Rules and Guidelines

Rules

2014 CTEF Art Contest Submission Rules and Guidelines

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All Participants must submit their entries according to the rules and guidelines stated below. Failure to follow these rules and guidelines may result in the entry’s disqualification. For any questions, please email cards@ctef.org.

Description

The entry must be an original drawing, painting, or computer-generated art that relates to the vision and mission of CTEF. Entries are judged primarily on how well the student uses his or her artistic vision to portray their interpretation of CTEF’s work and vision. All entries must be submitted online to cards@ctef.org by December 15, 2014.

Rules and Format

• Each Participant can only submit 1 entry. Participants found to submit more than 1 entry will be contacted to submit only one entry, or disqualified if the Participant cannot be contacted

• Each Participant is allowed up to 3 copies of their finished artwork for adjudication (see "Tips and Guidelines" section for more information regarding submission copies)

• Entries must be submitted online by email to cards@ctef.org by 11:59PM PST on December 15, 2014 to be valid for adjudication

• If Internet or email access is not available, the participant can contact cards@ctef.org for instructions on mailing or call (425)269-6493 to contact Xin Ge.

• Submissions must include registration form, which can be found here.

Use of Copyrighted Material

Use of copyrighted material, including any copyrighted cartoon characters or other such material, is not acceptable in any visual arts submission, with the following exceptions

• The submission may include public places, well-known products, trademarks or certain other copyrighted material as long as that copyrighted material is incidental to the subject matter of the piece and/or is a smaller element of a whole. The resulting work cannot try to establish an association between the student and the trademark/business/material, or influence the purchase/non-purchase of the trademarked good.

• Collages may include portions of existing copyrighted works, such as photographs, magazine clippings, Internet images and type cut out of a newspaper, as long as those portions of copyrighted works are used to create a completely new and different work of art. A collage should be judged for its whole, not by its parts, and whether the resulting work stands as a creative, original work of art on its own.

Entry Specifications

• Entries must not

-         Be derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libelous or contain any content that is inappropriate, indecent, sexual, profane, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory in any way, or that promotes hatred or harm against any group or person, or otherwise does not comply with the theme and spirit of the contest and CTEF.

-        contain content, material or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, state, or local laws and regulation including the laws or regulations in any state where the Doodle and supporting statement are created.

-        contain any content, material or element that displays any third party advertising, slogan, logo, and trademark or otherwise indicates a sponsorship or endorsement by a third party.

• Entries must be original, unpublished works that does not contain, incorporate or otherwise use any content, material or element that is owned by a third party or entity (see Use of Copyrighted Material)

Submission instructions:

• Label the subject line of the email submission with the Participant’s name, and grade division, eg.: (John Smith, Middle School)

• Email the entire submission in one email.

• Submit entry form with artwork to cards@ctef.org

Tips and Guidelines:

• It is recommended for Participants to send in the maximum (3) copies of their artwork from different angles, under different lightings, etc.

* It is highly recommended for participants to research and learn more about CTEF on www.ctef.org in order to design their entries around the mission and vision of CTEF

• Scanned artworks will retain the original color of the artwork better

• For easy scanning, it is recommended that Participants use A4 or Letter paper

• Do not wait until the last second to submit the artwork

• Make sure to stay focused on the theme, as the submissions will be judged on how it relates to the theme

• When attaching the artwork for submission, please make sure that all visual files have the lowest possible resolution



When you have finished your entry, please fill out the
entry form, found here. Please fill out the form completely, including the short-answer question at the end. Then, take pictures or scan your entry, and attach both your entry and the entry form in an email and send it to cards@ctef.org . Remember to label the subject line with your name and grade division.