Frog Art Contest
The 2010 Save The Frogs Art Contest will run from mid-January through September 29th, 2010. Get your school, your pack, your team, your camp or your church involved!
You can view the 2009 winning artwork here. Congratulations to Grand Prize Winner and reigning queen of frog art, 19 year old Kaitlyn Hunter of West Vancouver, British Columbia!
Introduction
Prizes
Rules
Spread The Word
View the Entries
Submit Artwork
Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction
Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet most people are completely unaware! We need your help in getting the word out. This contest invites you to create cool artwork that features frogs and says SAVE THE FROGS! or savethefrogs.com (or both) somewhere on it. The contest will raise awareness of the amphibian extinction problem by getting people involved and interested, and the artwork will be used on t-shirts, stickers, posters, coffee mugs, hats, and in greeting cards and books, to both publicize our cause and raise money for SAVE THE FROGS! amphibian conservation efforts.
Who can enter?
Anybody! We encourage students and teachers to get their art classes involved on Save The Frogs Day - April 30th, 2010. We encourage amateur and professional artists and graphic designers to take part as well. And the more countries represented the better! Did we mention that it is indeed FREE to enter the contest?
Prizes
Did we mention that there will be prizes?
The Grand Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).
(2) Receive $50 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.
(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest.
(4) See their winning artwork placed at the top of this page for the duration of their reign (until next year's contest winner is announced).
(5) Receive frog fame.
Category Winners will:
(1) Win $35 CASH (or check!).
(2) Receive $30 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.
And to top it off: the Grand Prize Winner and Category Winners may all see their artwork featured on products we sell in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center or in the SAVE THE FROGS! Cafepress store. Contest winners and honorable mentions will also be acknowledged on this website, along with a picture of their artwork.
Categories
Category winners will be chosen from the following categories. Note however that the Grand Prize Winner may be chosen from any category.
(1) Under 10 years old
(2) 10-13 years old
(3) 13-17 years old
(4) 18 and older
Artwork may be hand-drawn or digitally produced. It can feature frogs, toads, salamander, newts or caecilians. It can be full-color or black & white (e.g. one-color frog outlines of the type used for a coloring book. You can even draw a logo if you like. It's up to you!
Contest Rules
(1) Submitted artwork must be your original creation!
(2) No tracing of others' artwork.
(3) You may submit as many entries as you wish.
(4) All artwork must refer to SAVE THE FROGS! by including, visibly and legibly:
EITHER
(a) the phrase SAVE THE FROGS! (capitalized, with an exclamation point!),
OR
(b) the phrase savethefrogs.com (lowercase with NO exclamation point)
OR
c) both SAVE THE FROGS! and savethefrogs.com (as in the logo below).
These two phrases can appear on the same design, or alternatively you could put one phrase each on two related pieces of artwork which could work well as the front and back of a t-shirt, or on the outside and inside of greeting cards, for example.
(5) Submission of artwork constitutes your agreement to the Art Contest Terms & Conditions. Please read these over, as they describe your rights to the submitted artwork as well as ours.
(6) Image size limits for digital entries:
Please reduce your image to 640px on its longest side. Not sure how? It's easy! If you don't have image manipulation software, just go to ReducePhoto.com, then (1) browse for your image; (2) choose Custom Width 640px; (3) use Best Image Quality; (4) click reduce, sit back and think about how you can spread the word while your image uploads, then just follow ReducePhoto's simple instructions on how to download your image.
Be sure to keep the original high-resolution file. All potential winners will be required to deliver us their original high resolution image prior to receiving any award (we'll email you if we need the originals).
Please spread the word!
To make this contest successful we need your help spreading the word! If you are an art teacher, please inform your fellow art teachers. This makes a great class project for April 30th: Save The Frogs Day. If you are a student, tell your friends and teachers.
Please put this flyer up around your school (just click on it and a PDF will open):
If you are a professional artist, tell your colleagues. If you are active on an art website, post the announcement in the following paragraph. Inform your local newspaper. If you have a website, please link to this page. You can use the icon on the right, linked to: http://savethefrogs.com/art
Please email this to your friends & post on your website
Frog Art Contest:
SAVE THE FROGS! Nonprofit Organization (www.savethefrogs.com) has announced its international Frog Art Contest, with cash prizes. Please visit http://savethefrogs.com/art to learn more. The goal of the competition is to raise awareness of the mass extinction of amphibians that is currently taking place worldwide.
Please spread the word to any artists you know. Thanks.
Art Teachers
This is a great classroom activity for Save The Frogs Day. If possible, please also have your class make a large banner that says either SAVE THE FROGS!, Save The Frogs Day, or savethefrogs.com (or a combination thereof). Take a photo of your class holding the banner, and email it to us. Then hang the banner in school as a permanent reminder of Save The Frogs Day, and as a call to action for all the school's students.
Ready to submit your artwork?
Have you read the Rules and the Art Contest Terms & Conditions? If not, please do so now.
Digital Submissions
If your artwork was digitally created, then you should:
Submit your fantastic Frog Art via our digital upload system!
Please note that first-time users will have to register on that page (even if you already registered elsewhere on the savethefrogs.com site).
You are welcome to mail in your artwork, but PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
(1) Contestants' name and age MUST be written carefully on the back side of the artwork (carefully means don't poke through the paper. We suggest using a pencil, and writing softly). This step is important, as your entry form and mailing envelope will be separated from your artwork!
(2) All entries MUST include the Mail-In Contest Entry Form.
(3) The Mail-In Contest Entry Form must be paper-clipped to the BACK of each entry, FACING OUTWARD. No tape, no staples!
(4) Mail-in entries will NOT be returned to the contestant: SAVE THE FROGS! plans to sell the artwork at a fundrasier to raise funds for our conservation work.
(5) Please give your artwork a title (but do NOT name it Save The Frogs, as we receive many entries with that name!)
(6) Please read the contest rules.
(7) Note that Mail-in entries should NOT exceed 8.5 x 11" (21.6 x 28.0 cm).
(8) Teachers are welcome to bundle their classes' submissions in a single package. If possible, you should insert a sturdy piece of cardboard into the package to keep it from getting bent (mailmen like to bend packages).
Download the official Mail-In Contest Entry Form
I want to support SAVE THE FROGS! - How can I help?
Help us guarantee that we never have to experience a world without frogs! Please support SAVE THE FROGS! worldwide amphibian conservation efforts by:
(1) Becoming a member of SAVE THE FROGS!;
(2) Become a SAVE THE FROGS! Volunteer.
(2) Ordering a SAVE THE FROGS! t-shirt, tote bag, wristband, bumper sticker or other cool frog merchandise from the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center; or
(3) Donate to SAVE THE FROGS! We cannot exist without your support, and every donation matters, regardless of size. Please show your support! We are a 501(c)(3) public charity, so all donations are 100% tax-deductible. Thanks!
Donate using PayPal:
Or feel free to donate by mail if you prefer.
Questions or Suggestions?
If you have any questions not answered here, or suggestions, please send a note to Leah, our Frog Art Contest Director: leah@savethefrogs.com
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