Rules of the Ha Nam Literature and Arts Composition Contest 2025

Towards the 50th anniversary of Vietnamese literature and arts after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025); Celebrating the 135th anniversary of the founding of Ha Nam province (October 20, 1890 - October 20, 2025); Welcoming the 21st Congress of the Ha Nam Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Literature and Arts Association has just issued the Rules of the Ha Nam Literature and Arts Creation Contest in 2025.

RULES

The Literature and Art Composition Contest aims at 50 years of Vietnamese literature and art after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025); Celebrating the 135th anniversary of the founding of Ha Nam province (October 20, 1890 - October 20, 2025); Welcoming the 21st Congress of the Ha Nam Provincial Party Committee.

Implementing Plan No. 200-KH/TU dated January 29, 2024 of the Ha Nam Provincial Party Committee on propaganda and organization of activities to summarize 50 years of Vietnamese literature and arts after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025);

Official dispatch No. 383/UBND-VXNV dated March 7, 2024 of the People's Committee of Ha Nam province on implementing Plan No. 200-KH/TU of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee on propaganda and organization of activities to summarize 50 years of Vietnamese literature and arts after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025);

Pursuant to Official Dispatch No. 3175/VPUB-KT dated August 29, 2024 of the Provincial People's Committee Office conveying the opinion of the Provincial People's Committee on organizing the Ha Nam Literature and Art Composition Contest in 2025

Towards the 135th anniversary of the founding of Ha Nam province (October 20, 1890 - October 20, 2025); Welcoming the 21st Ha Nam Provincial Party Congress, term 2025-2030.

The Ha Nam Provincial Literature and Arts Association promulgates the Rules of the Ha Nam Literature and Arts Composition Contest in 2025 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnamese literature and arts after the country's reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025); the 135th anniversary of the founding of Ha Nam province (October 20, 1890 - October 20, 2025); and to welcome the 21st Ha Nam Provincial Party Congress, term 2025-2030 as follows:

I. PURPOSE OF REQUIREMENTS

- To widely propagate the potential, strengths, patriotic traditions, spirit of great solidarity, love for the homeland, history, culture and people of Ha Nam to all regions of the country.

- Through the contest, promote the talents and spirit of authors and artists inside and outside the province, create works of high ideological and artistic value, contribute to improving the spiritual life of the people, build culture, and develop Ha Nam people comprehensively.

The works participating in the contest must be in accordance with the traditions and customs, close to the people's lives; need to focus on fully reflecting the land and people of Ha Nam, the cultural and revolutionary traditions throughout the history of the formation and development of the province; the economic , cultural and social achievements throughout the years of establishing Ha Nam province under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, especially since the re-establishment.

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- Organizing the contest ensures seriousness, safety, economy, suitability with the conditions of the province and the implementation of socio-economic development tasks, patriotic emulation movements, political events of the country and the province, contributing to creating an atmosphere of excitement, trust, and patriotic emulation among all classes of people in the province.

II. IMPLEMENTATION CONTENT

1. Participants: Professional and non-professional authors inside and outside the province.

2. Theme and content of the work

Topic: Praising the land and people of Ha Nam.

Content of the work: Praising historical and cultural traditions, advanced models, working life, studying, living, and contemporary issues of Ha Nam province in building and defending the Fatherland. Encourage works that explore and create new content and forms of expression.

3. Type and format of entries

3.1. Prose major: Short stories, no longer than 4,500 words, typed in Vietnamese, Times New Roman font, size 14.

3.2. Poetry major: Poems; Poetry collections (at least 03 works), not accepting epic poems or narrative poems.

3.3. Fine Arts major

- Paintings and statues on different materials, the smallest dimension is not less than 40cm (0.4m), the longest dimension is not more than 200cm (2m) including frame and platform.

- Contestants must submit a photo of their work, size 13cm x 18cm. The back of the photo must clearly state the author's information, work, material, year of creation, address, and contact phone number.

- The Organizing Committee will announce the works selected for the final round later. The author must submit the work in a frame for paintings and on a platform for statues.

3.4. Photography Major (With the sponsorship of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists)

- Contest photos must be color or black and white photos without any fictional collage. Each author can submit multiple photos, the photos can be single photos or photo sets (each set has 05-08 photos); if it is a photo set, each photo set is equivalent to 01 entry, the author's photo set must have an introductory note written on a separate word file and sent with the photo files, the introductory note of the photo set must not exceed 200 words. In case the author submits both single photos and photo sets, the single photo must not be the same as the photo in the photo set.

- Creation time from 2022 to August 15, 2025.

- Contest photos must be in digital format, jpg file format. The longest dimension of the photo must be at least 3,000px, and the capacity must not exceed 6Mb (Captions and author names must not be included on the photo).

- Participating photos must be taken in Ha Nam province. Authors must not sign or have any symbols on the photo (no scanned files or photos taken from paper photos are accepted). Processed, cropped, and color-corrected works are accepted, but must not be combined in an untrue way. The Organizing Committee will request the author to send the original file for inspection when necessary. The works selected for the final round will be notified by the Organizing Committee to request the author to enlarge the photo and send it to the Organizing Committee, photo size 30cm x 45cm.

3.5. Music Major

- Works (songs). Each work (song) submitted for the contest must have a full musical score performed in notation and Vietnamese lyrics typed on A4 paper, clearly stating the author of the lyrics and music (authors are encouraged to send a recording of the song in wav, mp3 file format, or a CD with the song recorded). Lyrics must be performed in Vietnamese, clearly, each author can send a maximum of 03 works.

4. Some related regulations

- Each author or group of authors can enter the contest with many works in the same field, but will only receive one highest award.

- The participating work must have never won any awards or been exhibited at the provincial level or higher.

- Members of the Organizing Committee, Jury, and Secretariat are not allowed to participate in the contest.

- The work must be new, not submitted to any other contest, not published in any form, and not subject to copyright disputes. If the winning work is found to violate the Law on Intellectual Property, the Organizing Committee will revoke the award and widely announce it in the mass media.

- Do not award prizes for works that do not comply with the regulations in the Plan, copy or simulate the ideas of other authors at home and abroad.

- Authors must take legal responsibility for their entries.

- After announcing the results of the Contest, the Organizing Committee will coordinate with the winning author to publish the work on mass media.

- The Organizing Committee will not return all works entered into the contest to the authors (except for Fine Arts works) and has the right to use and requisition winning works to promote political tasks and non-commercial activities without having to pay any fees.

- For authors who want to visit Ha Nam province, the Organizing Committee will introduce typical places for authors to proactively contact.

III. RECEIVING WORKS, JUDGING THE CONTEST

1. Deadline for receiving entries

Deadline for receiving works: From the date of launching the contest to August 15, 2025 (Send directly or by post and via Email address: vannghehanam@gmail.com).

2. Organizing the scoring and announcing the results

- Preliminary round: Select and judge works from September 1-10, 2025.

- Final round: Direct judging from September 15-25, 2025.

The organization will announce the results of the contest in October 2025, on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of the founding of Ha Nam province (October 20, 1890 - October 20, 2025) and celebrate the success of the 21st Ha Nam Provincial Party Congress (Specific time will be announced later).

The contest results are announced on the province's mass media and posted at the headquarters of the Provincial Literature and Arts Association.

3. Place to receive entries

- Ha Nam Provincial Literature and Arts Association, No. 230 Truong Chinh Street, Phu Ly City, Ha Nam Province.

- For works sent by post, it is necessary to clearly state: Entry for the Ha Nam Province Literature and Art Composition Contest, 2025. At the same time, provide full information: Author's full name, pen name (if any), year of birth, address, ID card number, account number, contact phone number.

- The Organizing Committee is not responsible for works submitted after the specified time (based on the postmark) or lost during the process of submitting the works to the contest.

4. Prize structure

The Organizing Committee awarded prizes (with Certificate and prize money).

The structure of 05 sets of awards includes the following majors: Prose, Poetry, Music, Fine Arts, Photography) each set has the following values:

- 01 A prize: 7,000,000 VND;

- 02 second prizes, each prize: 5,000,000 VND;

- 03 third prizes, each prize: 3,000,000 VND;

- 05 consolation prizes, each prize: 1,000,000 VND.

Total prize for 05 sets of prizes is: 155,000,000 VND (One hundred and fifty five million VND)

5. Board of Judges

The Jury is composed of people who do not have works to submit to the contest, representatives of prestigious, qualified central and local literary and artistic agencies selected, invited and established by the Organizing Committee of the Contest.

IV. CONTEST SUMMARY AND AWARD AWARDING

1. Time: The summary and award ceremony is expected to take place in October 2025, on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of the founding of Ha Nam province (October 20, 1890 - October 20, 2025) and to celebrate the success of the 21st Ha Nam Provincial Party Congress.

2. Location (Expected): Headquarters of the Literature and Arts Association of Ha Nam province.

V. FUNDING

The cost of organizing the Contest comes from the provincial budget and other legal funding sources (if any).

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