Competitions Preparing Your Entry

Cloth Paper Scissors competitions recognize excellence on a global scale. See below for information on preparing your entry.

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General Information
Information to have ready when entering
Winning/featured artists should be prepared to supply
File/additional requirements for online entries


General Information

  • Nothing accompanying an entry will be returned.
  • Competition logins/profiles are NOT the same as website, forum or other general logins/profiles.
  • Accounts/profiles are competition/year specific & need to be set up each year (for each competition you are entering). Once a competition deadline has passed, you will not be able to access the online entry system. The function of the online account/profile is to give you access to enter online and to reprint your submitter forms.
  • Once a competition’s final deadline has passed, you will not be able to access the online entry system; be sure to print copies of your forms in advance.
  • Once an entry has been submitted, no edits, replacements or exchanges will be accepted. If you wish to submit an edited version of a previously submitted entry, you should enter it as a new entry (fees at the time of submission do apply; you may wish to edit the title slightly as well so that you can differentiate them).
  • Check your spelling carefully including all log in information, email addresses etc. Incorrect email addresses may result in transmission of important information being delayed and/or unsuccessful.
  • Be sure that our email addresses (anything ending in @fwcommunity.com or @fwmedia.com) are not blocked, or you may not receive critical information, receipts, confirmations etc.
  • All competitions accept online entries only.
  • It is permissible that your work be sold, you are not required to currently own the work.
  • F+W assumes all entries are original and are the works and property of the entrant, with all rights granted therein.
  • F+W is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become involved in copyright disputes.
  • The terms (during checkout) are referring to agreeing to allow us publish images of the entry/work in our magazine, on our website, in digital products such as eBooks and in ads promoting the competition. The terms are not providing rights for the F+W to make prints of the work (or greeting cards, etc.) and sell them. Artists retain full copyright to their work. We may use the images in promotional materials for future contests, but we always try to give credit when reprinting.

Information to have ready when entering

  • All submitter information; the submitter is who we will refer to as the artist, and who we will contact with any questions, updates etc. If the submitter and the artist are not the same, please indicate accordingly in parenthesis, on the submitter name line.
  • Valid email address; be sure that our email addresses (anything ending in @fwcommunity.com or @fwmedia.com) are not blocked, or you may not receive critical information, receipts, confirmations etc.
  • Image files prepared according to specifications.
  • Prepared entry details including unframed dimensions, medium, title.
  • Entry Fee

Winning/featured artists should be prepared to supply

All entrants should be prepared to be able to send a print-quality replacement file should their entry be among those selected as a winner. For publication, these files should be 300 dpi when saved at approximately 8×10 inches, ideally, and 5×7 inches at minimum.

 


File/additional requirements for online entries (all competitions)

  • Files should be .JPEG/.JPG, in RGB color mode (not CMYK).
  • File size maximum is not to exceed 5 MB.
  • Zipped files and web based files (like .gdoc) are not accepted.
  • Please avoid using punctuation in entry titles (ex: use My Entry Title – not “My Entry Title”).

 

Note: When entering online, the viewing screen & thumbnail which you will see during the entry process is for general reference only and does not reflect the image quality that will be viewed by jurors. The file that you attach is exactly as it will appear to the jurors.


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