Since 2015, the Westcoast Smile Art Contest has been a playground to inspire the imagination and creativity of children under 12 years old, teaching them the importance of good early dental care.

This year’s Westcoast International Dental Clinic Smile Art Contest 2022 will be themed “TEETH IN A FANTASY WORLD” with the key message:

“As a responsible tooth, how would you keep your fantasy world happy and healthy? Let’s show everyone how to take care of their teeth in Fantasy World!”

• This gentle, happy and healthy fantasy world is where teeth live in friendly harmony with each other in a peaceful, clean and green environment. It is the home of special teeth characters whom anyone and everyone would want to live with!
• This world of teeth belongs to you! In your imagination and wishes, it can be anything from reality to fiction: in the city, in the countryside, in the mountains, deep sea or outer space, back in the ice age, a dinosaur world… anything you can imagine!
• In this fantasy world of teeth, what will you do to contribute to making this place more civilized, happy and healthy? Would you do your dream job, take concrete actions to help your parents and other people, become the leader of the tooth city, or even become a superhero?

Children aged 12 and below living in Vietnam.

These children need to be supervised by their parents or relatives to follow the steps below:

• Step 1: Take a high-resolution image of your child’s artwork
• Step 2: Describe the artwork in detail:
  ○ Full name and DOB of the child
  ○ Name of school/art center or parent’s name and phone number
  ○ Name and meaning of the artwork. Please add a short description (300 words max.) to express your child’s feelings about the artwork.
• Step 3: Access and like the Westcoast International Dental Clinic Facebook fan page toconnect with our team and enter the contest. Send the photo and above information via email to marketing@westcoastinternational.com or by messaging the Westcoast International Dental Clinic Facebook fan page.
• Step 4: Share your child’s artwork on the school/art center or parents’ Facebook account, with privacy set to “public” along with the two hashtags #Smileartcontest2022 and #Westcoastdentalclinic

This year’s competition features weekly prizes. Teachers and parents should encourage children to complete their artworks as soon as possible to have the chance to receive attractive awards

First round: From Jun 15th to July 17th

• Deadline for submitting entries is July 17th.
• After that date, the Organizing Committee will select the top 20 highest-scoring artworks for the final round.

Final round: From July 18th to July 31st

• July 18th to July 23rd: The final top 20 entries will be sent to our clinics at HCMC and Hanoi.
• July 25th to July 26th: The Organizing Committee will send an Awards Ceremony invitation to schools, art centers, parents and candidates.
• July 31st 2022: The Award Ceremony for winners will be held at the Westcoast
  International Dental Clinic, 17-19-21 Ly Tu Trong, District 1, HCMC

Other prizes for talented candidates and for any school or center with many high quality entries are available.

A weekly prize will be awarded to winning artworks based on the evaluation of the judging panel as well as the volume of interaction of entries posted within that week.

If your child submits an artwork to the contest early, that artwork will have more chances to receive the weekly prize.

Entries that were winners in a previous week cannot be considered for competition during the following weeks.

All entries have a chance to be considered for the top 20 and compete for the top four prizes.

Criteria for evaluation:

The artwork will be evaluated based on 3 points:

• Right topic (50% total score): true to the theme and message of Smile Art Contest 2022.
• Artistry (30% total score): creative ideas, beautiful color scheme, clear layout, novel
  materials.
• Humanity (20% total score): name and describe the meaning of the artwork that inspires people positively.

All results will also be based on a consideration of the various ages of the children.

Note: Final round results will be solely based only on the evaluation of the judging panel

Each candidate can submit more than one artwork during the contest period. Up to one artwork per week is allowed. The judging panel will choose the best artworks to enter the final round.

• Contestants may use many ways of expressing their ideas through materials such as colored wax, color pencils, water colors, pastels, oil paints, etc. Sculptures and 3D artworks are also allowed.
• The minimum artwork size is that of a standard A4 sheet of paper. Larger canvases are allowed.
• Artworks of children participating in the program must be original and never have appeared in any other contest, advertisement or exhibition before.
• All entries must be submitted online until the end of July 17th. We are sorry that we cannot accept late submissions.
• We will contact you if your child’s weekly artwork enters the final round during the week after ending the first round.
• Four out of 20 candidates who receive the highest score from the judging panel will receive the top four prizes of this year’s contest.
• No entries will be returned. The organizers have full rights to use the contest artworks, artist information and images of participants for media promotions without remuneration.
• The Organizing Committee has the right to cancel and remove the eligibility of
  participation without prior notice if they detect fraudulent acts of personal information, unofficial entries or cultural violations of Vietnamese fine customs and laws or entries that have political themes.
• In the event of a dispute or complaint related to the contest, the Organizing Committee will intervene. The committee will make the final decision.

It’s time to give your kids the chance to have fun with their friends, promote creativity and imagination through drawing, and learn more oral health knowledge in this year’s “Smile Art Contest”, organized by Westcoast International Dental Clinic.

Thank you for joining our competition!