The 30th NECTJ (Harumatsuri)

Bunkasai at Hunter College

第三十回文化祭＠ハンター大学

 

The Harumatsuri Committee also welcomes other teachers of Japanese, their students, and Japan related organizations to join our Harumatsuri. If you would like to bring your students, please contact: Yukiko Wilson  

Eligibility

The teacher must become a member of NECTJ.

The teacher must volunteer and become a member of the event committee.

Deadline: 12/13/2024

Application Form

Performance duration: 5 minutes or less including a set-up and off the stage.

Contents: Must be related to Japan or Japanese culture, performed in Japanese, and appropriate for screening in the school environment: No violence or inappropriate language and acting.

Requirements: Must submit a 30-second demo video of the performance for application.

Submission format: Upload the demo video on YouTube.

Application form coming soon.

Eligibility

The student (or the students) must be a member of the participant of the 30th NECTJ Harumatsuri event.

The student must be able to perform on the stage on the event day at the location.

Poster and Badge Design Contest

Deadline: 10/30/2024

Criteria:

Both Hand Written and Digital Entries are accepted,

Eligibility

Teacher must be a member of NECTJ

The student must be taking Japanese class, or in Japanese club at a Secondary School

Poster Contest Requirements: 

1. One Teacher can select and send two students' work.
2. The work must be the student's original that was not used for any other contests in the past. Ensure that the entry is in compliance with all the legal and copyright requirements.
3. The formal event name must appear on the poster
4. 第30回NECTJ文化祭＠ハンター大学
5. Format: a JPEG in letter size / portrait orientation.
6. Sample themes: anime, manga, Japanese culture, spring, food, etc.

Application Form

Badge Contest Requirements: 3 categories below

1. Designs that appeal the 30th event
2. Designs that appeal cultural festival
3. Designs that appeal Japanese culture (Free design)
4. One Teacher can select and send two students' work.
5. The work must be the student's original that was not used for any other contests in the past.
6. Size: Diameter 2.25 inch circle

Application Form 

Deadline: 12/13/24

Application Form

Length: 2-5 minutes

Contents: Must be appropriate for screening in the school environment. No violence or inappropriate language and acting. Can be live-action, animated, or voice-over with copyright-free images. Can be a monologue such as rakugo-style.

Requirements: It must include English subtitles. The script must be an original work by students.

Judging Criteria: Satisfaction of the guidelines. Originality & Creativity, Japanese language skills.

Submission format: Upload your video to YouTube.

You can watch the 2024 winner's video here.

Eligibility

Teacher must be a member of NECTJ

The student must be taking Japanese class, or in Japanese club at a Secondary School

Application Deadline: December 18th, 2024 (EXTENDED)

Regional Contest for the All-USA Speech Contest by Aurora Foundation

Application Form 

Purpose:

The purpose of this speech contest is to provide an opportunity for local high school students to learn from each other and deepen their international understanding by presenting the diverse perspectives and new knowledge they have gained through studying the Japanese language and culture.

Content:

Speakers can choose any topic; e.g. "Traditional Culture vs Pop Culture,” “International Relations,” etc.

Past Speech Contest Topics:

You can see the Speech Contest 2021 program here. 2025's coming soon.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be high school students and may NOT:

a) be native speakers of Japanese;

b) have a Japanese parent (Issei), or;

c) have had more than six months of schooling in Japan after age six.

d) These students also may not be the past 1st place winners, and

e) their teachers must be current members of NECTJ.

Any student who places in the top 3 at the NECTJ High School Japanese Speech Contest will be eligible to submit their speeches for consideration to the Aurora Foundation All-USA High School Japanese Speech Contest. However, the winner of the All-USA Contest must be a US citizen or permanent resident to enter the World Speech Contest in Japan.

For more details, see Aurora Foundation's website.

http://www.jlsf-aurora.org/eng

*Date and Venue:

The Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ) High School Japanese Speech Contest will be held during Harumatsuri on Feburuary 12.

Procedure for Preliminary Selection

To be considered to be a finalist for the Contest, teachers must submit the Online Application Form on behalf of their students.

1. Each teacher may apply up to four (4) students. If you have multiple entries, please rank the speeches from your school with the strongest speech as ‘1’ and so forth.

2. Upload student’s typed speech script in Japanese (PDF) with the title:

Student’s full name - Name of your school (teacher’s name)

Ex. John Smith - New York HS (Tanaka)

3. Upload student’s speech file (mp3) ( 5 minutes or less) with the title:

Student full name - Name of your school (teacher’s name)

Ex. John Smith - New York HS (Tanaka)

Selection Procedure:

NECTJ members will judge the speeches and select 6 speeches for the Contest, where contestants will present their speeches remotely via Zoom.

The teachers will be notified of the finalists by the Speech Contest Committee