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Organisation : St. Joseph’s College
Contest Name : META Blue Pencil Contest 2018
Applicable For : Open to UG & PG students of Communications
Website : http://metajosephs.in/blue-pencil-2018/

META Joseph’s Blue Pencil Contest

BLUE PENCIL is a festival devoted to bringing Writing & Media Arts together, now in its second edition.

Related : St. Joseph’s College META 2018 Contest : www.contest.net.in/32440.html

Eligibility

While the contests are open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Communications, Communicative English and Journalism, students of other disciplines are welcome to participate.

Contest Period

The contests will be held on 14 February 2018 and 15 February 2018. All contests will begin by 3: 15 pm and conclude by 5 pm.

General Rules

** Each department can field an unlimited number of teams/participants.
** To register for events, please use the forms provided at Official Site.
** You may also confirm entries from your institution with a phone-call to the numbers provided below or an email to metajosephs [AT] gmail.com by 13 February 2018.

** You can also send a letter confirming entries from your institution with the participants.
** Teams/participants must carry valid identification from the institution they are representing.
** Participants/teams must report to the Reception Desk at the Undergraduate Block on Langford Road, following which they will be directed to the venues.

** The decision of the judges will be final and binding on all participants.
** While we will allow on-the-spot entries, we urge those interested to register in advance.
** A championship shield will be awarded to the college that tops the overall scoreboard.
** For all inquiries regarding contests, please call Prof. Vijeta (97410-57203), Prof. Arul Mani (9731214519) or email metajosephs [AT] gmail.com

Event Headliners

1. We’ll give you a page.
2. You come up with the headlines.
Rules :
1. Teams of two
2. Entry Fee : Rs. 50/- per team
Date : Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Reporting Time : 3 pm
Prizes for the top three teams
Venue : Audi Block, St. Joseph’s College

Interactive Photo Essay

Topic : Signboards, Shopfronts, Street views
Combine not more than 10 photographs you have clicked with a nifty 1000-word commentary to accompany your work. Present your work, and take questions from our jury.

Rules :
** Teams of two
** Entry Fee Rs. 50/- per team
** You are free to choose an appropriate layout for your submission and must submit the work in printed form.
** All submissions must be original and should have been clicked in the period 1 February 2018 to 14 February 2018.
** Teams will have to make a short 5-minute presentation of their work via PowerPoint to a jury

Nosecut

A variation on Press Stress, Nose Cut is a team event where every bit of research helps.
Rules :
** Teams of two Speaker & Researcher
** Each team will be assigned an in-the news personality on 14 Feb
** Their job is to handle questions from a press conference on 15 Feb
** Teams can research personalities assigned to them, as well as to others during the contest
** Speakers must introduce themselves, and then begin taking questions
** Researchers may assist speakers only through handwritten notes during the contest
** Time allowed 4+1 minutes