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Competition Opportunities
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a direct link to All
Competition Opportunities
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Introduction
Be aware . . . are the competitions you
enter fair & square?
By entering competitions, you are taking a chance. The trick is to a
enter competitions where the chance you take is fair & square.
WARNING
• Many competitions do not state the
list of judges or the judging criteria.
• Most competitions require that you
release ownership and rights to your artwork.
The most important concern is that the rules are upfront and clearly presented. If you feel the rules are deceptive, do not enter that competition.
As your advisor, I will screen out competitions that are blatantly unethical or disadvantageous to the artist. Of the competitions that are selected for this site, some may still not be ideal. In these cases, I will provide a “WARNING”: look for the read warning advisory. Ultimately, you need to decide what you feel is fair & square.
With the exception
of the “WARNING” advisory, The competitions
listed below follow these criteria:
• Rules are clear
• Entry fees are not excessive (most are free)
• List of judges are known or judging
is by public voting.
• The release of ownership rights are clearly stated. Read
the prospectus carefully as most competitions require that you release
your ownership and rights to the art.
• Awards match the fair market value (cash and/or travel expenses,
publication, PR, other)
The article on the right: “4
Elements of an Ethical Art Competition” by Thomas James,
Illustrator, clearly targets the most important points on how best
to evaluate art/design competitions you may
be planning to enter.
Please note: many of the competitions are not just for students, but are OPEN TO ALL: Students, Grads, Faculty & Staff.
Contact me if you have competitions you would like to post or if you have any questions or concerns about competitions and events.
Good Luck,
Carole
riovi@sbcglobal.net
Carole R. Brown,
Student Competition Advisor
Instructor, Foundation Arts
The Art Institute of CA-SF
4 Elements of an Ethical Art Competition
by Thomas James, Illustrator
March 22, 2010
LINK: escapefromillustrationisland.com
LINK: thomasjamesillustration.com
Art Competitions can be a great way to challenge yourself and show your work to a wider, more relevant audience.
However, there is a difference between fair and unfair competitions, and sometimes even reputable organizations can miss the mark. That’s why it’s important to evaluate each one on its own terms to ensure that your rights are protected and that you understand what is expected of both you and the contest holder. Be sure to examine the terms of the competition closely and avoid any contests that potentially compromise your rights as an artist.
To help you determine whether a particular contest is worth your time and money, here are 4 elements to look for in an ethical art competition:
1. Clearly Defined Terms
All contest holders should define all details of the competition in the
call for entries, such as the rules, entry fees, list of judges, judging
criteria, and intended usage of the artwork.
2. Statement of Artist’s Rights
In a fair competition, the artist should retain all ownership and rights
to the art, and the contest holder may only use or publish the image
as defined in the call for entries.
3. Fair Award Value
All winners should receive an award that is compatible with fair market
conditions in exchange for any rights that are transferred to the contest
holder.
4. Insured Artwork
The condition of original artwork should be protected and insured by
the contest holder until it is returned to the artist.
Because every competition is different, you'll need to
decide for yourself which ones are right for you. Hopefully, these 4
key factors will help you to separate the fair from the unfair and protect
yourself from unethical practices.
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Competition Opportunities List
Competitions
are listed chronologically by deadlines.
Click the links
for full descriptions.
Unless stated, there are no entry fees.
Entry fees that are not free are listed in RED type.
Deadlines are listed in RED type.
Always download the complete competition entry requirements as many of the competitions require entrants to be 18 years of age or older and there are other specific details you will need to follow.
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x. Crafting Excellence
Arts & Culture
Deadline September 7, 2010 at 04:59AM UTC
Concept Create the official logo
for the UNESCO Award of Excellence for Handicrafts – UNESCO’s
flagship program for supporting craft producers.
Awards $5000.
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go to
Crafting
Excellence Arts & Culture
. Adelaide Fringe
2011 Poster Competition / Only create a ‘King and Queen of the Fringe’ and
do not include the ‘Adelaide Fringe 2011' text or dates.
Deadline: September 8, 2010
About From cyber punk to manga, street art to pop, our very own Fringe
Royalty exists in a fantastical world where only the strongest, boldest
and most colourful will survive.
Prize The winner receives national and international exposure in the
Southern Hemisphere and $1,000 Flight Centre travel voucher.
WARNING • all poster entries become property of Adelaide Fringe
Inc and will not be returned. • the competition winner shall assign
to Adelaide Fringe Inc. (“Adelaide Fringe”) in perpetuity
all copyright in the image that is selected as the winning entry (“the
image”).• You warrant that you own the copyright in the image
and/or parts that comprise the image and are able to unimpeded assign
copyright in full to the Adelaide Fringe.
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go to
LINK
. Positive Posters 2010: Positive Posters
gives designers the opportunity to contribute socially responsible design
Deadline: September 10, 2010
Concept Positive Posters is an international poster design competition
that aims to use graphic design to help people.
Theme "A Glass Half Full."
Awards over 3,500 prints of the winning poster in city streets, Adobe
CS5, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, IdN Magazine Feature article and Subscription,
Pantone Colour Bridge, Spook Mag Subscription and a Keep Cup.
WARNING by submitting an entry, each
Entrant grants Positive Posters Inc a perpetual royalty free license
and more.
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go t
LINK
. ‘2010 BIO-GRAPHICS’.Graphic
Ideas To Protect The Biodiversity / Illustration
Deadline: September 10, 2010
Concept the United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year
of Biodiversity. In October Kaleidoscienza organizes a one-day-event
to promote thoughts and ideas on topics concerning the role of biodiversity
in our lives.
About Kaleidoscienza, in collaboration with Graphicplayers, announce
an open call for the international exhibition: ’2010 BIO-GRAPHICS’.
WARNING not cash award, only an exhibition. Awards The most valueable
works will be selected and exhibited. The artist implicitly authorize
the organization to reproduce and use his work in printed materials,
via web and with different media for no-profit activities and more restrictions.
GOOD NEWS And The author of every single artwork remains the owner of
the copyright.
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go to
LINK
. YAF10 Envisioning
Breur Photography Competition
Deadline: September 15, 2010
Theme All photographs must have an architectural theme or contain some
element of the built environment.
WARNING Participants grant permission
to the Young Architect’s
Forum to show prints for exhibitions, publications and for other promotional
purposes. YAF reserves the right to duplicate and/or reproduce images
which are submitted at their discretion, including promotional materials,
website, etc. All winning entries shall become property of YAF. Winning
photos will be auctioned.
Awards: Over $3,000 in cash and prizes and 1st Place
Special Student Prize: workshop for
the school of the winning student by Atlanta Photographer Kenneth Hamlett
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go to
LINK
. Magajin 2010
Summer Illustration Contest
Deadline: September 20, 2010
Themes Any theme can be chosen for
contest entries. Some of our suggestions: the 2010 FIFA World Cup & Japan
. . . use your imagination!
About Magajin is a global community for illustration and Manga, connecting
east and west through the universal language of art.
Concept: to support those who love drawing manga and anime style drawings
Magajin will hold the 2010 Summer illustration contest.
WARNING - limited prizes: 1st $100, 2nd $50 & 3rd $30 worth of amazon
gift cards
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go to
LINK
Tapirulan International Illustrators Contest
Deadline September 24, 2010
Event Cremona (north central Italy) from November 13th 2010 to January
16th 2011
Sponsors Cultural Association “Tapirulan” with the sponsorship
of “Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza” and “Associazione
Illustratori”.
Theme "Siesta". be inspired by the typical elements of siesta:
rest, warm, shade. But siesta is also - generally - a pause, a moment
of interruption of the normal flow of everyday life.
Medium open
WARNING the artist who take part in the contest must give up their publication
rights both in case of publication in the calendar and in other papers
of Association or in the website and more. Read full regulations - regulation
link
GOOD NEWS: royalties go to the artists.
Awards 1.000 euros – First prize awarded by the jury / 300 euros – Prize
awarded by the registered subscribers.
Entry Fee: 10 euros.
Free to members of Tapiruian & discount for members of “Illustrator
Association”
How to Enter: for complete entry requirements
and specifications and categories, go to
LINK
. Great British Photograph (specific sites
see Topics)
Deadline: September 30, 2010
Topics photographs taken in any county in England, Scotland,
Northern Ireland or Wales.
Awards £5,000 (about 7500 USD) and more.
How to Enter: for complete rules and requirements go to
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go to
LINK
. The LEO Logo Design Competition
Deadline: September 30, 2010
About The Leading Entrepreneurs Organization (The LEO)
Concept we are after a high quality, distinctive logo - cross platform
WARNING under fair rate for work Awards First prize - US$500 Second prize
- US$350 Third prize - US$200
WARNING By submitting a design to this competition, you are granting
The LEO full rights to display, use and distribute the design for advertising
purposes.
WARNING The contest may be declared
void at the sole descretion of The LEO.
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go to
LINK
. The Terry ONeill Award 2010
Category: Photography
Deadline: October 22, 2010
Concept showcase for new work by both established and upcoming photographers
topic seeking dynamic and arresting images which portray a compelling
narrative.
Awards First prize : £3000 ($4500 USD) Second Prize : £1000
($1500 USD) Third Prize £500 ($750 USD)
WARNING Read the Photographers agreement rules
for copyrights, insurance and more.
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go to
LINK
.x International
Logo Design Award Hiiiband 2010
Deadline: October 31st, 2010
Open to: professionals and students
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go
International
Logo Design Award Hiiiband
. ecoLOGIC International
Student Poster Competition
Deadline: November 1, 2010
Topic eco issues: climate change, global warming, biodiversity loss,
drinking water and sanitation problems, loss of environmental resources,
pollution, Kyoto protocol, Copenhagen summit.
Eligibility for students of art and design / Team entries
are allowed
Awards First Prize: 1500 Euro / Second
Prize: 1000 Euro / Third Prize: 600 Euro and 7 honorable mentions
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go to
LINK
. Third International Student Poster Competition,
Skopje 2010
Deadline November 1, 2010
TOPIC Climate change, global warming, biodiversity loss, drinking water
and sanitation problems, loss of environmental resources, pollution,
Kyoto protocol, Copenhagen summit… take an action and step forward.
About Exhibitions – “Ecologic Caravan” which in 2011 – in
Turkey, France, Poland, Czech Republic
Eligibility The competition is only
for students of art and design registered
at an educational institution for art and design including disciplines
such as fine arts, graphic design, communication design, visual communication,
media design and other related disciplines.
Register for the competition individually
or their school/university may enter them. Team entries are allowed - be sure to read specs:
Awards 1st prize: 1500 Euros, 2nd prize: 1000 Euros, 3rd prize: 600 Euros
and more
WARNING All the posters including the winning and the honorable mentions
chosen by the jury members become the property of PLAKART SkopjePoster.
The organizer has the right to exhibit, publish (including digital publish)
and collect the selected posters.
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go to
LINK
. PROSE competition sponsored by Obscura
Journal
Deadline for Winter @Dec. 1, 2010
Concept Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities
[or words] required to explain anything." This statement is attributed
to William of Ockham in the fourteenth century, and in saying what he
did, he had already said too much. Guidelines should be no exception,
but they almost always are.
check back Tentative schedule:
Awards $1000 to featured writer and
more.
GOOD NEWS All rights revert back to the author upon publication.
LINK
x. International
Donkey Art Prize
Deadline: December 15th, 2010
Sponsor:
Blindonkey cultural association, a no-profit organization settled in
Verona (Italy)
Concept aim of promoting modern and
contemporary art all over the world, discovering emerging artist and
organizing artistic and cultural events with international kind.
Categories: Painting, Digital art
and Photography.
Awards 6,500 USD
How to Enter for complete entry requirements
and specifications, go to
International
Donkey Art
x. The Icon Prize
Book Cover Art Contest for the actual re-publication of a literary
work.
Deadline: December 31st, 2010
Selected Novel: The Unfastened Heart.
(Film rights have sold to Columbia Pictures.)
Awards: the Icon Prize, $1500 and
more.
How to Enter: for complete entry
requirements and specifications and categories, go to
IPBC
Art Contest
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Please note: many of the competitions are not just for students, but are OPEN TO ALL: Students, Grads, Faculty & Staff.
Contact me if you have competitions you would like to post or if you have any questions or concerns about competitions and events.
Good Luck,
Carole
riovi@sbcglobal.net
Carole R. Brown,
Student Competition Advisor
Instructor, Foundation Arts
The Art Institute of CA-SF
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Carole
R. Brown, Instructor, Foundation Arts
AiCA-SF Instructor & Student Competition Advisor
riovi@sbcglobal.net