REGULATIONS
1. Objective: To encourage & discover more painters to participate in cultural creative arts & design through stamps.
2. Qualifications:
A. Macao participants:
- Children's Category: Born between 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2019;
- Youth Category: Born between 01/01/2007 - 31/12/2012.
B. Macao and/or oversea participants: General Category: No age limit.
3. Participation Requirements:
Theme of drawing |
By extension of concept & content from selected "MACAO CHINA" stamps or souvenir sheets. |
Number of work |
Each participant can only participate in one category and submit one drawing. |
Work requirements |
- Drawing must be drawn by hand on an A4 sized (29.7cm x 21cm) drawing paper. Computer graphics/designs are not accepted;
- Painting material and colour are not limited. Except for the souvenir sheet and stamps, other objects glued on to the drawing are not accepted;
- One complete souvenir sheet, or one/more than one physical stamps corresponding to the theme must be glued on the drawing. Stamps or souvenir sheets issued before 20/12/1999 which out of circulation are not accepted;
- Mint or cancelled stamps are allowed to use. Participants are not allowed to use counterfeits and photocopies stamps or the drawing will be disqualified.
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4. Prize:
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Children's Category |
Youth Category |
General Category* |
1st Prize |
Coupons valued at MOP1,800 |
Coupons valued at MOP2,400 |
Coupons valued at MOP3,000 |
2nd Prize |
Coupons valued at MOP1,500 |
Coupons valued at MOP2,000 |
Coupons valued at MOP2,500 |
3rd Prize |
Coupons valued at MOP1,200 |
Coupons valued at MOP1,600 |
Coupons valued at MOP2,000 |
Excellence Prizes |
3 winners for each group. Each winner will get coupons valued at MOP500. |
Guidance Teacher |
All guidance teachers of the Children and Youth Categories will be presented with souvenirs. But souvenirs will not be repeatedly given to the same person. |
Participation Award |
A trophy will be awarded to the school or association that has submitted the most number of works meeting the "Participation Requirements". |
5. Registration and submission dates:
- Completed Registration Form should be fixed on the back of submitted drawing before submit directly in person or post to Communications Museum, drawings without a posted registration form will not be evaluated;
- Submission Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from Monday to Sunday, closed on public holidays;
- Deadline for submission: 5:00 p.m. at 03/07/2025 (Thursday). Late submissions will not be evaluated;
6. Evaluation: The organizer will invite professionals in the fields of art, stamps and culture to be the judges. The results are subject to the final judgment of the judges.
7. Declaration:
- All effective staff of Macao Post & Telecommunicatons Bureau (CTT) is not allowed to participate in the Contest.
- Personal data collected in the Registration Form will only be used for the arrangement of the activity and handled according to the "Statement of Personal Data Collection" of CTT.
- The submitted work must be original, not has been previously published, awarded any prizes or be bound by any copyright restriction.
- All submitted entries will be exhibited in the Communications Museum and other location. The Organizer reserves the rights to film, publish, translate, display and promote the entries without prior permission of the participants or remuneration.
- The submitted drawings will not be returned to the participants. CTT owns the copyright and usage right of the winning drawings.
- If a prize-winning work were a product of plagiarism, any prize awarded will be recovered and the contestant involved may be required to bear corresponding legal liabilities.
Inquiry & download of Registration Form
Communications Museum - Ms. Sunny Kuok
Address: Estrada de D.Maria II, no.7, Macau
Tel: (853) 2871 8063/2871 8570
Email: info@cmm.gov.mo
Web: www.cmm.gov.mo