AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES:
Participation in the Second International Reggae Poster Contest 2013 constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of Reggae Poster Contest 2013, which are final and binding. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein in a timely manner.
ENTRY PERIOD: The Second International Reggae Poster Contest 2013 begins on December 26, 2012 and ends on April 21, 2013.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTESTANT: You are only allowed to submit original unpublished works to the Reggae poster contest. Also, do NOT publish your submitted poster art on Facebook or other social media until after the winners are announced.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS & PROCESS: To enter, download and complete the submission form. You must include on the entry form your complete and accurate information, including your E-mail address, your name from your poster Entry or Entries, a description of the submitted poster Entry, and all other information requested. To qualify, your submission must confirm to the following specific Contest Rules:
- Each Entry must be an original unpublished work that you have created that does not include material in which a third party has intellectual property rights.
- The work should be created Poster size: 50cm x 70cm only portrait oriented poster format.
- Each Entry must not, in the sole discretion of the Second International Reggae Poster Contest 2013, be obscene, indecent, offensive, violent, hateful, or libelous, or contain any other content otherwise inconsistent with the purposes of the Reggae Poster Contest 2013 as described in these Official Rules and related materials.
- Each Entry must be available for poster reproduction at 300 dpi (CMYK) or greater for reproduction purposes.
- IMPORTANT* Each Entry must be submitted in size 50cm x 70cm, 72 dpi (CMYK) format, and JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg, or .jpe), EPS or PDF format. Orientation: Vertical Only.
- Do NOT publish your submitted poster art on Facebook or other social media until after the winners are announced.
- Please do not enter promotional or advertising poster in the contest, these will not be accepted.
- Please name all 3 submissions (poster, photo, submission form) with your first and last name.
HOW TO TAKE PART IN
Instructions
Please fill out and upload the submission form along with your entry poster/s, a photo of yourself and a short biography of 250 words to: Submit Your Poster
1. A separate submission form: Must accompany each poster/s submitted, naming each submitted poster. All information should be completed in English along with a title and a brief description of the poster/s you are submitting , and your biography, a minimum of 250 words.
2. Entry Poster/s: Entry posters should be submitted as a high res file at 50x70cm. Resolution: 72 dpi, Color Mode: CMYK, File Formats Accepted: JPEG, EPS or PDF
3. A Photo of yourself: Must be submitted to be used in publishing of the “International Reggae Poster Contest 2012-2013” catalogue. Size: 3” x 5”, Resolution: 300 dpi, Color Mode: CMYK, File Format: JPEG
Artists/Designers are allowed to submit any number of original poster Entries, however, you may not submit the same entry more than once. Reggae Poster Contest 2012 reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict participation in the Reggae Poster Contest 2012 to any person at any time for any reason and/or to disqualify any entry at any time for any reason.
JUDGING: Reggae Poster Contest 2013 competition poster entries are judged in two phases by two different international juries. The first phase is judged online by our pre-selection committee. The committee is made up of members of the design professionals around the world. They will select 400 posters to go forward to the final judging phase.
The final phase will be conducted by our jury of 10 leading design professionals from around the world. They will convene to select 100 posters that will be published in the “World-A-Reggae, International Reggae Poster Contest, 2012-2013” catalogue and exhibited around the world.
From the 100 best posters they will select the 10 posters that will be entered into the permanent collection of museums and design institutions internationally. The final 3 will be the winners.
We will also include these 10 posters in the proposed Reggae Hall of Fame museum in the future.
Submit Your Poster Now!
I would like to inquire wether non-digital format is accepted i.e. painting or illustration, etc etc…
thanks and hoping for your quick reply.
Hi, no unfortunately not. But you can scan your illustration, a high res one. Please find a professional shop and do not scan it less than 300dpi at actual dimensions. Thank you!
Have your logo or text be used poster ?
Hi Janet, please send us your email through contact form and we will send you the logo. Thanks!
Whether on the poster some text must be, or a graphics can be without the text?
Hi Anna, yes it can be without text.
Hi,
I just have one doubt:
Does your logo have to be included on the design?
Is yes, can you please send me a .ai or .png file?
Thanks,
Anna P.
You do not need to include it in the design. If you wish to do it, please write us to send you.
Thanks
hello, is there a copyright problem with featuring artists, or song lyrics of reggae musicians on the poster? x
There is no problem if you feature song lyrics and it would be good to feature also the singer,
but for the images of the artists you should have the rights to use them. Thank you!
Can you include old personal photographs or take some yourself?
Also can you outsource a photographer and use those in the poster?
hello, would there be a copyright problem with submitting posters containing song lyrics?
Hello, You can use lyrics on your posters. It would be good to also add somewhere in the poster the singer’s name. Thank you!
When is the last date of submission of the poster?
Hi Gautam, Last day is 30th March. Thanks!
Hi there,
I would like to get your logo design, could you please send it to me.
Thank you so much.
Bounthanh
Hello,
is it possible to submit an entry in collaboration with another artist? I checked the submission form and there is only place for one participant’s personal details.
Hello Anastasia. Yes it is possible. The one who will submit the poster will add his name and in the submission form you can write all names of those who collaborated. Thank you!
Thank you!
Hello,
how many peices of poster artwork can each person submit?
Hello Ann, there is no number limitation.
Hello,could you please send the logo to me.Thank you very much.
Hello Aaron. Logo sent to your email. Thank you.
where should i sent my design?
Jessica, at the end of the regulations is a pink button box that says “Submit your Poster”, I am giving you here the link as well, in case the button didn’t show up to your browser: http://www.reggaepostercontest.com/submit-your-poster/
Hello…..could you please send the logo to me.Thank you very much
Check your email! Thank you!
Hi, if I draw and paint my entries , can I scan it and convert it into one of the formats such as JPEG ?
Hi,would there be copyright issues if you illustrate an already existing photograph in your own style or better still redraw(pencil or other media illustration) an existing photograph in your own style?
Hi Kelllie, you can draw a picture to your own style.
hi , could i please get logo send to my email, thank you
Hi Tomek, Logo has been sent.
Hi, Excuse me i don’t understend if i have to fill the submission form digitally or i have to print, fill an scanner it.
And what i have to fill in the space : Name…….Password…..?
Sorry for the question.
Can you also please send me the logo?
Thank you !
Fill it as it suits you best. Print, fill it, scan and send. Or, place it in an application as a background image and then fill it, make pdf and resend.
hi;
i found your contest on the http://www.graphiccompetitons.com – website and there is asked for a 300dpi resolution ->
“Each Entry must be submitted in size 50cm x 70cm, 300 dpi hi-res (CMYK) format suitable for reproduction, and JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg, or .jpe) or PDF format. Orientation: Vertical Only”
on your site you call for a 72 dpi res
wich one is at least demanded?
thanks a lot!!!
Hi, there. Please send us at72dpi but keep the high-res 300dpi to send if you are one of the selected.
A new Form has been uploaded so you can fill it directly in the Acrobat. Please, download the new one, fill, save it and upload. Thanks!
Hello, please could you send me a jpeg file of your logo. Many thanks, J
DONE
Ciao!
I participated last year, but I have a question to ask.
I would like to know how to trim the poster. Example: my poster has colored borders. How much plenty should I give? Should I put the crop marks for trimming?
Thank you for your attention and congratulations!
IRIE!
Hello,
do the voice “credits” requires a compulsory answer, even if i don’t have anyone to credit my design ?
Many thanks
Hi,
first of all, congratulations on this great and generous project.
Does it make sense to leave some blank space on the poster for further insertion of logos, sponsors, etc… or is it not necessary?
thanks
Thank you Laurent. No, there is no reason to leave blank space. When we print them, we leave a white space and at the bottom we add the contest’s logo. So there is no reason for you to do it. Thank you!!!
hello
I don’t receive “Thank You” email!! I submit my poster 3 time!
whyy??
just one day left
Hello Amir,
We have a temporary dis-function with sending the confirmation emails. We received your poster. Thank you for the submission.
Hello,I want to know will all of the selected authors receive diplomas?Thanks.
Hello Christopher Lee,
Yes, all the selected designers will get a diploma.
I am a high school art teacher. Can my students enter this contest? Thank you.
Of course they can! Looking forward to see them
Hi once again, I tried uploading my photograph, poster and submission form unto your submission page but i get a “problem loading page” always and also when i fill the form in adobe acrobat and hit submit i am told there are empty slots i have to fill out which i have filled.
Lastly what should be the size of the photograph in terms of megabytes.
Please help me submit my poster I’m really having difficulties
Really appreciate your help.
Hi Kellie, please send the poster at marypapaef@icloud.com
Photo should be at most 3×5 inches at 300 dpi.
About the submission form will contact by email.
does the biography have to be 250 words???
No. It can be less. Thanks.
Hello,
Could I leave these blank? (→Reggae Music Category：□Ska□Roots Reggae□Rocksteady□Dub□Dancehall□Sound System□General)
Thank you.
You can click “General”.
Thank you
Hello,
Could you please send me the logo
thanks
Sorry again, where do we submit the biography?
in the submission form
What is the cut off time to submit on April 21? Please also specify which time zone?
24:00 EST time.
I have difficulty filling in and uploading the submission form. It refuses to upload it. It keeps showing me a message that I have left some field blank whereas that is not the case. Kindly help!
I do not know what the problem might be. Have you sign at the end? Maybe it is a line in the bio section or something our mind can’t think that time. If you believe all have been filled, then just add a letter to any empty line.
Maybe this will solve the problem. Let us know it worked. Thanks
hi, how shall we know about the first phase or final judgements?
will you send an email to us if selected in first or final phase, or we can simply see it in this site?
We will announce only those who will get to the final 100. First we will announce them on facebook, twitter, then on our website and email. We will announce the winners after 4-5 weeks. Thank you.
I have been trying to upload my submission form for the past 3hours. The latter part where there is “submitted and agreed by’ is unfortunately not responding when i click on the space to be typed whereas all the other blank pages were filled without difficulty.HELP PLS!!!
Have you signed in the end?
Hello, For the past hours i have been trying to finish off my submission form and submit but the last box on the page doesnt allow me to fill in anytime i click to type, however all the other spaces are filled.Please help . thank you
I do not know what the problem might be. Have you sign at the end? Maybe it is a line in the bio section or something our mind can’t think that time. If you believe all have been filled, then just add a letter to any empty line.
Maybe this will solve the problem. Let us know it worked. Thanks
I wanted to find out when the results of the second reggae poster contest will be announced.
After the first week of June. Thank you!