Contest Rules
RESPONSIBLE ENTITY
Postcrossing
WHAT IS THE WORLD POSTCARD DAY
The World Postcard Day is a global movement started by Postcrossing in 2020 to celebrate postcards on the anniversary of their creation, on October 1st. The goal of the initiative is to invite the whole world to rediscover the pleasure of sending a postcard, and also the surprise of finding a postcard waiting in their mailbox.
CONTEST GOAL
The World Postcard Day Design Contest is an initiative of Postcrossing. Its goal is to simultaneously promote the creation of original illustrations or graphic compositions in postcard format, and also to highlight postcards as a creative visual canvas.
The winner of the contest will be the participant with the most creative entry, according to the theme “Postal Hugs”, as long as the design is original and made by the person. The winner's design will become the official postcard for the World Postcard Day 2023.
RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
All participations should follow the these rules:
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Submissions must interpret the theme “Postal Hugs”.
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The design submitted should not be about specific events, places or people. For example, it should not include country names or flags, nor feature famous people.
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The design should include the sentence “World Postcard Day 2023” prominently.
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The design should not be signed by the artist as part of the artwork. Credits to the winner artist will be included by the organizer on the writing side of the official postcard of the World Postcard Day.
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Submitted designs should be original works, not made public before or during the contest.
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All submissions must be in a standard postcard shaped format, sized 105×148.5 mm (ca. 4.1×5.8 inches) plus 6 mm bleed (ca. 0.2 inches) (that’s 6 mm extra of image that extends beyond the trim area of the postcard).
Although the artworks can be made with any kind of visual technique, they must be submitted in a digital format.
The ideal resolution for printing is 300 dpi.
A short description of the art submitted is also required.
The non-compliance with these rules may result in the submission’s exclusion from the contest. Each participant can submit more than one proposal, as long as these are individually submitted on the form provided.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
Anyone, anywhere in the world.
DEADLINE
Submissions can be made until July 15, 2023 (11:59PM, UTC).
COPYRIGHT
From the moment of submission, the author automatically transfers all rights of the work submitted to the organization of the event, agreeing to the image being promoted, reproduced and commercialized in the context of the event.
After the winner of the contest is determined and announced, the rights of the remaining (non-winning) works automatically return to their original authors.
AWARDING PROCESS
The jury of the contest will be composed of the organizer as well as a multidisciplinary group of other juries, to be defined.
The winner will be chosen by a majority vote by the jury, after discussion of the different proposals. The jury’s decision is final and will be announced until August 15th, 2023. The jury reserves the right to not award a winner, if the submissions received don’t fit the requirements of the contest.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The submissions shall be evaluated according to their originality, relevance and accordance to the “Postal Hugs” theme.
PRIZES
The best entry as selected by the jury will be the official postcard for the World Postcard Day 2023 and will receive the following prizes:
Wacom One creative pen display
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Pantone Postcard Box (100 postcards)
The winner will be informed by email. The prizes will be sent to the winner by post or email, as appropriate, and the recipients will bear the cost of any customs or taxes charged on import.
In the event that, after reasonable efforts, it is impossible for the organizers to post the prize to the recipient due to sanctions, embargoes or other legal impediments, the organizer will store the prize until the situation changes.
Exchanging the prizes for money is not possible.
PRIVACY
Postcrossing is responsible for the collection and treatment of personal data submitted by the participants in the context of this contest, ensuring the safety and privacy of this data.
We respect your right to privacy and do not collect any personal information except for that explicitly provided or otherwise consented to. We also ensure that the collection, treatment and storing of the personal data is only made in the context of this contest and for purposes related to its implementation, and promotion of its related activities. You have the right to access, rectify, erase, oppose or limit the treatment of your personal data, and also to not be subject to any decision based solely on the automatic processing of your data, according to the law. To this end, you should contact the organizer.
