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#STOP
ASIAN
HATE
Our 2nd Social Justice Art & Writing Awards is closed!
Social Justice Art & Writing Awards 2021
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, racism and violence against the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has increased. Racism manifests in different ways and AAPI communities have experienced everything from physical attacks, verbal harassment, and violence leading to death, as seen in the fatal shootings at Atlanta-based massage parlors in March 2021.
At Social Justice Watcher, we believe racism is violence. We stand with the AAPI communities who have experienced the trauma of racism long before the pandemic and even more so now. We also call for advocates and allies to come together and support asian community.
This year, we invite young people from all over the world to discuss the new wave of racism we are now facing through art and writing, and think about how we can change people’s ideas through actions. We hope to convey a message to everyone:
Asian is not a Virus, Racism is.
We must act now.
Prompts
1. How is the asian identity different from others and why did it come into existence when and where it did?
2. "My point is that illness is not a metaphor, and that the most truthful way of regarding illness -- and the healthiest way of being ill -- is one most purified of, most resistant to, metaphoric thinking." -- Susan Sontag
Compose a piece of writing or artwork that reflects upon Sontag's remark above, its implications for the recent stigmatization of COVID-19 as "Chinese Virus" or "Kungflu," and the resultant wave of Asian Hate.
3. Will the world be better if everyone has the same race identity?
All candidates must answer one of these questions via writing or artwork.
Entry Requirements
Entry is open to students from any country and any school. Candidates must be 21 years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline, 31 August 2021.
Key Dates
31 August 2021: Submission deadline
15 September: Short-listed candidates notified
Winners will be announced in 30 September.
Awards
First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize,Shortlist for each genret, and Grand Prize.Entry fee
30 USD/200 CNY. All income will be used for project operations and other non-profit activities. Surplus funds will be donated to AAPI Civic Engagement Fund(www.aapifund.org).
Writing Requirements
- The work must be written in English
- Narratives or Essays (600-2000 words); Poetry (no more than 80 lines)
Participants must complete their work originally. If other’s works are cited, participants must include in-text citation and bibliography. Once the participant is found to plagiarized, he or she will be disqualified directly. Do not include any personal information, such as name, home address, etc
The format of the work- PDF files (files less than 20 M)
- The title of the work must be placed at the first page of the article
- Times New Roman, 12-point type, double-spaced
- If there are references, please indicate the in-text citation and references
- The file is named by name + category (Sam Zhang, Writing)
Art Requirements
Works in the form of comic art, design, video, painting and illustration, mixed media, photography, printmaking
Participants must complete their work originally. If other’s works are cited, participants must include in-text citation and bibliography. Once the participant is found to plagiarized, he or she will be disqualified directly
Participants can choose to complete the work in a group no more than 3 people, or they can choose to complete it by oneself
Do not include any personal information, such as name, home address, etc
Written reflection in English(artist’s statement) of more than 100 words is required
The format of the work
Videos will be uploaded via video link(eg. bilibili, youtube etc.), and other works will be uploaded in PDF type
If there are references, please indicate the in-text citation and references
The file is named by name + category (Julia Lee, Art)
Precautions
Once the work is uploaded, it cannot be changed or refunded
The writers can't team up
Academic Committee
James Hankins
Professor of HistoryHarvard University
Shamus Rahman Khan
Professor of Sociology & American StudiesPrinceton University
Paul Hardart
Clinical Professor of MarketingNew York University Stern School of Business
Liu Yu
Associate Professor of EconomicsFudan University
Art Committee
SIMIN QIU
Designer,IF Award winner,40 under 40 designer 2016Royal College of Art
Honglan Huang
Visiting Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Visiting Scholar in Theater and Performance StudiesBryn Mawr College
Yiwen Wu
Dramaturg, playwright, translatorUniversity of Chicago
Last Year's Results
Social Justice George Floyd Writing Competition 2020
Grand Prize
Wang Zi United World College Changshu China
Lanfu (Randolph) Liu Deerfield Academy
First Prize
Yihuan (Yvonne) Yu UWC Atlantic College
Lin Luo Cambridge School of Weston
Yuan Zhang Bishop Ready High School
Yurui (Rain) Hou Walnut Hill School
Kainan Huang Aiglon College
Yihan (Hannah) Zhang YK Pao School
Ziang (Will) Li United World College Changshu China
Juntian (Wendy) Xiao WLSA Shanghai Academy
Second Prize
Yichen (Eric) Sun Shanghai Pinghe School
Boxuan (Victor) Jiao St. Anne's Belfield School
Zetong Zhang Hefei No.1 High School
Yanwenxin (Aimee) Pan Rabun Gap Nacoochee School
Xinyu (Onessa) Hu Shanghai Pinghe School
Chenjie (Liam) Tang UWC Atlantic College
Xinran (Olivia) Ma Culver Academies
Ziyue Cai Jinling High School
Ma Xirui Raffles Institution
Third Prize
David Dai Nanjing Foreign Language School British Columbia Academy (NFLS BCA)
Qinyu (Rainy) Mao WLSA Shanghai Academy
Yuyao (Bruce) Li Shanghai Pinghe School
Yutian (Mike) Zhu Marianapolis Preparatory School
Nan (Renee) Zhao Shanghai Pinghe School
Yubing (Laura) Lin Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province
Li (Lee) Cheng Ningbo Zhenhai Cambridge International
Chan Wang United World College Changshu China
Jiawei Xin Shanghai International Studies University Bilingual School
Mutian (Jack) Yu Shanghai Pinghe School
Wenhan (Erin) Xue Cambridge School of Weston
Zhifei (Julia) Xie Garrison Forest School
Yifan (Kris) Lu Trinity Preparatory School
Yao Ruyi Heileybury College
You Zhang The Frederick Gunn School
Honorable Mention
Yiyue (Freya) Liu Kimball Union Academy
Junzhe (William) Zhou Cape Henry Collegiate
Chenrui (Ray) Liang Guangdong Experimental High School
Du Yihao Aiglon CollegeYichun (Harry) Wang Tianyi High School
Shengli Feng HD Ningbo School
Yifan (Louie) Lu Cape Henry Collegiate
You Zhou Hwa Chong Institution
Luke Sheng Bayview Secondary High School
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