Entry Fee & Deadline

The entry fee is $30 per submission and includes a complimentary membership to Van Alen Institute (one per entry fee). Entrants (individuals or teams) may submit up to three entries, each with a $30 entry fee. All entries must be submitted between March 21 and May 21, 2011 6pm EST. Entries that are late will not be considered (please plan ahead accordingly).

RULES

Open to anyone, anywhere, in any discipline; however, submission text must be in English. In submitting an entry, entrants warrant that the material is their original work, does not infringe upon copyright law, and that they have permission to publish the material. Entrants (whether individuals or teams) may submit up to three separate entries, each accompanied by a separate entry fee.

Submission Format

Projects must be delivered either as a single image or a short video at: http://vanaleninstitute.submishmash.com No mailed submissions will be accepted. Single images may be poster size or smaller, 24” x 36” maximum; any orientation; JPG or PDF format; 10 MB max file size. Videos may be HD or smaller, 1920 x 1080 pixels max; MOV format; 120 seconds max length; 25 MB max file size.

Images and videos may be reduced in resolution or compressed to meet file size limitations, but must be submitted in the required formats (no zip files). All submissions will be judged in their on-screen format. However, winning entrants will be asked to provide their work in original, high-resolution format (300 dpi or greater) for publication and exhibition purposes.

ANONYMITY

The submissions will be judged anonymously and the entrant’s name should not appear anywhere on the submission.

TEXT

A text statement of no more than 250 words explaining the project’s concept and design intent should be included in the cover letter section of the submission form.

OWNERSHIP

Van Alen Institute shall retain ownership of all prize-winning design submissions. Entrants acknowledge that Van Alen Institute may exhibit all entries in an online gallery, and a selection of entries may be chosen for physical exhibition and/or public display. Van Alen Institute will make reasonable effort to notify entrants of any public exhibitions of their work through correspondence with the registered contact. In entering the design competition, entrants grant Van Alen Institute unrestricted license to exercise the entrants’ rights regarding their design submissions, including, but not limited to, reproduction, preparation of derivative works, distribution of copies of the design submission, and the right to authorize such use by others.

ANNOUNCEMENT, DISPLAYS, AND PUBLICATION OF RESULTS

In entering the competition, the registrant and all team members recognize the competition’s program as the intellectual property of Van Alen Institute and agree to credit the organization by name in any subsequent exhibition or publication of the project. Entrants will be credited on all online and print material published by the organizers of the competition.

Questions?

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