Competition Details

PRIZES

Grand Prize Award: $500
7 First Place Awards: $100 each

The Grand Prize winner and all 7 First Place Winners will receive complimentary subscriptions to The Artist's Magazine and $100 worth of North Light Books. Honorable Mentions receive complimentary subscriptions to The Artist's Magazine and $50 worth of North Light Books.

Winners will be featured on The Artist's Magazine website along with a list of Honorable Mentions. All Winners and Honorable Mentions will receive a certificate suitable for framing.

Deadline: November 3, 2008

CATEGORIES

Compete and Win in 7 Categories!

Oil and oil pastel: paintings done in oil-based media on canvas, board, paper, or wood

Acrylic: paintings executed in watermedia, with acrylic being the dominant (80 percent at least) medium, on paper, canvas, board, or wood panel.

Watercolor: paintings executed primarily (at least 80 percent) in watercolor or inks; additions of gouache, acrylic, or other media are permissible.

Pastel: paintings that are at least 80 percent (soft) pastel on paper or any other surface. NuPastels or other hard pastels are considered (soft) pastels. (Paintings executed primarily in oil pastels should be entered in the Oil and Oil Pastel category.)

Mixed media and collage: any materials on any surface.

Graphite, charcoal and colored pencil: works that are executed primarily with drawing materials including pen and ink, although additions of pastel, watercolor, or other media are permissible.

Digital Art: works created primarily by using a computer.

PROSPECTUS

ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to artists anywhere in the world. All works must be original. Compositions based on published material or other artists' work are NOT considered original. Source material must be available upon request. Paintings executed in a workshop under another artist's direct supervision are not eligible. Paintings previously reproduced in a national publication or paintings that have previously received major awards in national competitions are not eligible. Employees of F+W Publications, Inc., and their immediate families, are not eligible.

PREPARING YOUR ENTRY
All entries must be digital files accompanied by an Official Entry Form or facsimile. You may enter work in any and all categories; there is no limit to the number of images you may enter. You may enter online or you may mail all your entries in on one CD. If mailing your entries, please include a separate sheet that gives the title and dimensions of each image. The titles of the images on the CD must match the titles on the sheet. Image files cannot exceed 500KB or a height or width greater than 800 pixels. The file format must be JPEG. Incomplete entry forms and information sheets, and improperly marked CDs will be disqualified.

Fees and Payment: All entries are $10 per slide or image. A credit card number and signature or a check or money order for the required jury fee (in U.S. funds, drawn on a U.S. bank) must accompany your entry. Or you may enter online using a credit card. There will be a $10 charge for all returned checks or declined credit cards. Credit cards will be charged within 90 days of contest deadline. Charges will appear as "F+W contests."

Materials: CDs will not be returned (so have a duplicate made for your own files). The Artist's Magazine will not be responsible for the loss, damage or return of any CDs submitted to the competition.

DEADLINE
All entries must be postmarked no later than November 3, 2008.

JUDGING
Entries will be prejudged and then finalists will be chosen by the magazine staff. All properly prepared entries will be viewed and judged. The decision of the jurors is final. The jurors reserve the right to recategorize entries.

NOTIFICATION
All winners will be notified by March 1, 2009. The results will not otherwise be made public until they are published on The Artist's Magazine website. Non-winning entrants will not be individually notified of the results. Your cancelled check or credit-card charge will be notification for receipt of your entry. To be notified directly of your entry's receipt, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

MAIL ENTRIES TO:
The Artist's Magazine all Media Competition
700 East State Road.
Iola, WI 54990-0001

Or

ENTER ONLINE