Just download the entry form shown below, fill out the required areas, and paste to the back of your artwork then mail your entry to Kao by postal service. to get a chance to win plaque and prize!

Prizes

  • “eco-together” – Planet Earth Grand Prix: 1 winner (plaque and prize)
  • “eco-together” – Kao Prize: 6 winners (plaque and prize)
  • Eco Friend Prize: 25 winners (certificate and prize)
  • Group Prize: 5 groups (certificate and prize)
  • Winners of the “eco together” – Planet Earth Grand Prix and the “eco together” – Kao Prize will be invited to attend the awards ceremony at Tokyo Big Sight on Saturday December 10, 2016, where the Eco-Pro 2016 exhibition is being held. Expenses will be paid from anywhere in the world, for the winners and one guardian each.
  • Group Prizes are awarded to elementary and junior-high schools and art classes. Prizes will be sent to the five groups that submit the most entries.
  • In each prize category, the number of awards may increase depending on the number of individual and group entries.
  • Certificates and prizes will be sent to schools and groups for winners the Eco Friend Prize and the Group Prize.

How to Win

  1. Download the entry form shown below, fill out the required areas, and paste to the back of your artwork. Mail your entry to us by postal service. Do not fold or roll up your artwork. Send it in a flat envelope, inserting cardboard or something firm to ensure it does not bend during shipping.
  2. Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children Office
    Address: 8-3-29 Tajima, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8507, JAPAN
    Phone: +81-48-872-1082
    (Phone available only on working days from 10:00-17:00 JST, unavailable on weekends and national holidays)
    E-mail: [email protected]
    (We will respond to e-mail inquiries within a few days.)
  3. Entry specifications
    • Picture size:
      Your entry should be 392 mm × 542 mm or smaller.
    • Medium:
      Any means of direct drawing, painting, or coloring – crayon, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic or oil paint, ink, wood or linocut printing, etc. – is allowed. However, works with pasted elements will not be accepted.
    • Number of entries:
      Only one entry per individual is allowed. Only previously unexhibited works created after January 2016 will be accepted.
    • Important advice:
      Your entry should show that you fully understood and integrated the “Together, we are eco-friendly” theme into your work.
      However, the theme should not be a catchy phrase or slogan, but rather artfully expressed in your entry.
      – Joint works will not be accepted.
      – If the picture contains writing, it must not show the name of a specific person, group, trade name, or company. Similarly, do not show any company, brand, or group logo. Pictures showing such names or logos will be disqualified.

Duration and More Details

Contest prizewinners and schools will be notified in late November 2016.

Contest results will also be announced on this website.

More details at www.kao.com