Rising Star Future Prize (hereinafter referred to as RSFP) will award a total of five works. First Prize for one, Second Prize for one, Third Prize for 1 and Excellence Award for 2.

1. RSFP First prize: USD 20,000, Second Prize: USD 10,000, Third prize: USD 5,000, Excellence Award: USD 2,000.

2. The prize money will be paid in USD, RMB, TWD, or EUO based on the exchange rate on the day of transfer.

3. The organizer will proceed with the prize money transfer once confirmed receiving the winning artwork. Please note that the incidental expenses, including but not limited to the ROC taxes and remittance handling fee, will be deducted from the prize amount. The organizer is responsible for the freight charge and shipping insurance cost.

4. RSFP is divided into two stages, preliminary selection and final shortlists. For the shortlisted 5 entries, the applicants shall provide a video recording the process of making such entry and send the entry to the address determined by the organizer. The transportation cost and transportation insurance fee of the entry are borne by the organizer, but the applicant shall bear the responsibility of complete transportation. If the entry is damaged due to incomplete packaging, it will be disqualified. If the applicant fails to provide the entry, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the qualification and fill the vacancy accordingly.

5. All RSFP-winning artwork will become the property of the organizer. If the artwork cannot be provided, the organizer has the right to disqualify the applicant’s winning artwork and will fill the vacancy in order of precedence.

From 5 March (Wed.), 2025, 12:00 noon to 31 July (Thu.), 2025, 12:00 noon. The application time is according to GMT+8, where the organizer is located.

Applicants can only apply to the RSFP through the online application. Please follow the instructions on the RSFP official website. The organizer will not accept applications submitted via any alternative methods.

27 October (Mon), 2025, 18:00 on the official website. The announcement time is according to GMT+8, where the organizer is located.

1. RSFP 20224/25 is open to any individuals. Nationality, occupation, age and gender are not qualifying factors.

2. Entries applying for FRSS are not directly qualified for winning FRSA or accepted for RSFP selection. Additional application is required. The applicant may tick the box on the registration form to be eligible for selection.

1. Qualifications for applying for RSFP are not limited to identity, location, gender, age, and current occupation, only that the entry having applied for RSFP or participated in other porcelain competitions cannot be submitted. The artist may apply for RSFP with another piece. Except the personal record for the artwork in personal social media, personal official website and personal blog etc.

2. The entry itself must be more than 50% porcelain. As for the proportion of porcelain in the work, the organizer has the final right of review.

3. The artwork must be original. If the organizer is informed that a submitted artwork is a counterfeit, an imitation, or otherwise infringes on the copyright and originality of another artist’s existing artwork, the applicant must take full responsibility. The organizer cannot be held responsible and has the right to disqualify the offending applicant’s artwork and announce such results on the official website.

4. Forms must be complete and accurate for each artwork submitted. If a form is missing or incomplete, and the applicant fails to resolve the problem after notification, the organizer will consider the applicant’s artwork disqualified and no further notice is required from the organizer.

5. A series of artwork will be considered as one piece of artwork (one entry). If the concept of the artworks is similar, they will be considered as one piece of artwork (one entry) as well. The style of artworks should be varied if applicants utilized the same technique. The Organizer reserves the final right of review.

6. One applicant can receive only one RSFP award, i.e. 1 artwork. If the winning artwork is also submitted to FRSP, considering the principle of not repeating being awarded, the winning artwork will not be listed in FRSS and FRSA and compete with other participants.

7. One applicant can submit up to 5 artworks, including FRSP’s artworks. If more than 5 pieces are submitted from one applicant, only 5 artworks will be selected by the organizer according to the submission time, the others will not be accepted.

8. Please do not repeat your submission, if the same artwork is submitted more than once, the organizer will only accept the submission based on the latest upload time.

1. Winners must submit complete and accurate bank account information. While the organizer will attempt to notify winners of any problems, incomplete, inaccurate, or incorrectly transmitted information may result in the applicant’s application being disqualified.

2. The name on the bank account should match the winner’s name; if not, the organizer can consider this discrepancy as grounds for disqualification and disregard the applicant’s entry.

1. RSFP panel will verify the qualifications of the applicants and the affiliated entries, conduct the preliminary selection process, and decide the final shortlists.

2. The organizer will randomly select several entries, ensuring applicants’ qualification. If the organizer deems an applicant unqualified, no further notice will be issued.

3. RSFP Judging Criteria:
All entries submitted to the project will be reviewed by judges independently. The judging criteria are divided into four categories.

(1) Innovation (25%): The degree of innovation in the function, materials, and concept of the work.
(2) Aesthetics (25%): The presentation or the arrangement of the materials.
(3) Concept (25%): The connection between the design concept and RSFP’s theme.
(4) Craftsmanship (25%): The craftsmanship skills in terms of the porcelain making techniques or incorporation of multiple materials.

4. Rising Star Future Prize Judges: To be announced on the official website in June 2025.

5. The prize selection is based on the total points given by the judges. RSFP will be awarded to the top 5 artworks that meet all qualifications.

1. Applicants who participate in the RSFP will be seen as acknowledging the RSFP regulations. The RSFP retains the final explanatory right for every document and information regarding the RSFP.

2.RSFP applicants must grant the right to use applicants’ portraits, images of artworks entered, and other images to RSFP. This release will allow RSFP to utilize these images for such purposes including, but not limited to, promotion, publication, announcements, exhibitions, decorations, and any media coverage regarding non-profit promotion for RSFP.

3. The organizer has the right to extend or shorten the application and evaluation periods, depending on the situation.

4. Employees of the organizer cannot apply to RSFP.

5. This agreement has been prepared in both English and Traditional Chinese. In the event of any inconsistency, the Traditional Chinese version shall apply and be binding upon the parties.

In order to make your applying process as smooth as possible, we suggest you read the information thoroughly before signing up and uploading your images. Be sure to follow the required formats below.

A｜Academic Information (only for FRSS)
Acceptable Qualification (*Either way is fine)
(1)Certificate of Enrollment (*Should be signed by your professor)
(2)Student’ ID card
(3)Transcript
(4)Graduation certificate of 2024/2025
*Picture specification｜JPG, The Maximum file size if 1MB for 1 pic, 72dpi

Ｂ｜Artwork Information
(1)Original artwork｜minimum 1 pic, Maximum for 5 pics
Format｜JPG, No larger than H*W 825 X 1100, The Maximum file size is 1MB for 1 pic, 72dpi

(2)FRSP Gallery Thumbnail｜Only 1pic(will be used for exhibiting on FRS Gallery)
Format｜JPG, No larger than H*W 600 X 960, The Maximum file size is 1MB for 1 pic, 72dpi

(3)Artwork Thumbnail｜Only 1pic
Format｜JPG, No larger than H*W 500 X 500, The Maximum file size is 1MB for 1 pic, 72dpi

(NOTE: Both resolution requirements are the same on FRSP and RFSP.)

C | Video Specifications (Only RSFP applicants):
Entry Video | A video shooting the entry in 360º. Applicants of the shortlisted 5 entries shall provide the video of making such entry.
Video Specification | MP4 / H*W 1920 x 1080 / Resolution 1080p
Video Uploading Guide |
Please upload the video to the cloud and share the URL of the file
(Applicants from mainland China are recommended to use Baidu Cloud; Applicants from other countries are recommended to use Google Drive or YouTube)
Please do not encrypt the file in case the judges are unable to read it. The applicant will bear the consequences if the file cannot be opened successfully.
File Name Example:
English name of the file_English name of the author

D｜Number of characters on Title and concept of artwork
1.Chinese Version:
(1)Title of artwork｜Both Chinese and English(limited to 50 words)
(2)Concept of artwork｜Chinese(limited to 250 words) and English(limited to 450 words)
(3)Further Explanation｜Either Chinese or English(limited to 1200 words)

2.English Version:
(1)Title of artwork｜English(limited to 50 words）
(2)Concept of artwork｜English(limited to 450 words）
(3)Further Explanation｜ English(limited to 1200 words)

(NOTE: FRSP allows traditional/simplified Chinese and English application only.)

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