On behalf of the Socio-Cultural Commission, we wish to announce the 6th International Children’s drawing competition.
The IPA’s Socio-Cultural Commission is organising the
6th International Children’s Drawing Competition!
All children or grandchildren of our members, aged 6-12 years (born 1-1-2014 to 31-12-2020) are eligible to participate, provided that one of the two parents or grandparents, or guardians consents to both participating in the competition, as well as exhibiting projects and granting rights to the IEB for use in the construction of calendars, etc.
Following the great interest shown in recent years by schools and institutions for children, we are pleased to announce that their artworks will also be accepted and will form a separate special category within the competition.
Children and grandchildren of IEB members and SCC’s Arts and Culture Project members are excluded from the competition.
Each child involved must paint on A4 size paper. The following can be used: pencil, water colours, tempera, oil pastel, dry pastel and inks.
Projects must be accompanied by a completed entry form including the full name of the contestant (name, surname), age, parent’s email, and a contact phone number.
Upon submission of the project, the parents shall automatically accept all the above conditions set by the Commission.
The closing date for entries is Saturday 16th August 2026.
Entries should be submitted within the time limits of the competition.
All drawings should be scanned and sent to the following e-mail address:
artsandcultureprojectteam@gmail.com
Each contestant will be entitled to only two (2) entries and the same person cannot be a winner more than once.
The topics of the competition are:
- Police cars
- Animals
- Environment
The competition will feature three winners from each category and one overall winner.
The prizes will be:
- For the overall winner: a gift worth 100 euros
- For the first winner of each category: a gift worth 50 euros
- For the second and third winners of each category: a gift worth 50 euros
- For the winner of the special category (schools, etc): a gift worth 100 euros
All children will receive a Certificate of Participation via email.
Drawings will be exhibited on a board during the 69th IPA World Congress in Sri Lanka.
A committee of educators and professional painters will choose the best paintings.
The results of the competition will be announced on the last working day of the Congress.
Please find the rules, as well as an entry form below
Information Document
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