Excuse me, when did the Sprout New Concept Contest start this year?

Once a year. Submissions usually start in July and close around November. After the preliminary round, we will go to Shanghai for the semi-finals around January!

Format of Entry. In 1998, the first New Concept Essay Contest was launched. The "New Concept Essay Contest" for the new century and cultivating new talents was jointly sponsored by seven national key universities, including Peking University, Fudan University, East China Normal University, Nanjing University, Nankai University, Shandong University, and Xiamen University.

Except for the preliminary competition, the number of words required is controlled within 5,000 words, and the contestants are under 30 years old, no registration fee will be charged, and there is no limit. The "New Concept" aims to promote:

"New thinking" - creative and divergent thinking, breaking the shackles of old concepts and norms, breaking through rigidity and conservatism, and advocating unrestrained.

"New expression" - not limited by subject matter and genre, using one's own language full of personality, opposing clichés, opposing the face of a thousand people, and the word of many people.

"True experience" - real, real, sincere, sincere attention, feeling, and experience the activation of Shengchang.

The competition is divided into preliminary round and semi-final. The preliminary competition follows the form of essay collection in general literary journals, with no propositions, no limited themes, and genre albums, with a word count of less than 5,000 words, and has not been published in public journals. The winners of the preliminary round participate in the semi-finals; The semi-finals will be held in an examination room.

The examination questions are selected by secret ballot by secret ballot, and are supervised and impartial by the notary office.

The finalists will be determined in the preliminary round, and the finalists will come to Shanghai to participate in the semi-finals, and the final and second prizes and the list of finalists will be obtained by combining the two scores.

New thinking, new expression, real experience.

The 17th National New Concept Essay Contest is scheduled to start on April 1, 2014, co-sponsored by 14 famous universities and budding magazines in China, jointly sponsored by Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Nanjing University, Nankai University, Wuhan University, Xiamen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University, Chinese University, Shandong University, Shanghai Theater Academy and Budding Magazine.

The "New Concept" aims to promote:

"New thinking" - creative and divergent thinking, breaking the shackles of old concepts and norms, breaking rigidity and conservatism, and being unrestrained.

"New expression" - not limited by subject matter and genre, using one's own language full of personality, opposing clichés, opposing the same face and one word.

"True experience" - real, real, sincere, sincere attention, feeling, and experience of life.

Participants: Group A Fresh senior high school juniors and sophomores (including third-year students).

Group B: Senior 1 and junior high school students (including 3 school students).

Group C Young people under the age of 30 other than secondary school students.

Participation form: Preliminary and semi-final. The preliminary competition follows the form of essays in general literary publications, with no propositions, no limited themes, genres, and less than 5,000 words, which cannot be published in public publications, and plagiarism or inviting people is strictly prohibited.

Please attach the "Registration Form" to the manuscript, see "Sprout" 2014 No.

Issues 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, "Sprout" (New Concept Composition Edition, Second Half Monthly), 2014.

Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh issues, only one work can be attached to each registration form, and it should be sent to Sprout Magazine, No. 675 Julu Road, Shanghai, Zip Code: 200040, and the envelope is marked with "New Concept". The winners of the preliminary round of each group participate in the semi-finals; The semi-finals will be held in an examination room.

Students from other places who come to Shanghai to participate in the semi-finals will be provided by the organizing committee for the round-trip train hard seat travel expenses.

Submission Deadline: November 25, 2014 (based on local postmark).

Awards: The first prize, the second prize and the finalist award will be awarded, and the award certificate will be awarded. Good works and award-winning works will be published in the paper version or online version of "Sprout", and will be reviewed by experts after the competition and published in a collection.

The award-winning senior high school graduates will be given priority according to the specific situation of famous universities. In addition, there are a number of organization recommendation awards, which are awarded to schools that actively organize students to participate in the competition.

Note: There is no entry fee for this competition. Contestants are requested to keep their own manuscripts, and the manuscripts will not be returned.

All entrants are deemed to have automatically agreed to the terms of this notice.

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Postage is free for surface mail (**Postage is charged for each volume).

Sprout Post Office Subscription Code: 4-4

Sprout New Concept Essay Edition (second half of the monthly) post office subscription code: 4-818.

The Organizing Committee of the New Concept Essay Contest.

April 2014.

The above is the notice in the bud.,And if you don't understand, go to the new concept essay contest.,It's very complete.。

Sprout" and new concepts, as well as those familiar names and stories. Mr. Zhao went all the way.

Guo Jingming's blog: "Sprout" edited by Mr. Zhao Changtian and the new concept competition he founded are where my literary dream began. Many young people like me have embarked on the path of literature from here.

Netizen: He is Bole, who gave young people the courage to dream.

Netizen: In the face of doubts and criticism, Mr. Zhao, whom I know, always smiles away.