World Handwriting Contest 2017

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Last Updated On : 12-01-2017   Posted By : Admin

World Handwriting Contest 2017 objective is to provide an opportunity to all over the people around the world and judges and director will select winners for prizes. Prize winners' names and writing samples typically appear on the contest web page as soon as possible after the judging and remain on display on the contest web page for a full year. WHC distributes prizes to the contest winners each year, distributing all prizes by December.

  • World Handwriting Contest 2017
    DeadlineClosed
    Eligibility

    Open to all.

    How can you apply?

    Application can be done by post or by email with the following steps:
    By post:
    Step 1: 
    Write and at the back of the page write your name, address, phone number, age on July 1 of the year you send your entry, phone number and email address (if any).
    Step 2: Send it to the address:

    World Handwriting Contest
    Healthy Handwriting
    Mohan RAY
    #2327, Sector-22C,
    Chandigarh, India 160022

    By email:
    Step 1: Write and at the back of the page write your name, address, phone number, age on July 1 of the year you send your entry, phone number and email address (if any).
    Step 2: Email it. Submitted scans (at 600 dpi or greater) of a handwritten copy-quotes. The attachment should be in the form of GIF, JPG, or PNG file.

Terms and Conditions

Rules:

  • Participants under the age 12 should write out the first (shorter) of the two copy-quotes.
  • Participants younger than age 8 do not have to write out the whole quote, but they must write at least the first two sentences of the quote. Participants age 8 or older must write the entire quote).
  • Participants ages 13 and older should write out the second (longer) copy-quote.
  • Write out and submit the quote selected for your age group. Please do not write additional material within your entry.
  • Use either lined or unlined paper, 81/2 x 11 inches or A4 size.
  • Use any of the following writing instruments: ballpoint pen, fountain pen, felt/fibre tip marker, or calligraphy pen/brush. Use the same writing instrument throughout the entry because we scan winning entries for display, please use only black ink and white or light-colored paper (plain or lined) with no pre-printed pictures or decorations.
  • The written quote must fit on the front side of ONE sheet of paper. Allow at least a 1/2-inch margin on all sides of the quote.
  • On the backside of your entry (not on the front), or in the text of the email to which a scan write in English is attached: write your full name, full address, age on July 1 of the year you send your entry, phone number and email address (if any).
  • Please do not use a separate piece of paper for this information, and please do not write this information on the front of the entry. The back of each entry must contain that entry's own legible identifying information. 
  • Participants: if you wish your school to receive notification of a win, give the school’s name and address along with your own. All personal information will remain confidential. The World Handwriting Contest will use participants information only to notify winners and in an aggregate manner, for research purposes.
  • Do not cross out or make erasures. Do not send "rough drafts." If you make a mistake, start over: do not erase, cross out, 'white out' or cover up your errors. Visible erasurescross-outs/cover-ups/"whiting out" will count more heavily against your work than the original errors themselves.

Judges will evaluate entries based on each entry's demonstrated:

  • how easily we can read the writing
  • the smoothness, grace, and flow of the writing
  • choice of layout and margins, spacing between letters, words, and lines, consistency of letter size and forms, the accuracy of the quote, neatness and general appearance, spelling, and whether the entrant strove to follow the letter and spirit of the Contest rules.

Handwriting:

  • Participants under age 12:

The action of emotion, of thought, and of decision that has recorded the history of mankind, revealed the genius of invention and disclosed the inmost depths of the heart. Handwriting ties us to the thoughts and deeds of our forebears and serves as an irrevocable link to our humanity. No machine or technology can replace the contribution or continuing importance of this skill. It has been necessary for every age and is just as vital to civilisation as our next breath.

  • Participants Age 13 or above:

The action of emotion, of thought, and of decision that has recorded the history of mankind, revealed the genius of invention and disclosed the inmost depths of the soulful heart. It gives ideas tangible form through written letters, pictographs, symbols, and signs. Handwriting forms a bond across millennia and generations that not only ties us to the thoughts and deeds of our forebears but also serves as an irrevocable link to our humanity. Neither machines nor technology can replace the contribution or continuing importance of this inexpensive portable skill. Necessary in every age, handwriting remains just as vital to the enduring saga of civilisation as our next breath.

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