2011 Contest Details

• The Results would be announecd on April 10th on the Balagokulam Magazine Website and through facebook group

• The current contest deadline of Mar 7, 2011 has been passed. Entries can be submitted now also; however Balagokulam Magazine Team would use discretion while considering those for prizes.

• Last day to submit entires was: Mar 7, 2011

Contest Topics: Please also check the guidelines after the contest topics.

First grade and below:

• Artwork - Suggested Topic - "Festival Celebration". However any other drawing/painting/sketch can be entered in the contest.
• Essay - Suggested topic - "This is how I celebrated ---". A child should write about any festival or any special event that he/she has celebrated. However any other writeup can be entered in the contest.(limit 200 words)

Second and third grade:

• Artwork - Suggested Topic - "Festival Celebration". However any other drawing/painting/sketch can be entered in the contest.
• Essay - Suggested topic - "This is how I celebrated ---". A child should write about any festival or any special event that he/she has celebrated. However any other writeup can be entered in the contest.(limit 200 words)
• Poem - Suggested topic - "winter, lights and colors". However any other poem can be entered in the contests.
• Creativity Project - Complete picutre 1 or/and picture 2

Fourth and Fifth grade:

• Artwork - Suggested Topic - "Festival Celebration". However any other drawing/painting/sketch can be entered in the contest.
• Story - Topic - "Humor Story". (limit 300 words)
• Essay - Suggested topic - "This is how I celebrated ---" OR "My volunteering experience". (limit 300 words)
• Poem - Suggested topic - "winter, lights and colors". However any other poem can be entered in the contests.
• Creativity Project - Complete picutre 1 or/and picture 2

Sixth grade to Eighth grade:

• Artwork - Suggested Topic - "Festival Celebration". However any other drawing/painting/sketch can be entered in the contest.
• Story - Topic - "Humor Story". (limit 300 words)
• Essay - Suggested topic - "This is how I celebrated ---" OR "My volunteering experience". (limit 300 words)
• Poem - Suggested topic - "winter, lights and colors". However any other poem can be entered in the contests.
• Creativity Project - Complete picutre 1 or/and picture 2

Prizes:

• Medals to first and second place winners!
• Winners would be announced on Yugadi (April 4) Day in 2011.

Contest Topics Guidelines:

• Why are there suggested topics?
  • Suggested topics are for guidance purpose. In case your balagokulam or children center is planning to organize contests for mass participation in Balagokulam Mgazine contests, you can use these topics.
• Clarification/Difference between story and essay
  • Essays are non-fiction write-ups build around some central idea. A well-written essay should have introduction, body and an ending.
  • Stories are usually fiction write-ups; however they can also describe real life events. A well-written story usually has a description about the setting/place, characters and sequence of events that are referred as a plot.
• Creativity: We are introducing this new topic in this Contest.
  • You can take a printout of the given picture and ask children to complete the picture in whatever they would like. Or children can draw the given simple picture on a paper and then complete the drawing.
  • Encourage children to think freely, apply their conventional as well as non-conventional thinking, and use their imagination to complete the given picture. Children can use any material to complete the picture.

• All other content outside given contest categories: (use category 'Other' while uploading such content).

  • You can also upload all other content including but not limited to jokes, puzzles, riddles, and achievements that parents and children would like to contribute to Magazine.
  • These entries would not be evaluated as part of contest. However these would be considered for publication in the magazine.
  • If you want to share any of children's achievements - educational, personal or in any field - with us, you may also write to editor at balagokulam.org with SUBJECT: Achievements

• All entries in the children's age group MUST be contributed by the children only.
• The contestants hold the responsibility to submit the contest entries in correct age category. (The age group should be determined according to the contest submission deadline.
• The editorial team reserves the right to modify/edit the entries slightly to suit the magazine needs. However we would take utmost care that the editedentries are as close as possible to the submitted entry.
• One can participate in as many as contests as possible and can submit more than one entries for each category.

Judging Criterion:
The entries would be judged by a panel of three judges chosen from different parts of USA. If you would like to participate in the judging process, then please contact editor at balagokulam dot org. While judging the entries, due consideration would be given to the theme, originality, content presentation and compatibility with objectives of Balagokulam Magazine. The entries carrying a positive message would be given preference for publication into the magazine. Depending on the quality and number of entries received, contents that do not exactly fit to the above description also would be reviewed and considered for awarding the prizes.
Entries that are submitted after the due date will not be considered for the competition. These would be used by Balagokulam editorial board as appropriate.

For further questions, comments and suggestions regarding any of the aspect of the Balagokulam magazine please contact to editor at Balagokulam dot org.

Competition flyer can be downloaded from here.

Previous Competitions

2009 Diwali Competitions: Results

2008 Diwali Competitions: Results

2007 November Competitions: Results

2007 February Competitions: Results

2006 August Competitions: Results

2006 February Competitions: Results