CALL FOR ENTRIES
ART PRIZE CHALLENGE SERIES
A continuing series of art competitions designed to encourage the best talent working in the world today open to any painting or drawing medium.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Our grand prize Winner receives; • An Award Certificate to authenticate the prize
• 2-page spread in International Artist magazine read worldwide by more than 150,000 readers
• 4-page editorial Feature in American Art Collector magazine
American Art Collector is the most prestigious magazine in America focusing on traditional fine art—the art most people want. It is read by affluent art collectors and galleries coast to coast, all on the lookout for new artwork and new artists. Having a 4-page Editorial Feature in this art market bible is the kind of publicity that could change your career as an artist.
RULES & CONDITIONS
Fill out the form overleaf to enter your digital prints or visit our website www. internationalartist.com to enter online. Only entries on this Official entry Form will be eligible. You may enter as many times as you like (see point 4). see overleaf for entry address details.
1. ELIGIBILITY this is an open competition - all artists working in painting or drawing media are eligible to enter provided they meet the rules. to conform with the spirit of the awards all work must be original and completed within the last two years and would not be disqualified if it has won any previous prize or award in any other art competition. No copies from other artists’ works or paintings from other artists’ photographs or from published material will be allowed. source material must be original and available on request. No supervised work will be allowed.
2. ENTRIES CLOSE You must have your entry in by september 11, 2019.
3. DIGITAL PRINTS Digital prints should be printed on photographic quality paper no smaller than 8 x 5" (20 x 13 cm). every entrant may submit an unlimited number of entries for each competition. Please
2ND PRIZE WINNER
Our second prize Winner receives;
• 1-page spread in International Artist magazine
• 2-page editorial Feature in American Art Collector magazine
• Award Certificate
The publicity you receive through this 2-page article in American Art Collector could lead to multiple sales in the world’s biggest art market.
3RD PRIZE WINNER
Our third prize Winner receives; • 1-page spread in International Artist magazine.
• 1-page editorial Feature in American Art Collector magazine
• Award Certificate
10 HONORABLE MENTIONS
Our 10 Finalists each receive
• An entry in International Artist magazine with their work seen worldwide by international galleries looking for talented artists to represent
• 1-year subscription to International Artist magazine
• Award Certificate
read about the experiences some artists have had after their work appeared in International
Artist magazine. do not send original artwork. pictures will not be returned, so please make duplicates for your submissions.
4. ENTRY FORM mail- In entries must be accompanied by one original Official entry Form per artist as printed on these pages. A photocopy or facsimile may be used for more than three entries. When entering digital entries via our website, you must agree to our rules and conditions before submitting your images.
5. PICTURE LABELING AND SUBMISSION each print must be clearly marked on the back with the artist’s name, the title, medium and the dimensions of the work. Don’t write on the back of your digital prints, instead, write on a label and stick that on the back. Only properly marked digital prints, together with fully completed Official entry Forms will be accepted. For protection, simply fold a cardboard stiffener around your entry.
6. ENTRY FEE there is an entry Fee for each picture entered in the competition ( see next page), payable by Visa, mastercard credit cards, or by check/ money order, and this must accompany the
picture(s) and entry Form. the entry Fee is non- refundable.
7. JUDGING All entries received will be viewed and selected by the editors of International Artist magazine.
8. PUBLICATION OF WORK signing the entry Form will be taken as permission to publish the painting, if chosen as a winner or finalist work in our prize report. Any work reproduced in this way will be given proper credit at all times. Although every care is taken by the publishers to match proofs to the material provided, there is the possibility that variations may occur between the slides provided and the colors reproduced in the actual magazine due to limitations of the four color printing process beyond the control of the publishers.
9. TERMS submission of entry in this competition automatically consti tutes the entrant’s acceptance of all competition rules. the judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Winners will be notified by mail and announced in the first available issue of International Artist.
“I was contacted by a large gallery in Massachusetts after they saw my work in American Art Collector magazine. We have enjoyed a great relationship for several years now.” — Jim Seitz, Artist
“In large measure due to my exposure in International Artist magazine, I have now had almost 6,000 visits to my website from all round the globe. Being in
International Artist magazine has truly proved to be an international experience for me and I continue to be grateful to the magazine.”
— Alfred Nichols, Acrylic Artist, Mississippi, USA