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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2026/27

Introduction

Application

Training Workshops for Participants (Optional)

Activity	Date and Time	Venue	Language	Application	Application Deadline
Workshop on ethical use of AI tools (E2BPA002W)	16 January 2027 (Sat) 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Zoom	English	Will start from 17 December 2026	12:00 noon, 11 January 2027
Training Workshop for Primary Students (E1BPA001W / E1BPA001W-2)	27 February 2027 (Sat) 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	To be confirmed	English	Information Online Application	12:00 noon, 22 December 2026
Training Workshop for Secondary Students (E2BPA001W / E2BPA001W-2)	20 February 2027 (Sat) 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	To be confirmed	English	Information Online Application	12:00 noon, 22 December 2026

Date	Activity
22 December 2026 (Tue) 12:00 noon	Deadline for school online registration (Late applications will not be entertained)
11 January 2027	Deadline for Workshop on ethical use of AI tools for Primary and Secondary Students
16 January 2027	Workshop on ethical use of AI tools for Primary and Secondary Students
22 December 2026	Deadline for Training Workshops application for Participants
8 January 2027	Result Announcement for Training Workshops for Participants
20 January 2027	Training Workshops for Secondary Participants (Optional)
27 January 2027	Training Workshops for Primary Participants (Optional)
3 March 2027 (Wed) 12:00 noon	Deadline for online entry submission by participants (Late submission will not be accepted)
4 March 2027 (Thu) 12:00 noon	Deadline for online entry submission by teachers-in-charge* (Late submission will not be accepted)
March to April 2027	Preliminary and Final Adjudication
May 2027	Final Result Announcement
Late June 2027	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 2026 (Wed).
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 hkbpa@hkbpa.hkage.hk 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, 4 March 2027 (Thu).

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Reference

Enquiry

For enquiries, please contact us at 3940 0101 or email at hkbpa@hkbpa.hkage.hk.

Update Date：2026-10-31