The Star-Storytelling Competition

Join Maybank’s Stories For Our Future storytelling contest, and you could walk away with RM10,000! Register here to take part in the preliminary rounds to be held in four venues across Malaysia (or submit a video online) with the Grand Finale in Kuala Lumpur on 27 November, 2010. Just download and choose from any of the four stories below. Then start practising, practising, practising! You can act out the story, sing it, dance to it or put on your most outrageous costume to recreate your favourite story for our judges. You can be a friendly bird or a naughty boy, a forest giant or a tiny raindrop, a frog or even a wobbly piece of jelly. If our judges like your version best, you could be rich and famous, too!

RULES
This competition is open to all Malaysians between the ages of 7 – 12 years old.
There are two categories:
Category A – Lower Primary (7- 9 years) and
Category B – Upper Primary (10 – 12 years).
Preliminary rounds will be held in four cities across Malaysia with the Grand Finale at The Star Kids Fair, Kuala Lumpur.
All participants are required to register via thestar.com.my/kidsfair2010
There will be a maximum of 100 contestants per location. You have to register first. Walk-ins are not allowed.
If you can’t make it to the roadshows, you can also submit your entry online. Just upload a 3 minute video of your performance here.
Two finalists (per category) will be selected from each location with another two (per category) form the online submissions.
The judging will be based on
- Language Proficiency – 40%
- Delivery of Story – 35%
- Interpretation of Story – 15%
- Costume Dressing & Props – 10%
Each contestant must complete the story within 3 minutes. Contestants who exceed this time limit will be subjected to demerit points of 1 point for every 30 seconds beyond the time frame.
Both Bahasa Malaysia & English can be used.
Judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entertained.
All finalists will also receive a copy of Maybank Stories For Our Future storybook and a 1-year free subscription to Kuntum.
All winners are required to open a Maybank Yippie Savings Account as the cash prizes will be deposited into the account.

TERMS & CONDITIONS
This contest is only open to Malaysian citizens residing in the country.
To qualify for a prize, however, a contestant must be a registered MyStar user who has provided valid personal information. (ie. New IC number and name as appears on the IC)
Participant is only entitled to one prize.
Prizes are not transferable and the organiser reserves the right to substitute the prizes for others of equal value.
Staff of Malayan Banking Berhad, Star Publications (M) Berhad and their immediate family members are not allowed to participate.
The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entertained.
The winners will be notified either by phone or email at the end of all roadshows.
The winners' names will be published in thestar.com.my/kidsfair2010/ one week before the final event.
Maybank reserves the right to use the submitted videos for advertising, promotional and publicity purposes without further notice.
For further information, please visit thestar.com.my/kidsfair2010/sfof.asp