Press Release: The Deadline of " Creativity against COVID-19 " Young Creative Artists Contest Is Extended to June 30, 2020 (Tuesday)
Washington, DC (June 14, 2020) – The Organizing Committee of “Creativity against COVID-19” Young Creative Artists Contest announced today to extend the deadline of the artwork submission to June 30, 2020 (Tuesday). The “Creativity against COVID-19” Contest is a COVID-19 public health education program co-hosted by UCA, Chinese American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern Californian (CESASC) and Xing Memorial Fund (XMF).
The contest opens to K-12 students age from 6 to 18. Team is encouraged. Artwork must be in the forms of picture, video, animation or other multi-media format with a story based on the content from “COVID-19: Tracy’s Guide for Families”. It should be posted online on social media and is viewable to the public. Participants should submit the URL of the artwork to us by the end of June 30, 2020 (Tuesday) at:
https://forms.gle/4H1NJbcYWUNv5pGe9.
The artworks submitted will be reviewed by a selection committee appointed by the organizers in four categories: content, quality, creativity/imagination, and popularity. The names of the prize winners will be announced in mid-July 2020.
The prize winners will be awarded cash prizes up to $1,500 (Grand Prize) and winner certificates. There will be a total of 90 winners in five prizes. Top 3 prize winners will have the opportunity to present their artworks in the next United Chinese Americans (UCA) Convention. For more details of the prizes and rules, please visit the official website of the contest:
https://tracysguide.blogspot.com/p/creativity-against-covid-19.html
The purpose of the contest is to encourage K-12 students in America to learn and share the essential knowledge about Covid-19 and how to protect individuals and their family members from infection of coronavirus. Use of social media is an important requirement of the contest. Participants are expected to post their work on social media to generate viewership. Viewership of the artwork on social media (a measurement of how popular it is) will be considered in winner selection.
“Creativity against COVID-19” Young Creative Artists Contest is a part of UCA’s hallmark public education program on COVID-19, “Tracy’s Guide”, and one of its many projects to help America fighting against COVID-19.
UCA gratefully thanks CESASC and XMF for co-hosting the Contest with UCA, Himalaya Capital, Chinese CEO Organization and C2 Education for their generous sponsorship, Chinese University of Alumni Association Alliance of Southern California, Peking University Alumni Association of Washington State, Asian Culture and Education Society USA and Mandarin Playground for being our community partners, and Chinesedaily.com, Huarenone.com, UCA-BMXSJ and NewsAgencyAmerica.com for their media support.
For more information about the Contest, please contact Sharon Chang, email: sharon11733@yahoo.com, tel: 1-917-885-3338.
For more information about UCA and our efforts on combating COVID-19 in America, contact Lily Chen, email: lily.chen@ucausa.org, tel: 1-630-863-5579.
United Chinese Americans (UCA)
UCA is a nationwide nonprofit and nonpartisan federation and a community civic movement, inspired and dedicated to enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement, political participation, heritage sharing, youth development and a greater understanding between US and China for the well-being of all Americans and this world. For more information about our organization, please visit our website: https://ucausa.org/.
The contest opens to K-12 students age from 6 to 18. Team is encouraged. Artwork must be in the forms of picture, video, animation or other multi-media format with a story based on the content from “COVID-19: Tracy’s Guide for Families”. It should be posted online on social media and is viewable to the public. Participants should submit the URL of the artwork to us by the end of June 30, 2020 (Tuesday) at:
https://forms.gle/4H1NJbcYWUNv5pGe9.
The artworks submitted will be reviewed by a selection committee appointed by the organizers in four categories: content, quality, creativity/imagination, and popularity. The names of the prize winners will be announced in mid-July 2020.
The prize winners will be awarded cash prizes up to $1,500 (Grand Prize) and winner certificates. There will be a total of 90 winners in five prizes. Top 3 prize winners will have the opportunity to present their artworks in the next United Chinese Americans (UCA) Convention. For more details of the prizes and rules, please visit the official website of the contest:
https://tracysguide.blogspot.com/p/creativity-against-covid-19.html
The purpose of the contest is to encourage K-12 students in America to learn and share the essential knowledge about Covid-19 and how to protect individuals and their family members from infection of coronavirus. Use of social media is an important requirement of the contest. Participants are expected to post their work on social media to generate viewership. Viewership of the artwork on social media (a measurement of how popular it is) will be considered in winner selection.
“Creativity against COVID-19” Young Creative Artists Contest is a part of UCA’s hallmark public education program on COVID-19, “Tracy’s Guide”, and one of its many projects to help America fighting against COVID-19.
UCA gratefully thanks CESASC and XMF for co-hosting the Contest with UCA, Himalaya Capital, Chinese CEO Organization and C2 Education for their generous sponsorship, Chinese University of Alumni Association Alliance of Southern California, Peking University Alumni Association of Washington State, Asian Culture and Education Society USA and Mandarin Playground for being our community partners, and Chinesedaily.com, Huarenone.com, UCA-BMXSJ and NewsAgencyAmerica.com for their media support.
For more information about the Contest, please contact Sharon Chang, email: sharon11733@yahoo.com, tel: 1-917-885-3338.
For more information about UCA and our efforts on combating COVID-19 in America, contact Lily Chen, email: lily.chen@ucausa.org, tel: 1-630-863-5579.
United Chinese Americans (UCA)
UCA is a nationwide nonprofit and nonpartisan federation and a community civic movement, inspired and dedicated to enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement, political participation, heritage sharing, youth development and a greater understanding between US and China for the well-being of all Americans and this world. For more information about our organization, please visit our website: https://ucausa.org/.
APPENDICES
Advisory committee:
Lily Lee Chen, former Mayor of Monterey Park, CA
Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, Member, National Academy of Medicine
Haipei Shue, President, UCA
Dr. Hui Su, Chairwoman of the Board, CESASC
Joy Chen, former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, CA
Xiaodong Zeng, former Managing Director of Z-Park & World Bank officer.
Mingdi Yang, Founder of Xiaoduo & Publisher of Front Vision
Hei Feng, Chinese American artist
Steve Chiang, Publisher of Chinese Daily Newspaper.
Yue Rong, Chairman of the Board, CUAAASC
Liam Li, Managing Director of Himalaya Capital
Joey Zhou, Chief Editor of UCA-BMXSJ
Jing Yang, President of NewsAgencyAmerica
Winner selection committee:
Lily Lee Chen陈李婉若、Dr. Cun-Yu Wang王存玉院士、Haipei Shue薛海培、Joy Chen陈愉、Xiaodong Zeng曾晓东、Mingdi Yang杨鸣镝、Hei Feng黑峰、Steve Chiang江启光、Yue Rong容跃、Liam Li李黎、Ying Zhan战颖、Jun Sun孙军、Tao Jiang姜涛、Sun Liu刘隼、Xi Zhang张西、Dr. Helen Shih施慧伦、Lily Chen陈健、Jian Ruan阮健、Dr. Jingyi Xi席静怡
Lily Lee Chen, former Mayor of Monterey Park, CA
Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, Member, National Academy of Medicine
Haipei Shue, President, UCA
Dr. Hui Su, Chairwoman of the Board, CESASC
Joy Chen, former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, CA
Xiaodong Zeng, former Managing Director of Z-Park & World Bank officer.
Mingdi Yang, Founder of Xiaoduo & Publisher of Front Vision
Hei Feng, Chinese American artist
Steve Chiang, Publisher of Chinese Daily Newspaper.
Yue Rong, Chairman of the Board, CUAAASC
Liam Li, Managing Director of Himalaya Capital
Joey Zhou, Chief Editor of UCA-BMXSJ
Jing Yang, President of NewsAgencyAmerica
Winner selection committee:
Lily Lee Chen陈李婉若、Dr. Cun-Yu Wang王存玉院士、Haipei Shue薛海培、Joy Chen陈愉、Xiaodong Zeng曾晓东、Mingdi Yang杨鸣镝、Hei Feng黑峰、Steve Chiang江启光、Yue Rong容跃、Liam Li李黎、Ying Zhan战颖、Jun Sun孙军、Tao Jiang姜涛、Sun Liu刘隼、Xi Zhang张西、Dr. Helen Shih施慧伦、Lily Chen陈健、Jian Ruan阮健、Dr. Jingyi Xi席静怡
Organizers:
United Chinese Americans, Chinese American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California & Xing Memorial Fund
Community Partners:
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