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Step 4: Preparation for submission of entries
Follow the submission guidelines to organise and collate your students’ entries.
Last updated on 10 November 2026
To ensure that entries submitted are received successfully, do take some time to read through the submission requirements below.
As a teacher-in-charge, you may help your students with their entry submission! You will also serve as the main point of contact between NOTU and your students for all LOF matters, such as entry submissions, award notifications and attendance at the Awards Ceremony, if applicable.
We would strongly encourage you to familiarise yourself with the submission process early on. Do take a moment to go through the following important submission information for all the details you need, including the students’ list of references and declaration of AI use. Do note that any entries that are found to be AI-generated or plagiarised will be disqualified.
For a smoother experience, we recommend using a laptop or desktop to submit entries.
For Individual Submissions
Students may submit their entries directly onto this online portal. The application details are to be completed in the online portal. They will receive an acknowledgement email once their entry has been submitted successfully.
Teachers-in-charge will also receive a Plumber link with access to the list of submissions under your school for easier tracking and reference of your students’ individual submissions.
For Group Submissions
You can arrange for group submission of essays/artworks and application details by contacting NOTU at liveonlivetwice@notu.com.sg. An excel sheet would be provided for ease of consolidating the details for the entries submitted.
We’d recommend setting an internal deadline that gives you enough time to consolidate and review your students' work before submission closes on 28 May 2027 (Friday), 2359 hours!
NOTU can also share a dedicated Google Drive folder for your students’ submissions, within which you may upload the files. Alternatively, you can also compile the essays/artworks into compressed zip folder and submit the folder through the submission form (maximum file size of 7MB).
Important Requirements for Design Competition
Each artwork submitted should be named in the following format:
Filename Format (without the brackets)
(School Name)_(Participant Full Name)_(Form Class)_(Form Class Index No.) |
e.g. Singapore Secondary School_Guru Tan_2E1_03.psd |
Traditional artworks should also adhere to the following requirements:
Additional submission requirements for traditional artworks
Hardcopy of artworks must be submitted to us before the submission deadline and should be labelled clearly with the student's name and class at the back. |
Artwork must be able to be scanned by a flatbed scanner (e.g. thick canvases larger than A3 may be rejected). |
Artworks will be returned by Term 4, after the conclusion of the Awards Ceremony. |
Digital artworks should also adhere to the following requirements:
Additional submission requirements for digital artworks
Digital artwork submitted should preferably be in the .png format. |
Digital artwork submitted should be the highest resolution possible (e.g. 300 / 600 dpi). |
Working files of the artwork (e.g. .procreate/.psd/.ai) are encouraged to be uploaded together with the final image file. |
You may choose to upload the files onto Google Drive folder shared to you by NOTU. |
Important Requirements for Essay Competition
Each essay submitted should be named in the following format:
Filename Format (without the brackets)
(School Name)_(Participant Full Name)_(Form Class)_(Form Class Index No.) |
e.g. Singapore Secondary School_Guru Tan_2E1_03.docx |
All essays should also adhere to the following formatting requirements:
Formatting requirements for essays
Typewritten in Word document format (e.g. .doc/.docx) |
Arial font type |
Font size of 12 |
1.5 line spacing with clear paragraphing |
Word Count Limit
The maximum word count (excluding title, references and footnotes) for the essays are as follows:
Type of writing | Category | Maximum word count |
|---|---|---|
Continuous Writing | Junior | 750 |
Senior & Open | 1500 | |
Situational Writing | Junior | 500 |
Senior | 1000 |