The Organizing Committee of the Songwriting Contest about Kim Boi has just issued the Notice of Contest Rules. Accordingly, it clearly stipulates the participants; content of the work; regulations on judging the work; principles of judging; time and place to receive the work; prize structure and reward level; settlement of complaints, denunciations and handling of violations. Specifically as follows:
RULES OF THE 2024 SONG COMPOSITION CONTEST ABOUT KIM BOI
I. PARTICIPANTS
- Vietnamese citizens (people with Vietnamese nationality, living, studying and working in Vietnam)
- Members of the Organizing Committee, Jury and Secretariat are not allowed to submit entries.
II. CONTENT OF THE WORK
- Praise national pride; praise the revolutionary historical tradition, patriotism, and love of homeland of Kim Boi people.
- Praising the achievements in socio -economic development, national defense and security, new rural construction, and civilized urban areas of the Party Committee and people of all ethnic groups in Kim Boi district during the 65-year journey of construction and development.
- Praising love between couples, love for people and love for the homeland to unite and build Kim Boi district to become more and more rich, beautiful and civilized.
- Introduce and promote the beautiful natural landscape and unique cultural identity of ethnic groups in Kim Boi district.
- Encourage compositions that exploit cultural identity, develop folk cultural materials of ethnic minorities in Kim Boi district; encourage authors to explore and create new ideas in musical structure, lyrics, performance methods and exploit new materials.
III. REGULATIONS ON WORKS
1. Genre: Song (performed in all forms such as solo, duet, group, choir...).
2. Number of works: Each author or group of authors is allowed to enter a maximum of 03 works.
3. Conditions for participating works
- The participating work is a song with full music and lyrics in Vietnamese, typed on A4 paper, with clear lyrics, high community spirit, beautiful melody; the content of the song does not violate Vietnamese customs and traditions, and is suitable for the customs and traditions of the ethnic groups in Kim Boi district.
- The works participating in the contest must be new, unpublished works in any form, and have no copyright disputes. The Organizing Committee will not consider awarding prizes for works that copy lyrics and melodies of other authors at home and abroad.
- For musical works that are set to poetry, the author who wrote the lyrics must agree to participate in the Songwriting Contest. In case the musical work has 02 or more authors (co-authors), the consent of all authors must be obtained.
- Authors are responsible for the copyright of their works according to the provisions of law. If the winning work is found to violate the provisions on copyright, related rights and other provisions of the Contest Rules, the Organizing Committee will revoke all awarded prizes and widely announce them in the mass media.
4. Contest entry profile
The list of works participating in the Songwriting Contest about Kim Boi in 2024 includes:
- 01 Contest registration form with full information according to the attached form of the Contest Rules (scanned PDF file if sent via email).
- 01 full musical notation with Vietnamese lyrics on A4 paper. Do not include the author's name or pen name on the notation (scanned PDF file if sent via email).
- It is recommended (not required) to have 01 recording of the song mixed and arranged in Mp3 file format via email (stored in USB if sent directly or by post ).
- All are packaged, sealed, signed by the contestant, and clearly stated on the outside: Contest entry for composing songs about Kim Boi in 2024.
5. Regulations on using works participating in the contest
The Organizing Committee will keep the compositions without having to return them to the authors and co-authors; at the same time, it is the owner of the musical work and has the right to use the winning works for propaganda activities in any form without having to pay copyright fees and other related rights to the authors.
The prize value will be awarded directly to the author, group of authors with the winning work or authorized person at the end of the Songwriting Campaign. In case the author is unable to attend the Award Ceremony, the prize will be sent by post.
6. Responsibilities of units and authors participating in the contest
- The author is responsible for copyright and related rights according to the provisions of law and strictly complies with the regulations of the 2024 Songwriting Contest about Kim Boi as prescribed by the Organizing Committee; submitting works to the contest is considered as the author's acceptance of all regulations of the Contest Rules.
- Responsible for copyright, related rights, prize receiving costs and personal income tax (bonus) according to current state regulations.
IV. JUDGING PRINCIPLES
1. Accurate, honest, objective, fair (The organizers will hide the names of participating authors by code to ensure objectivity).
2. Comply with the Songwriting Competition Rules and criteria and scoring scale of the competition.
3. Promote the responsibility and independence of the members of the Appraisal Council.
4. Applications that do not meet the conditions specified in the Regulations will not be considered for evaluation.
5. The Evaluation Council will evaluate in 2 rounds:
- Preliminary round: Scoring the works participating in the Songwriting Contest (musical notation or recording), selecting 20 works for the Final round.
- Final Round: Select 14 works with the highest scores for consideration.
V. TIME AND PLACE TO RECEIVE WORKS
1. Time
- Time for receiving works: Starting from the date of the launching ceremony of the Songwriting Campaign until 5:00 p.m. on August 20, 2024 (if the work is sent by post, it will be calculated according to the postmark).
- Judging period: From August 21 to August 31, 2024.
- Award summary time: September 2024.
2. Address to receive works
- Send directly by post: Authors send their entries to the Organizing Committee at the address: Department of Culture and Information of Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh province (Doan Ket area, Bo town, Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh province).
- Send by email: Email: vhtt.kimboi@gmail.com.
- Phone: 0989.932.510.
For more information, please contact: Ms. Quach Thi Hang , expert of Kim Boi District Department of Culture and Information.
Note: The Organizing Committee is not responsible for entries not submitted on time or lost during the submission process.
VI. PRIZE STRUCTURE AND PRIZE LEVELS
1. Number and value of prizes
Based on the judging results of the Jury, the Organizing Committee will award the winning songs with specific rewards as follows:
- 01 First Prize: 25,000,000 VND (Twenty five million VND);
- 02 Second prizes, each prize: 15,000,000 VND (Fifteen million VND);
- 03 Third prizes, each prize is 5,000,000 VND (Five million VND);
- 08 Consolation prizes, each prize worth 2,000,000 VND (Two million VND).
2. About the form of reward
For authors and winning works: Award cash prizes and Award Certificates for winning works.
For works with poetry or lyrics by the second author, the prize value will be awarded as follows:
- Music author receives 70% of the prize value
- The lyricist receives 30% of the prize value.
VII. RESOLVING COMPLAINTS, ACCUSATIONS AND HANDLING VIOLATIONS
1. Organizations and individuals have the right to complain about the results of the review and awarding of prizes and violations of regulations, procedures and order of review and awarding of prizes. Complaints must clearly state the full name, address and reason for the complaint and send them to the Standing Office of the Organizing Committee. Anonymous, impersonated or unclear contact applications will not be considered. The latest time for receiving complaints is 10 days after the awarding of the prize.
2. If the works participating in the Songwriting Campaign violate the Law on Intellectual Property, relevant State regulations and the regulations of the Award, the Organizing Committee will revoke the award and notify the competent authorities to resolve according to the provisions of current law.
Source: http://www.baohoabinh.com.vn/16/190615/Phat-dong-Cuoc-thi-sang-tac-ca-khuc-ve-Kim-Boi.htm
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