Put on your creative hat

By RACHEL THIEN

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - IN CONJUNCTION with the upcoming 28th National Day celebrations, The Brunei Times is organising a nationwide competition for Bruneians and residents to express their patriotism and love for the nation through five creative media. Supported by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, the national competition's central theme is "I Love Brunei Darussalam".

The competition aims to provide a platform for participants to showcase their appreciation, commitment and pride to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and the country.

The five competitions are painting, essay writing, video, graphic designs and photography.

The painting competition has three categories: for participants under 12 years of age, between 13 and 18 years, and an open category. This is aimed at helping nurture Brunei's promising artists and expand and sharpen their artistic talent.

The essay writing contest has categories for participants under 12 years of age, and 13-18 years. It also has an open category.

Entries must be in 150-200 words and can be in English or Malay.

Both video and graphics design categories are aimed at encouraging budding filmmakers and designers to cast their creativity in these platforms. Video submissions must be in 30 seconds in length, with a voice-over either in English or Malay, while the graphic design contest is an open category which will allow designers across the country to craft designs centred on the theme.

The photography category is open to all amateur and professional photographers to showcase photographs that demonstrate their love for Brunei Darussalam.

The closing date for the competitions will be on February 29, 2012.

Attractive prizes have been secured.

Winners of each category will also have their work showcased in various arenas, which will also be revealed soon.

-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times