WHO?

Non-native speaker of Chinese, who is interested in Chinese culture and has stories to share about Chinese New Year.

WHAT?

Essays, photographs and videos are all welcome, with the theme Chinese New Year in My Eyes. Your work must be original content for this contest. Submitted works must be in English or Chinese. All works must not infringe on any third party rights.

Essays: less than or equal to 800 words

Photographs: Photographs must be in digital format. Images should be no larger than 5MB. Images should be either JPEG or JPG files. The caption must be complete and accurate, sufficient to convey the circumstances in which the photograph was taken. Watermarks are not acceptable.

Videos：All video entries must not exceed 3 minutes in length and be no larger than 500MB. Videographic aspect ratios should be 4:3 or 16:9. All video entries must be submitted in mp4 format. There is no restriction on the style of the video (e.g. animation, live-action, etc).

WHEN?

Submitting period: Jan 20-Mar 5 (Lantern Festival) Judging period: Mar 6-26 (expert judges + netizens' votes cast) Award announcement: late March

HOW?

Please submit your work, or a Youtube link to your video to: contest@chinadaily.com.cn

You can also submit your work to Chinaculture.org's Facebook homepage of Chinese New Year – Just Share it!, or share them on Instagram by tagging @Chinaculture.org.

WHERE?

Your stories will be posted on China’s most influential English-language Web portal, Chinadaily.com.cn. Millions of readers will read your stories on the China Daily website and its English BBS.

About the appraisal

Winners will be selected by a panel of experts consisting of cultural scholars, members of the China Photographers Association and foreign experts at China Daily (40%), as well as online votes cast (60%).

Awards and Prizes

1 first prizes: 5-7 day cultural tour of China, or a 5,000 RMB equivalent prize

3 second prizes: Xiaomi III smartphone, or a 3,000 RMB equivalent prize

5 third prizes: Music player, or a 1,000 RMB equivalent prize.

20 Honorable mentions: Certificate of honor and Chinese craft gifts.