POSTER COMPETITIONS - Call for entries
Poster design competition 2015
\r\nThe competition aims to create Value, generating dialogue on important topical issues and, at the same time, spreading the culture of graphic design.
\r\nWe believe that the design can change the world.
\r\nTheme: “SEEDS OF PEACE: the Healing and building Power of Multicultural Dialogue”.
\r\nBy ‘Healing’, we mean - healing the wounds of separation inherent in modern society. We have misunderstood the real meaning of individualism by creating lives of isolation.
\r\n‘Dialogue’, we believe, is more than an ordinary conversation.
\r\nThe purpose of dialogue is to understand others — not just to share our independent views. In a dialogue, we have a responsibility to listen to and enrich each other, understanding people’s feelings and bearing in mind that we ALL are part of a whole and we are not so “individual”.
\r\nREGULATIONS
\r\nWho can participate
\r\nThe contest is open to everyone except for members & families of the organizing committee (HOFNA, WFAC, YoureIn).
\r\nAny individual linked to these organizations by any form of relation are not allowed to participate (exception: face book friendships are permitted).
\r\nTiming
\r\nThe contest is open for entries from August 17th 2015.
\r\nEntries close on midnight August 27th, 2015 (GMT+1).
\r\nPoster uploaded after the deadline will be excluded from competition.
\r\nWinners will be announced on 30th of August 2015. The posters will be used during the National Forum on Youth, Women, peace and Security. Exhibitions will take place during the national forum.
\r\nAwards
\r\nThe organizing committee will select from all presentations, and will also define the first 3 top presentations. There will be awards for the 1st, second and third positions. The organizing committee is not disclosing the amount to avoid designers who are only interested in money.
\r\nAll, or a part, of the best posters (as selected by the committee) will be included in future publications and exhibitions. A catalogue containing the best posters will eventually be published.
\r\nRequirements
\r\nPoster entries MUST be submitted to hofnacameroon@yahoo.com, ccd contact@hofnacameroon.org, womenforachange@gmail.com as digital files.
\r\nEmail must include Contact name, number and physical address
\r\nPosters must have these technical specifications:
\r\n8268x11811 px (70x100cm. size at 300 dpi vertical format) RGB, .PDF or JPEG format. All posters should be sent by mail at the original high resolution/dimension format only!!!
\r\nThere is no fee for entry to the competition.
\r\nParticipants may submit up to 3 different posters.
\r\nNote:
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- Posters must not include any copyrighted material. \r\n
- Posters may be designed by a single author or by a team. \r\n
- Posters submitted must be entirely original and unpublished artworks. \r\n
- Posters must not contain any logos. \r\n
- Posters should not offend anyone and be in contrast with the peaceful spirit of the contest. \r\n
- Posters shall be anonymous. \r\n
- Posters must be relevant to the brief. \r\n
- Posters that don’t match all the requirements as specified in previous rules might be excluded from the competition at the discretion of the jury and of the organization committee too. \r\n
- By submitting an entry, the designers automatically agree to all the previous rules. \r\n
Suggestions
\r\nThe images should speak for themselves. For this reason we do not recommend the use of the words \"seeds of peace\" or \"building and healing power of multicultural dialogue\" in the poster. However, This is only a suggestion and not a strict rule.
\r\nWe also hope the designers will deal with the information honestly and thoroughly, to avoid rhetorical posters, and be consistent to the theme of the competition itself.
\r\nThe competition is not about “War between people”, it is not a \"political\" contest. In the narrowest sense: the theme is humanistic and social.
\r\nLicense and copyright
\r\nBy submitting an entry, the designers automatically agree their posters to be published. In particular they grant HOFNA, WFAC, YoureIn a license to use, copy, exhibit, publicly display and distribute the posters.
\r\nThe designers submitting any entry, grants the organizers permission to use their posters in any form and for any activity (exhibitions, publications, promotion activities, social activism campaigning, fundraising campaigns, etc.).
\r\nDesigners retain full ownership of their entry.
\r\nDesigners are guaranteed the right to be credited every time their entry is published or displayed.