COMPETITION RULES

1. Eligibility: The contest is open to all students registered in Kota Kinabalu High School
from Peralihan Ceria to Form 6, regardless of student status. In other words, if you carry
a Kota Kinabalu High School 2016 Student Card, you can enter the contest.
2. COMPETITION CLOSES at May 2, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Malaysia Standard Time (GMT+8). Late
entries will not be accepted.
3. ENTRIES SUBMITTED PHYSICALLY OR VIA EMAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. All essays must be
submitted through our online submission form.
4. Winning entrants are expected to show originality and flair, link to academic standards and
competent use of English as a written language. This includes a good standard of spelling,
grammar and punctuation.
5. All entries submitted for this competition will be submitted for a essay competition organized by
Sunway University.
6. ALL ENTRIES MUST:
(i) Be in English.
(ii) Be within the stipulated word limit, no more, no less. The title is not included in the word
count. Punctuation does not count as a word. Each word must be separated by a space. An
eligible entry by a Lower Form must be about the topic "What is the Importance of having Unity
in Diversity?" in 350 words or less. An Upper Form entry must expand on the theme United we
stand, divided we fall in 650 words or less
(iii) Be a <.doc> or <.docx> attachment.
7. You can send as many entries as you like with different essays. So feel free to go wild.
8. Amendments or substitutions cannot be made to entries after they have been submitted. If
more than one of the same entry is received from student, only the first entry will be valid and
subsequent entries will be voided. Submissions that are incomplete or corrupted will be voided
and will not be accepted.
9. Each submitted entry must be an ORIGINAL, UNPUBLISHED WORK of which you are the sole
author, and does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any other individual or
entity.
10. Your essay cannot touch any of the following topics (politics, religion, race, etc.)
11. DO NOT type your Name or personal details into your submission. You can only type them in our
online submission form.
12. Any breaches of rules will form grounds for disqualification.
13. Any rejected entries will be informed by our Admin Team via the registered e-mail.
14. THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES IS FINAL. No appeals may be made after the results are
announced.
15. Any breaches to the rules and regulation will form grounds for disqualification.
PERSONAL DATA
16. KK High School English Club will collect and store the names and email addresses of all
participants and the additional contact details of winners as anticipated by sections Competition
Rules above. KK High School English Club will use this personal data for the following purposes:
- Managing the relationship between the participants and KK High School English Club
- Communication with participants to answer their queries about the Competition
- Communicating with the winners
PUBLICITY AND RIGHTS

17. KK High School English Club intends to publish the names of the winner[s] on the contest
websites, across the school, press releases and in other promotional and marketing material. By
entering the Competition, each participant agrees to the use of their name and image and
agrees to co-operate with any such publicity or marketing if they win a prize.

FAQS

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST?

The contest is open to all students registered in Kota Kinabalu High School from Peralihan Ceria
to Form 5, regardless of student status. In other words, if you carry a Kota Kinabalu High School
2016 Student Card, you can enter the contest.

HOW DO I ENTER?

You can choose any of the categories (Lower Form-[Peralihan Ceria-Form 3] / Upper Form[Form 4- Form 5]) to enter the contest. You can choose to send as many entries as you like to
increase your chances of winning.

We do ask that your entry be ORIGINAL (please dont plagiarize!).

For writing, each entry must be submitted via the official online contest submission form
(https://www.judgify.me/kkhsessay16).

You can only write your essay in English only.

IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES?

No! To increase your chances of winning, we encourage you to send in more than one entry.
You can send as many entries in as many categories as you would like.

CAN I WIN MORE THAN ONE PRIZE?

You can win only one prize only. For instance, if you had submitted three Fiction entries, and all
three of them placed for prizes, you will be awarded a prize for the entry that placed the
highest.

HOW LONG SHOULD MY ENTRIES BE?

If you are in the Lower Form Category, your entries should be 350 words or less. If you are in
the Upper Form Category, your entries should be 650 words or less.

DO I NEED TO INCLUDE CITATIONS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY?

No. However, we encourage our contestants to attribute their sources in footnotes or endnotes
as far as possible. We are strongly against plagiarism, so if you use a quote, statistic or
argument put forward by another person, please attribute accordingly. Citations, footnotes,
endnotes and bibliographies will NOT be part of your word count.

CAN I E-MAIL YOU MY ENTRIES?

No. We only accept submissions via our online submission form.
The closing date is 2 May 2016 so compose your essay and weave your story today!
If you STILL havent found answers to your queries through this FAQ e-mail us here.

Contact person:
*NOTE*

BRANDON LEE 5 MULIA (016-8376208)

RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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