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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2025/26
(updated as of 30 Oct 2025)

Introduction

Application

Training Workshops for Participants (Optional)

Activity	Date and Time	Venue	Language	Application	Application Deadline
[NEW] Workshop on ethical use of AI tools (E2BPA002W)	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	English	4 Dec 2025 (Tentative)	16 Jan 2026 (Tentative)
Training Workshop for Primary Students (E1BPA001W/ E1BPA001W-2)	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	English	4 Dec 2025 (Tentative)	6 Feb 2026 (Tentative)
Training Workshop for Secondary Students (E2BPA001W/ E2BPA001W-2)	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	English	4 Dec 2025 (Tentative)	6 Feb 2026 (Tentative)

Date	Activity
19 December 2025 (Fri) 12:00 noon	Deadline for school online registration (Late application will not be entertained)
Mid January 2026	Deadline for Workshop on ethical use of AI tools for Primary and Secondary Students and Poetry Masterclass for Secondary Students
Late January 2026	Workshop on ethical use of AI tools for Primary and Secondary Students and Poetry Masterclass for Secondary Students
Early February 2026	Deadline for Training Workshops for Participants
Early February 2026	Result Announcement for Training Workshops for Participants
Late February 2026	Training Workshops for Participants (Optional)
5 March 2026 (Thur) 12:00 noon	Deadline for online entry submission by participants (Late submission will not be accepted)
6 March 2026 (Fri) 12:00 noon	Deadline for online entry submission by teachers-in-charge* (Late submission will not be accepted)
March to May 2026	Preliminary and Final Adjudication
Late May 2026	Final Result Announcement
Late June 2026	Prize-giving Ceremony

*Notes:

To join the competition, schools are required to complete the application through the Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform. Online School Application should be submitted and the signed and stamped School Application Form should be returned on or before 5:00 p.m., 23 December 2025 (Tue).
Teachers-in-charge login information for the “Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform” will be sent to the teachers-in-charge by email within 3 days upon receipt of the completed Online School Application Form. Teachers-in-charge can create accounts for students by logging in at the “Teacher Zone” of the “Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award Online Platform”.
To prevent emails related to HKBPA mistakenly being sent to the spam folder, teachers-in-charge and participants are advised to add the email address [email protected] to their email address book or contacts folder (Especially Yahoo Mail or Hotmail users ) so that all emails will go directly to their inbox.
To complete online entry submission, teachers-in-charge are required to click the box under “Submit to the organiser” at the “Teacher Zone/ Students’Poems” on or before 12:00 noon, 5 March 2026 (Wed).

Previous Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Awards

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Enquiry

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