Entry Deadline
Extended to
July 15, 2009
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WIN A FREE CARVING CRUISE FOR TWO
WITH WAYNE BARTON AND DONNA MENKE!!
AN EXTRAORDINARY GRAND PRIZE:
Mexican Riviera Cruise, leaving from San Diego, CA, February 13-20, 2010, on Holland America Cruise Line.
The winner, PLUS a companion, will receive free cabin fare, port fees and port fee taxes fully paid,
plus all workshops and group activities on board—a value of over $2,200!
(Winner is responsible for transportation to and from San Diego and personal expenses on board.) |
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HOW THE CONTEST WORKS —
All entries must fit into one of the following two themes: “NAUTICAL” OR “VACATION.”
All nautical- or vacation-themed entries will be entered into one of the following eight categories:
- Animals/Birds/Fish/Reptiles
- Realistic Human Figures or Busts
- Caricatures/Characters
- Stylized — i.e., Departure From Realism For Artistic Purposes
- Relief Carving
- Chip Carving
- Walking Sticks/Canes
- “Other” — Does Not Fit Other Categories
From each of the above eight categories, there will be a FIRST- and a SECOND-place prize. Each of the eight first-place winners will receive $100 CASH, while each of the eight second-place winners will receive a free two-year subscription (new or renewal) to Carving Magazine. ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE EIGHT FIRST-PLACE WINNERS.
CONTEST GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
- Free to enter—simply send a photo* of your carving(s), via email, to editors@carvingmagazine.com or postal mail to:
All American Crafts Publishing, Carving Magazine Contest, 7 Waterloo Road, Stanhope, NJ 07874
*PHOTO SPECS: We prefer e-mailed photos, sized 1 to 2mb, roughly 300 dpi at 3” X 4” size; 35 mm prints
may also be mailed in; participants may include as many shots of a single item as desired (front, side views, etc.)
- Entries will be judged based upon creativity, skill, technical difficulty, originality, execution, and overall presentation.
- Entries accepted until July 15, 2009.
- Must be 18 years or older to enter.
- Maximum 3 entries per person.
- Carvings must be original work by the participant; please make note if it is an instructor-assisted carving.
- Judges reserve the right to accept or decline an entry for any reason.
- Judges’ decision is final.
- Judges reserve the right to move entries to appropriate categories as needed.
- All carvers give permission to Carving Magazine’s editorial staff to publish photos of any and all entries in their magazine,
on their website, and/or in direct mail pieces as they see fit.
- The top two contestants in each of the eight categories will be asked to send their carving to Carving Magazine’s office in
New Jersey for final judging and a professional photo shoot. Carving Magazine will pay basic to-and-from shipping
expenses (per carving up to 50 lb.), and the carvings will be returned to their respective artists.
- Winners will be announced in Carving Magazine Issue #28, on sale September 22, 2009.
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SOME IDEAS, based upon the Nautical and Vacation themes:
captains, sailors, fishermen, lighthouses, ships, pirates,
vacation, or travel sights, etc. ... use your imagination!
CARVING MAGAZINE LOOKS FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION!! |
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