For the fifteenth consecutive time, the United Nations Association will again accept entries from school children across the country between the ages 4 and 15 (inclusive) to be submitted as entries to the 15th biennial which will be held in Kanagawa, Japan in April 2009.

Entries submitted through the UNA to every biennial since the inception of the series in 1980 have won 67 gold, silver, bronze, or special awards so far and also the World Grand Prize (in 1982) which took a Sri Lankan school girls to Japan for the first time in the country’s educational history to collect the award in person.

Paintings and drawings can be submitted on any subject of the artist’s choice and can be painted by any method but should not be bigger than 54 cm x 38 cm.

On the reverse of each entry, the name of the contestant, date of birth, age as of 01 April 2009, sex, private address, title of the paintings, name and address of the school, (if any), should be clearly stated. All particulars should be given only in English.

Where applicable, the painting should also carry the official seal of office and signature of the school principal if the painting/drawing is being submitted through a school.

All entries must be addressed to the Chairman, Kanagawa Committee, United Nations Association, and received at the National Secretariat-General of the association, at 39/1 Cyril Jansz Mw, Panadura on or before 15th November, 2008, the closing date.

On the top left hand corner of the cover or wrapper containing the panting or drawing the following should be specified - 15th Kanagawa Biennial 2008/2009.

After the local judging, the selected entries (owing to the very large number of entries received biennially) will be carried by SriLankan Airlines to Japan which has collaborated with the Association since 1980, a news release signed jointly by Kumara Fernando, Sec-Gen Committee and Dharmadasa Vitharana, Chairman - Kanagawa, stated.