V&A student illustration awards

V&A student illustration awards-2009
DEADLINE 31 DECEMBER'08!!!
Entrants may submit up to
three images of their work. One animation per entrant
may also be submitted.

Student Category Conditions of Entry

• The award is open to anyone who has attended an illustration course during 2007 or 2008
• Entry into the Student Illustrator category of the Awards is via the Online Entry System only
• The closing date is 31 December 2008
• The judges' decision is final
• The competition is open to residents of the UK (excluding employees of the V&A)
• No correspondence will be entered into
• One entry per student
• For illustrations, up to three images may be submitted. This may be a sequence as for an illustrated book, or may be alternative trials or preparatory work for a single piece such as a commercial illustration.
• Up to three still images from an animation may be submitted together with a hyperlinl to the actual animation hosted on a web site.
• Illustrations and animations must have been unpublished (published work is eligible to enter the other categories of the V&A Illustration Awards).
• Entries must have a clearly defined illustrative brief, which must be described on the competition entry form. The brief is open. Students may submit work set as coursework by their tutors or they may define their own imagined brief.
• Winners must be prepared to lend some or all of the original artwork for the display of winners, which will run for six months from June 2009.
• Winners will be required to allow reproduction of the artwork for use in web and printed publicity for the Awards.
• All images uploaded must be in the JPEG format, using the extension *.jpg
• Images must not be larger than 2000k
• Animations must be no longer than 3 minutes in length
• The winners will be informed in writing in February 2009 and will be announced at the presentation ceremony on 8 June 2009.