Welcome all K to 12 Students Participants

Dallas Chinese Community Center will host our annual Youth Drawing Competition to encourage students to use their imagination and express themselves through the Arts.

We will have 5 groups based on school grades: A) Kindergarten and 1^st Grade; B) 2^nd and 3^rd Grade; C) 4^th & 5^th Grade; D) 6^th to 8^th Grade; E) 9^th to 12^th Grade.

Due to Covid-19, we won’t have this as a live event like prior years; this year’s competition will be a different format.

Registration and Art Work Submission:

• You will register online and turn in your artwork to DCCC.
• Complete the google form – Online Registration Form Link
• Registration ends on February 16 (Tuesday) at 11:59pm CST.
• Registration fee: $10
  • Please turn in your registration payment when you drop off your artwork.
  • Check is preferred; make check payable to DCCC.
  • You can pay with $10 cash; no change will be made to avoid transmission.
• Completed artwork needs to be turned into DCCC between February 22nd to March 1st February 18^th to 22^nd between 11 am to 4 pm. (DCCC requires face covering and temperature check before entering.)  DCCC is not open on Sunday, February 28th. Please turn in your registration payment with your artwork. 
• Artwork submitted after March 1st the 22^nd will not be accepted for the competition. 

Prize:

• There will be a cash prize for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place of each group.  First Place: $100; 2^nd Place: $80 and 3^rd place $50. Honorable Place (if applicable) receives $30.
• DCCC reserves the right to adjust the prize amount if the registration did not reach the minimum required participants for any group.
• All registered participants will receive a participation prize when they turn in their artwork at DCCC.
• The results will be announced by the end of March 2021.
• All winning artwork will be featured on our website in April 2021.
• We will contact winners to arrange prize pick-up.

Rules:

• The competition drawing theme will be emailed to all registered participants on February 17^th (Wednesday) by 3:00pm CST.
• Participants need to complete their artwork on the correct art paper size:
  Groups A & B: 9” x 12” paper; Groups C- E: 11” x 14” paper
• You may use pencil, crayons, markers, watercolors or oil pastels.
• Make sure you use pencil to write the following on the back side of your artwork:  Name / Current Grade in School / Parent Email / Parent Cell Phone #
• This competition is based on the “Honor System” to encourage students to create their own artwork without anyone else’s assistance.
• Your finished artwork will not be returned to you.
• All judges’ decisions are final.
• DCCC reserves the right to cancel or change this competition.
• DCCC reserves the right to include the winning artworks in our social media, website, calendar and any other virtual or printed publications.

This competition is sponsored by: Republic of China Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, City of Richardson, Comerica Bank, 99 Ranch Market, Cathay Bank and EVA Air.

Any questions regarding this competition, please contact DCCC. 
DCCC Hours: Monday – Saturday 11:00am to 4:00 pm. DCCC address: 400 N. Greenville Ave., Suite 12, Richardson, Texas 75081.  DCCC Phone #：972-480-0311。