment for English learners to practice their English writing skill. Simultaneously, we are also looking forward to seeing your most favorite photos and reading your sincere sharing about those photos.

I. Contest organizing committee

Senior Advisor: Ed.D. Melvyn Sakaguchi ­ Director of Hawaii International Education Program

Commissioner 1: Ms. Ong Thi Kim Yen - Co- Editor of the project

Commissioner 2: Ms. Bui Thanh Huong - Co- Editor of the project

II. Prize structures

- One prize for the most interesting caption award: 500000 VND in cash and a certificate of Vnejournal.com.

- One prize for People’s Choice for the most impressive photo award: 300000 VND in cash and a certificate of Vnejournal.com.

- One prize for the luckiest Facebook commenter award: 200000 VND in cash and a certificate of Vnejournal.com.

The total value of prizes: 1000000 VND

The Prizes are awarded directly in cash or transfer and the certificate is sent by post.

III. Who can participate?

Everyone who loves English at all ages can take part in this contest.

IV. Time of the contest

Period 1: Submission: January 01^st, 2016 – January 21^st, 2016

Period 2: Public the album of participants’ photos & captions: January 21^th– February 06^th, 2016

The date of the awards (planning): February 08^th, 2016

Awardee will be announced and contacted by the Contest Organizing Committee from February 08th, 2016 to February 15th, 2016 via email or by phone. If in this time, the awardee do not contact with the Committee, the prizes will be automatically transferred to the charitable foundation affiliated with the Hawaii International Education Program.

V. Themes of the photo and the caption

Each participant submits:

-         One photo that you like the most

-         One caption to answer the question: Write something about that photo in English  (20-50 words)

Note:

-         Your photo must be clear and in high quality

-         Photos downloaded or copied on the Internet are invalid.

VI. Regulations of the contest

The photo with a caption written in English must be directly sent to the email: vnenglishjournal@gmail.com; or the Message Box of Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/vnejournal/?fref=ts/.

Time: January 01st, 2015 and January 21st, 2016.

Your email or Facebook Message and attachment should be titled as the “VNEJOURNAL.COM’S CONTEST” - Your Full Name”.

Any photo found to be downloaded or copied from the Internet; and any caption found to be plagiarized will be automatically disqualified.

Contest organizers are not responsible for lost, late or misdirected mail or any other electronic malfunction.

*Please specify your personal information in your submission email: Full name, ID Number, Address and Phone Number.

VII.The process of selecting the three winners of three prizes will be conducted as follow:

1.      The prize for the most interesting caption

This prize will be remarked and assessed by Contest Organizing Committee.

-         Contest judging:

Captions will be judged by using five criteria including: Word choice, Grammar Usage, Organization, Creative and Message.

2.      The prize of People’s Choice for the most impressive photos

This prize will be selected based on the total direct votes of Facebook users on the photos updated on the Fanpage of Vnejournal.com website at the link: https://www.facebook.com/vnejournal/?fref=ts

1 like = 5 points

1 share = 10 points

The participant whose photo has the biggest total points from the total “Like” & “Share” of Facebook users will win this prize.

Note: All Facebook users who click “Like”/ “Share” your most favorite photos updated on the Fanpage https://www.facebook.com/vnejournal/?fref=tsare required to click like the Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/vnejournal/?fref=ts before or after clicking “Like”/ “Share” your favorite photo.

3.      The prize of the luckiest Facebook commenter

This prize will be selected randomly by drawing the pieces of paper including the names of Facebook commenter who completes 3 these steps.

Step 1: Click Like the Fanpage https://www.facebook.com/vnejournal/?fref=ts

Step 2: Click Like the photo you are interested in the most in the photo album updated on the Fan Page

Step 3: Comment on your most favorite photos the information: Your full name, your phone No.; and tag the names of 10 Facebook users you know in your comment.

Note: The name and information of each commenter is presented in a card, and all cards of all commenters will be put in a lucky box, and the Commissioners of the Contest will draw randomly one card to select the winner of this prize.

Participants who send photos and captions cannot get this prize.

The results of the contest will be made public on the Website and Fan Page of Vnejournal.com Website Project!

Link website: http://www.vnejournal.com/

Link Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/vnejournal/?fref=ts

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We would like to thank all of you who participate in our the “VNEJOURNAL.COM’S CONTEST – WRITE FOR YOUR FAVORED MOMENTS”.

Please encourage your friends to participate in our Contest, and become viewers of our website.

Wish you all the best with very warm and happy days of the winter.

And wish you a New Year of health, luck and happiness.

For more detail about the contest, please contact us via: vnenglishjournal@gmail.com. 

Vietnamese version of this post:

 http://www.vnejournal.com/2015/12/gioi-thieu-cuoc-thi-vnejournalcoms.html