Competition Brief 2025

This Year's Theme (2025)

How can we design and build Singapore’s built environment to foster stronger, meaningful connections within communities?

We invite your students to explore this exciting question through art, stories, and creative ideas in this year’s learning journey, held in collaboration with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Singapore.

From homes and schools to parks and public spaces, Singapore’s built environment is designed to enhance our daily lives. Over time, people form deep connections and a sense of belonging, turning our physical infrastructures into familiar spaces we call home. This contest encourages students to envision and express how our built environment can bring people together and shape a future where everyone belongs.


Categories

Primary
Primary Schools
Students 12 years' old and below enrolled in a Primary School
Open
Open Category
Every Singaporean & PR. Every age and every walk of life, an individual, group or a team from an institution.

Important Competition Information

General Rules of the Competition

  • By entering into this competition, the participant(s) verifies that the work submitted is not plagiarised and does not infringe the copyright and intellectual property right of any person or organisation.

  • By entering into this competition, the participant(s) agree that the organisers have free usage of the submitted works for the competition's publicity purposes and future events.

  • Participants are encouraged to use the Creative Commons License for all work submitted.

  • The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

  • Any dialogue or text shown within the submission that is not in English, should have annotations/subtitles in English.

  • Individual and group participants under the age of 16 years old will be required to obtain their parent's or guardian's consent to take part in the competition. The following details will be required when filling in the online submission form:

    • Consenting Parent's / Guardian's Name

    • Consenting Parent's / Guardian's Contact Number

    • Consenting Parent's / Guardian's Email

    • Consenting Parent's / Guardian's Mailing Address

  • By entering into this competition, the participant(s) agree that personal data collected will be used by the organising committee and third-parties engaged by the organising committee to manage the competition for purposes related to the competition, including but not limited to sending email communications about submissions, publicity of competition-related events, notification of results etc.

  • Terms and Conditions stated above may be subject to changes at the discretion of the organising committee.

Important Competition Dates

Closing Date of Competition

To be announced

Notification of Results

To be announced

Awards Ceremony

8 November 2025
Competition Categories

Submissions can be done as an individual participant or as a group of up to 6 persons.

Participants can take part in the competition via these 2 categories:

Primary School

Open Category

For students aged 12 years and below enrolled in a primary school

All Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents currently not enrolled in a primary school
Type of Competition & Submission Instruction

STATIC PRESENTATION - ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN & PHOTO SUBMISSION

How to submit:
- Upload your file to wetransfer ( https://wetransfer.com/ ) and a download link will be generated. 
- Please submit the download link via the online registration form.
- Click here for step-by-step guide on how to get a wetransfer download link.

What can I submit:
- A single artwork or up to a series of 5 related images in JPEG format

What are some guidelines I need to take note:
- Accepted file format is JPEG
- Maximum resolution 300dpi
- Total maximum file size is 1GB.
- You are required to submit a short explanation about your work in less than 750 characters during the online submission.

DYNAMIC PRESENTATION - ANIMATION & VIDEO SUBMISSION

How to submit:
- Upload your file to wetransfer ( https://wetransfer.com/ ) and a download link will be generated. 
- Please submit the download link via the online registration form.
- Click here for step-by-step guide on how to get a wetransfer download link.

What can I submit:
- Video files should be in HD (1920 x 1080) and .mp4 format, no longer than 3 minutes in length.

What are some guidelines I need to take note:
- Any dialogue or text shown within the animation/video that is not in English, should have subtitles in English. 
- Total maximum file size is 1GB. There must be no mention of group name or logo in the submission.
- You are required to submit a short explanation about your work in less than 750 characters during the online submission.

Prizes-in-Kind

More information will be furnished on the exact prizes at a later date.

Category

First

Second

Third

Primary

$500

$300

$200

Open

$500

$300

$200
SG75 Competition Judging Criteria

  • 50%: Aspiration Value of the Presentation

  • 20%: Online Popularity Vote

  • 15%: Artistic & Literary Quality of the Presentation

  • 15%: Practicality and Probability of the Proposed Vision

FAQ

Q: I want to take part with some friends, can I do so?
A: Yes, definitely! Submissions can be made by up to a group of 6 participants. Please select group submission during online submission.

Q: When is the submission deadline?
A: To be announced

Q: Can I submit multiple entries?
A: Yes. However, they should be different in content. Do give different titles to each separate entry to avoid confusion.

Q: I would like to make some changes to my entry and the competition is still open. Can I re-submit?
A: Yes. There is a question within the submission form asking "Is this a re-submission?". Please select Yes. 

Q: My video submission has some dialogue in a language other than English. Will I be disqualified?
A: The primary language for the competition is English. If other languages are used, English subtitles are required.