2026 Chinese Lunar New Year at The Open University - Upload your own calligraphy and drawings here to enter the competition! Please note, the competition is only open to OU staff and students. Update 16/02: The winners are.... For calligraphy - 1st prize for Gwen Kent and Greg Baker. 2nd prize to Claire Carter, Isabel Chadwick and Isabel Berwick. Winners for the horse painting are... 1st prize Isabel Chadwick and Emma S. Winner of the 2nd prize is Klaus-Dieter. Please contact online-ci@open.ac.uk to arrange receipt of your prize ! by https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z To enter our competition, please upload your photograph of your painting or calligraphy creations to this Padlet by 13th February 2026. IMPORTANT: Please remember to leave your name in the comment box underneath your entry! Two winners for each category (calligraphy & painting) will be chosen and announced on the Padlet the following week to win a prize. Good luck! The OCI Team en-us 2026-01-15 11:25:43 UTC 2026-02-24 08:22:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Happy new year https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3784994602 Claire Carter

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]]> 2026-02-13 20:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3789687823 Your fu is upside down https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3790464594 2026-02-15 10:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3790464594 Online Confucius Institute and Doodles - a fun day! https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3790702544 2026-02-15 19:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3790702544 The WINNERS! onlineci https://padlet.com/onlineci/ai3e1doz9bnfsj5z/wish/3791479932 Update 16/02: We now have our winners.

For calligraphy - 1st prize for Gwen Kent and Greg Baker (two images he submitted. it is the 2nd one with the characters for 'horse' and 'happiness). 2nd prize to Claire Carter, Isabel Chadwick and Isabel Berwick.


Winners for the horse painting are... 1st prize Isabel Chadwick and Emma S. Winner of the 2nd prize is Klaus-Dieter. Please contact online-ci@open.ac.uk to arrange receipt of your prize !

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