| CONTEST RULES
& PRIZE LISTING
- This contest is for emerging
erotic artists only. An “emerging erotic artist” is defined as one
who has not received payment for the sale of any art in the erotic
field.
- THE CONTEST OPENS March 15th, 2005
and all submissions must be received by the closing date of: August
31st, 2005.
- After submissions close, the judging
process begins. Judges will make their scores and the results will
be tabulated. All contestants will be notified of the final results.
Winners will be announced and displayed on our website and in a
future Dispatch Newsletter.
- The ENTRY FEE for a single work is
$15, or 2 entries for $25. Entrants may remit by check, money order,
American Express, Visa, or MasterCard. Checks and money orders should
be made payable to "Tom of Finland Foundation".
- Artists may submit either one or two
pieces, but may not receive more than one award in any given category.
- Subject requirement for submissions
is limited to the EROTIC, which may include heterosexual, homosexual,
lesbian, pansexual male or female, surrealism, fetishism, fantasy,
or any combination thereof. Non-erotic artwork will be disqualified.
- HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRIES:
Submissions via post: Print out the ENTRY
FORM and fill it out completely. (If printing is difficult,
you may request an entry form at the address listed below.)
Include reproductions of the artwork(s) you are entering either
as
- A hard-copy color reproduction(s)
no larger than 8 1/2
x 11” [21 1/2 x 28 CM], or
- On a floppy disk or CD in standard
JPG format, 72 dpi, medium quality, RGB mode, maximum height &
width 10".
Please send reproduction(s) or copies of the work ONLY. We cannot
be responsible and accept no liability for original artwork. Mail
completed entry form, payment and reproduction(s) to:
Emerging Erotic
Artist Contest 2005
c/o Tom of Finland Foundation
1421 Laveta Terrace
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Submissions via e-mail:
Highlight and copy the ENTRY
FORM, paste it into an e-mail to Administration@TomOfFinlandFoundation.Org
and fill it out completely including credit card payment. Attach
to your e-mail reproductions of the artwork(s) you are entering
in standard JPG format, 72 dpi, medium quality, RGB mode, maximum
height & width 10".
Hint: Click on the entry
form link, place your cursor within the page, right-click on your
mouse and go to "select all" (Mac users: keyboard 'Command-A'),
all the text will then be highlighted, right-click and go to "copy"
(Mac users: keyboard 'Command-C'). Click on the e-mail address
Administration@TomOfFinlandFoundation.Org,
place your cursor within the message area, right-click and go
to "paste" (Mac users: keyboard 'Command-V').
The entry form should now be in your e-mail, now place your cursor
and type in information wherever needed. Make sure to attach
your JPG images as specified above before sending the e-mail.
E-mail entrants must pay with credit card.
- Complete anonymity is guaranteed to any contestant
requesting it. Any pseudonym chosen by the artist is acceptable
(except for "Anonymous").
- Entry of work(s) to the Emerging Erotic Artist
2005 contest constitutes permission to reproduce the work for the
purpose of judging, advertising, and promoting the contest and the
Tom of Finland Foundation. Winning works may be reproduced in media
coverage of the contest and/or advertising of the Emerging Erotic
Artist Contest and the Tom of Finland Foundation. Work will not
be sold or reproduced for any profit-making venues whatsoever without
prior written approval of the artist.
- CATEGORIES: The contest is open to all media.
Submissions may include photography, drawings, paintings, mixed
media, collage, sculpture, three dimension art, or digital renderings.
(Final decision of category placements will be determined by the
Foundation.)
(A) Single Figure,
(B) Dual Figure, (C) Multiple Figure, (D) Fantasy
When a work fits in
more than one category, it will default to one with the least
competition from the other entries.
Please note that all
photographs of any identifiable person(s), if nude or engaged
in sexual activity, must include:
- A signed model release
and
- A legible copy of
valid I.D. proving model’s age to be 18+.
Photography not accompanied by model release(s) will not be
considered, and no entries that depict any activity with minors
will be accepted.
- Judges will make their decisions based, above
all, on erotic content, taking into consideration all artistic criteria
by which art is usually judged.
- Thirteen categories of prizes will be awarded.
There are three winners in each
of the four categories, plus an overall Grand Prize Winner from
all categories combined.
- The Grand
Prize Winner is awarded:
- A cash grant of
$750.
- A one-year membership
to the Foundation at the Commander level..
- An award.
- A Tom of Finland Foundation
pewter pin.
- 1st Place
Winners in each category are awarded:
- A cash grant of
$300.
- A one-year membership to the
Foundation at the Seaman level.
- An award.
- A Tom of Finland Foundation
pewter pin.
- 2nd Place
Winners in each category are awarded:
- A cash grant of
$200.
- A one-year membership to the
Foundation at the Recruit level.
- An award.
- A Tom of Finland Foundation
pewter pin.
- 3rd Place
Winners in each category are awarded:
- A cash grant of
$100.
- A one-year membership to the
Foundation at the Recruit level.
- An award.
- A Tom of Finland Foundation
pewter pin.
Only one prize category
will be awarded to any individual artist.
The real prize is the
publicity and exposure accorded all participants, who receive
international recognition through the Foundation’s promotion of
winners and entrants in publications and on our website.
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