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| To view 2007 Artwork click hereFestival of the Arts Contest - 2009GENERAL RULES FOR
ALL 2009 CONTESTS ·
The
General Rules should be reproduced for member and student contestants and given
to school contacts. ·
Member
contests are open to all per capita dues paying members of GFWC Pennsylvania.
Students must be sponsored by a per capita dues paying club of GFWC
Pennsylvania. ·
A
completed Member or Student Entry Form must accompany each entry and be
submitted to the Chairman at each level. ·
Entries
must not have been previously entered in a federated Festival Of The Arts
contest. ·
Literature
must be original and unpublished. ·
Authors
and photographers must be amateur status -- earnings from writings may not
exceed $500 annually. Artists,
crafters, and seamstresses must be amateur status -- earnings of less than 1/3
of the annual income from the medium. ·
Each
contest entry will be judged by at least two judges, who are qualified in some
aspect of the contest. A copy of
the rules shall be supplied to each judge at least one week prior to the
contest. Uncontested entries
meeting all qualifications based on the rules will advance to the next level of
competition. ·
Judges
may judge at only one level of competition.
No clubwoman may judge at any level. ·
At each
level disqualification is determined by the particular chairman based on the
rules. The chairman's decision is
final. · Each entry must be completed in its entirety by the contestant, excluding photography, which may be professionally developed.
·
The Art
Department Chairman at each level of competition is responsible for assuring
that a completed entry form is supplied to the next level chairman within three
days following the competition. ·
A
contestant may enter more than one category of competition, but may have only
one entry per category. ·
Neither
GFWC Pennsylvania nor its Chairmen are responsible for loss or damage of any
kind to items submitted for competition at any level. ·
Entries
will advance from club to country to district to state to national levels
(depending on the category) and will be released only at the conclusion of the
last event. ·
All GFWC
Pennsylvania general rules are in compliance with those of GFWC. ·
It is
suggested that the sponsoring club be responsible for the luncheon cost and
travel arrangements at each level of competition for student entries. All
contests to be completed by the following dates: For Photography Contests click here For Art Contests click here For Short Story & Poetry contests click here For Crafts Contest click here Back to the top |