HKYWA Groups and School Year Equivalents

The HKYWA groups and school equivalents are listed below:

Division	School Year Equivalents		HKYWA Groups
Primary	Year 1-3	Primary 1-3	Group 1
Primary	Year 4-6	Primary 4-6	Group 2
Secondary	Year 7-9	Form 1-3	Group 3
	Year 10-11	Form 4-5	Group 4
	Year 12-13	Form 6	Group 5

Schools	Age Group	HKYWA Group
Different Learning Abilities	Age 13 and under	Group 6
Different Learning Abilities	Age 14-18	Group 7

American System Equivalents

Entrants will be divided into groups based on the following table:

Division	School Year Equivalents		HKYWA Group
Primary	Year 1-3	Foundation Year, Grade 1-2	Group 1
Primary	Year 4-6	Grade 3-5	Group 2
Secondary	Year 7-9	Grade 6-8	Group 3
	Year 10-11	Grade 9-10	Group 4
	Year 12-13	Grade 11-12	Group 5

Schools	Age Group	HKYWA Group
Different Learning Abilities	Age 13 and under	Group 6
Different Learning Abilities	Age 14-16	Group 7

For literary categories, each registered teacher can submit a total of 10 entries across the 3 categories.

For students with different learning abilities, each registered teacher can submit 10 entries in each of the 6 individual categories for literary and 2 categories of cover art.

There is a separate category for cover art. Only Primary schools and Different Learning Abilities schools, can also submit 10 entries in each of the 2 cover art groups. Each student can only submit either literary or cover art entries.