1. Description

An Opinion is an article, usually published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author’s opinion about a subject. It aims to explain to the reader the author’s perspective on a certain issue. The perspective can be analytical or persuasive. An example of Opinion can be seen here from The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/opinion.

2. Choice of Issues

Participants of Opinion Article Competition may choose one issue that is of best interest to them. For each issue, the AVISOC Committee will take best three articles to be the winners. Therefore, in total, there will be 15 winners for this division. The issues to choose is the following:

1. Issues in educational practices and management.
2. Issues in business administration.
3. Issues in taxation, accounting, and finance.
4. Issues in public administration, public policy, politics, and social trends.
5. Issues in digital literacy and information and technology.

3. Requirements

The followings are the things that you need to know before start working on your article. Please learn carefully.

• The article is written by 1 (one) person only.
• Every participant is allowed to send maximum 1 (one) article.
• The article should consist between 500-800 words at the most.
• Type the article by following these rules:
  • Paper size : A4.
  • Font type : Arial or Times New Roman.
  • Font size : 12.
  • Line spacing : 1.5.
• The opinion article should be original and has never been published elsewhere, proven by a report on plagiarism checking provided by the participant.

4. Scoring Criteria

Your article will be scored under the following guidance:

No.	Indicator	Criteria	Weight
1	Content	1.    The content conforms to the chosen issue. 2.    The idea is authentic. 3.    The analysis and solution are deep, based on data and/or facts, and positive (prentive, promotive, curative, or persuasive). 4.    Educative (giving positive impact to readers)	35%
2	Organizational Structure	The good flow of the article really captivates the reader’s mind, from the beginning until the end.	30%
3	Language Use	1.    Selected dictions are suitable for general readers. 2.    Very little or no grammatical error.	20%
4	Mechanics	1.    The number of words is no more than 500-800 words. 2.    Correct and proper use of punctuation.	15%

4. How to Register?

• The article is submitted as you register yourself through our online submission form on the main website.
• Files submitted consist of:
  • Article file (PDF format), max. 3 MB.
  • Photo of or scanned Student ID, max. 2 MB.

Statement of originality (provided on our website)

1. Theme

The theme of the Poster Division is: “Hidden Tourist Attraction at Your Home Country”. The Committee will take the best three posters as the winners of this division.

2. Requirements

The followings are the things that you need to know before start working on your poster. Please learn carefully.

• Your poster has never been seen or published elsewhere.
• The poster can be designed by an individual, or a maximum of 3 (three) persons in a group of participant with all persons come from the same institution.
• Every participant is allowed to send only 1 (one) poster.
• The poster is created on an A4-size paper (21 cm x 29.7 cm), in PNG/JPG/JPEG format, with minimum resolution of 300 ppi.
• Put on the logo of your institution on the top side of the poster, along with the name(s) of the creator(s) on the bottom.

 

3. Scoring Criteria

Your poster will be scored under the following guidance:

No.	Indicator	Criteria	Weight
1	Originality	1.    The idea is authentic. 2.    The poster has never been seen or published elsewhere.	20%
2	Conformity with the topic	1.    Positive campaign (preventive, curative, promotive, or persuasive) 2.    The depth of exploration to the topic 3.    Factuality	30%
3	Visualization	1.    Composition of content and pictures (readability and colors) 2.    Attractiveness (use of symbols, illustration, and others) 3.    Esthetics	30%
4	Benefits	1.    Educative (giving positive influence) 2.    Providing values (wisdom words)	20%

4. How to Register?

• The poster is submitted as you register yourself through our online submission form on the main website.
• Files submitted consist of:
  • Poster file, max. 3 MB.
  • Photo of Student ID, max. 2 MB.

1. Theme

The theme of the photos is “Food, Culture, Nature, Cityscapes – A Colorful South East Asia”. The Committee will take the best three photos as the winners of this division.

2. Requirements

The followings are the things that you need to know before start working on your poster. Please learn carefully.

• Participant is individual, not group of people.
• Format file: 8R size, color print, unmounted, JPG/JPEG format file
• Your photo has never been seen or published elsewhere.
• Every participant is allowed to send only 1 (one) photo.
• All photos must be original work, taken by the participant. No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
• The photo must be in its original state and cannot be altered in any way, including but not limited to removing, adding, reversing, or distorting subjects within the frame.

3. Scoring Criteria

Your poster will be scored under the following guidance:

No.	Indicator	Criteria	Weight
1	Relevance to the Theme	How well the photo interprets the theme.	25%
2	Creativity	How the photographer showed some creative thoughts, and how the subject matter is pictured in a unique and interesting way.	25%
3	Technique	Use of elements of photography, whether the photo showed balance in light, focus, depth of field, etc.	25%
4	Overall impact	Whether the photo was able to grab and hold the viewers’ attention. Is there a “wow” factor?	25%

4. How to Register

• The photo file is submitted as you register yourself through our online submission form on the main website.
• Files submitted consist of:
  • Photo file ( 3 MB).
  • Photo of Student ID, max. 2 MB.

Use the following files as necessary.

1. Plagiarism Statement – Opinion Article
2. Copyright Statement – Poster & Photograph
3. AviSOC 2022 – Guidelines
4. AviSOC 2022 – Poster

There is no registration fee for joining this competition. All eligible students shall pay nothing to register.

Please be aware with the following important dates, so that you do not lose a chance to win this international competition.

Publication of the event	:	July 29th 2022.
Open Registration and submission	:	July 29th – September 15th, 2022 (by midnight of Jakarta/Bangkok time).
Judges’ scoring	:	September 15th – October 15th, 2022.
Announcement of winners	:	October 29th, 2022.

The announcement of winners is a one package show with an international virtual seminar held by the organizers. All registered participants should attend the seminar.

The views and opinions expressed in the Opinion article and Poster submitted by participants are those of the authors/creators and do not necessarily reflect the official view or policy of the organizing committee. Any content provided by the authors/creators are of their opinion, and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything. The AVISOC Committee shall retain rights for all submitted works (articles, posters, and photos) and will be published in separate books with ISBN for each type of works as the outcome of this international event.

Email	:	avisoc@ub.ac.id
Contact Person	:	Ms. Dian Syahfitri.

Click this button to register (you will be redirected to a Google Form-based online registration form).