announces the 7th annual open
competition of graphic humour
Rules for competitors:
1) Participation conditions
The organizers will announce the competition by publishing
the conditions for participation in periodicals and
distributing them to selected artists in the Czech Republic
and abroad. The competition is open to all who realize the
following conditions. By sending in their pictures, each
competitor accepts the rules of competition.
2) Content and technical conditions
Theme: The Window – the Eye of Building
(the competition is part of the 19th International Building
Trade Fair For Arch 2008)
Number of pictures: maximum of 3
Format: minimum A4 - maximum A3
Signatures: All pictures must be signed by the author on the
front side and the author's name, address and e-mail address
must be written on the back side.
Notice: a) the original piece only
b) the graphical techniques must be signed by an author on
the front page and marked by the specification of number of
prints and the serial number of an entered exemplar
c) the competition works can not be awarded on the other
international competition in the past
3) Valid regulation
- 40 pictures will be chosen for the competition and
exhibition; an international jury will select the
prize-winning entries.
- Each of the authors of the pictures selected for inclusion
in this year's collection to be displayed at a biennial
exhibition will obtain a catalogue.
- The competitors agree that their work could be used for
publicity and promotion in materials promoting the
competition, or could appear in the media for the purpose of
promoting the event or presenting the results and the
authors.
- The competitors agree that the sponsors and advertisers of
the competition have privilege options to use works selected
by them for their own presentations or promotions at the
author's regular fee, and the right to contact selected
authors for further co-operation.
- The prize-winning works and the final collection of a
maximum of 40 works will become the property of the
organisers. Unselected work will be returned to the authors
if the envelope with address and stamp is enclosed.
4) Prizes and awards
1st place: FOR-pencil - Gold + Diploma + CZK 10000 (EUR 400)
2nd place: FOR-pencil - Silver + Diploma + CZK 7000 (EUR
280)
3rd place: FOR-pencil - Bronze + Diploma + CZK 5000 (EUR
200)
4th place: Honourable FOR-pencil + Diploma + CZK 3000 (EUR
120)
5th place: Special FOR-pencil + Diploma + CZK 1000 (EUR 40)
The Svatopluk Pitra Prize devoted by Irena Pitrova (for
Czech authors only)
Honourable mention of GAG editor + CZK 500 (for Czech
authors only)
The author of 1st prize-winning work will be invited to
attend the awards ceremony and his expenses for the travel
and one night in hotel in Prague will be covered (foreign
author - from the borders of Czech Republic to Prague and
back).
The glass trophy for the winners will be given to the author
only, who attends the ceremony on September 16th, 2008 in
Prague, or the persons entrusted by the author.
For the excused authors, there will be delivered diplomas
and money by the post.
5) Important dates
Date of announcement: April 25th, 2008
Deadline for competition: June 14th, 2008
Jury Session: June 17th, 2008
Exhibition in centre of Prague: September 16th-30th, 2008
Winning ceremony and the price giving: September 16th, 2008
6) Jury
Both, organisers and sponsors, will have their own members
in jury. The organiser reserves the right to name the jury
and its chairman and secretary. The jury will receive
remuneration for serving on the jury. The organiser reserves
the right to set the criteria for judging the competing
works after consultation with the chairman of the jury. The
jury will select the best works for the final competition
and will select the prize-winning works according Point 4 of
this statute.
Pictures should be sent to this address: ABF a.s., (Ales
Vyjidak)
Vaclavske namesti 29
111 21 Praha 1
Czech Republic
e-mail:
tel.:
web: ivan.hanousek@dreamworx.cz
vyjidak@abf.cz
+420 222 891115
http://cuk.dreamworx.cz/
