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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NEW FOR THIS YEAR!
Registration
Submission Deadline: April 26th, 2019
NO ENTRY FEE REQUIRED!
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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 April 26th, 2019. Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than April 24th, 2019.
- 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 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 May 10th, 2019.
- 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
- Creativity
- Points will be given for
- The score will have a total of 100 points possible.
- 70%-panel of judges.
- 30%-people's choice.
- 70%-panel of judges.
- 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.
- One vote per email.
- The poll will be on this page.
- Encourage friends to vote!
- A valid email is required 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.
- 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 pirate-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.
- 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, Beer & Wine
- Arts, Crafts, Beer & Wine
- Saturday, 9/28/19
- 2-9:30 pm
- 2-9:30 pm
- Encore Show
- Sunday, 9/29/19
- 12-5 pm
- Sunday, 9/29/19
- 2-Day: $20
- 1-Day: $15
- Children 9 & Under:
FREE
- 1-Day: $15
- Shasta District Fairground
- 1890 Briggs St., Anderson, CA
- 1890 Briggs St., Anderson, CA
- Tickets: FireFestivals.com
- Redding's Premier Cirque Show
Redding Fire Festival Logo (Use on Template 5)
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