Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2020

NO ENTRY FEE REQUIRED!

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© 2019 Redding Fire Festival    |   All Rights Reserved

Rules:

• Only original artwork will be considered. Copyrighted and/or trademarked characters or material that you do not have commercial rights to will not be considered.  Reproductions are not eligible.
• All entries must be completed and suitable for reproduction.
  
• Accepted format submissions: JPEG, PNG, PSD and PDF are accepted.  Or you may mail a physical copy.
  
• Competition is open to all 2-dimensional artists.
  
• Competition is open to amateur and professional artists.
  
• Painting, Hand-Drawn, Photography & Digital Arts are included, but video is excluded.
  
  • You can create the poster using any program you wish.
• You must register with the form below.
• Entries by file upload or email must be submitted no later than March 1st, 2020.  Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than March 1st, 2020.
  • You can upload a file via the registration form below. Files uploaded via the form must be no larger than 10MB.
  • Files may be emailed or sent via Google Drive to: FlamingToys@gmail.com
  • Entries may be mailed to (this is not our physical address):​ Redding Fire Festival, 1454 Mariposa Ct, Redding, CA 96003
• The artwork will not be returned.
  
• The winners will be announced on March 14th, 2020.
• The winner must submit a valid W9 in order to claim the cash prize.
  
• The winning entry will be the artwork judged to best capture the spirit and essence of the festival.
  
  • ​Points will be given for
    
    • ​Creativity
      
    • ​Originality
    • Quality of artwork
      
• The score will have a total of 100 points possible.
  • ​​70%-panel of judges.
    
  • 30%-people's choice.
• People's Choice Award will be based on the number of votes received.  
  
  • ​A valid email is required to vote.
    
    • ​One vote per email.
      
    • Voters may opt in to receive newsletter updates, but this is not mandatory.
  • The poll will be on this site.
    
  • ​Encourage friends to vote!
    
• ​​Once the poster entry is received we will upload it to the poll.
  • There will be a delay before your submission is ready for voting.
    
• ​The judge's decision is final.
  
• All entries become the property of Redding Fire Festival. As such, Redding Fire Festival reserves the non-exclusive right to use submissions in official publications and for promotional purposes. The photographer retains rights and use to their photos.
  
• There is no limit to the number of images that an artist can submit, but only one piece of artwork can win a prize.
  
• Artists 18 years old and older may apply.
  
  • Artists 13-17 years old may apply; however, the cash prize will be awarded to their parent or legal guardian.

Design Guidelines:

• ​Entries must follow the cosplay-theme.
  
• The poster must be 11 x 17 inches or A3 Paper, minimum of 200 ppi resolution.
  
• The poster must include a border with a 2.5 inch space on the bottom to allow for sponsor logos.
  
• No logos of any kind may appear in the design aside from the Redding Fire Festival logo.
  
• The Redding Fire Festival logo must be prominent and larger than the other written content.
  
• All required written content must be included and visible on the poster.
  
  • Templates 1-4 include all required written content.  You must add the required written content to Template 5.
    
• ​Required written content (you can use different punctuation on the poster, such as periods instead of slashes on dates, etc.)
  
  • ​Redding's Premier Cirque Show
    
    • Arts, Crafts, Cosplay, Beer & Wine​
      
  • ​Saturday, 5/30/2020
    
    • ​2-9:30 pm
      
    • $15
      
  • Encore Show
    
    • ​Sunday, 5/31/2020
      
    • 12-5 pm
      
    • $5
      
  • ​Children 9 & Under: 
    
    • FREE
      
  • ​Shasta District Fairground
    
    • 1890 Briggs St., Anderson, CA
      
  • ​​Tickets: FireFestivals.com
    

Redding Fire Festival Logo (Use on Template 5)

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Thank you to our 2019 contestants and congratulations to the 2019 winner, Brian Cavender.

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Artists are invited to submit their original artwork for the chance to win a cash prize in the annual Redding Fire Festival Art Poster Contest. The First Place winning entry is reproduced as a high-quality, limited-edition poster that will be distributed throughout the community and sold at the festival.

A $200 cash prize and two 2-day passess will be awarded to the First Place Winner. And the winner will receive a souvenir poster (available at the admission/merchandise booth.)

The Second Place Winner will receive a set of glow poi (available at the merchandise booth) and two 2-day passes.

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2nd Annual Poster Contest!

Registration

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